afranta
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| What of your CD's have good sonics? Very interesting thread. I don't do much critical listening (and have never had the system to warrant it!), but have always been struck by discs that sounded particularly good. About a year ago, I started making some upgrades and found that, while... | |
| Amp for Harbeth P3ESR Yeah, I guess I'd go for an interim amp (and source?) and enjoy the new speakers now. If you go used, you could sell later without taking much of a loss. A Rega Brio and Apollo would set you back around 900 used, and I bet they'd sound nice with t... | |
| Amp for Harbeth P3ESR As far as the amplifier and cd player are concerned, the Uniti essentially combines the Nait 5i and CD5i. It has other functions of course, but that's the core. | |
| soft dome speakers I can also recommend the Quad L series and Dynaudio Excite X12. I've had Quad 11Ls--great speakers, and a fantastic bargain used--and now have the Dynaudios, which are also great speakers and very smooth on the top end. | |
| Monitors to replace EPOS M-16i You're right, Knownothing, I guess the X12s are really too small for my room (and the OP's). But, given my restrictions, they're great. I'm also curious to know how the 22L2s work for you, Ja2austintx. Sounds like a nice find. | |
| Monitors to replace EPOS M-16i My experience is limited (I haven't heard the Epos M16i, for starters), but I had Quad 11Ls and now Dynaudio X12s in a room exactly the same size as yours, set up in the same less-than-deal way. I loved the Quads with a Music Hall cdp and amp, but... | |
| I love my little Quad 9Ls;will I like bigger ones? Your sense of the 9Ls matches my experience of the 11Ls -- except that, with the right electronics, the imagining of the 11Ls is superb. Vocals are great, very smooth top to bottom, and bass, while understandably limited, is tight and musical. I f... | |
| Best budget speakers for near-field/small space If you go with active speakers, you might want to take a look at the Matrix Mini-i DAC. I don't have one, but have been reading good things about it. For example, here: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?rdgtl&1272311461 | |
| Best budget speakers for near-field/small space For a nearfield desk setup, I can recommend Silverline Minuets. I had them in bookshelves in my office, and they sounded great. I just set them up on my desk instead, and they're fantastic. Read the reviews. In my experience, they're spot on: smoo... | |
| my quick take on Matrix mini-i dac Very interesting. Thanks for the review and the response! | |
| my quick take on Matrix mini-i dac Can the Matrix mini-i serve as a preamp? In other words, could you bypass your MF preamp? I'm curious about it and have been reading reports on Head-Fi and elsewhere, but haven't been able this find this info. Thanks. | |
| Opinions on the Dynaudio DM 2/8 Markmay, your description of the different strengths of the Dynaudio Audience 52 and Quad 12L2 matches my (admittedly very limited) experience of the two brands. For me, Quad 11Ls were great with electronics that emphasized transparency and imagin... | |
| Help buying a television I ran across a contrarian view when I was TV shopping a couple of years ago: the CAO (Canadian Association of Optometrists) recommends a viewing distance of 5 times the width of the picture -- which means something like a 32 or 37 inch screen for ... | |
| Pangea stands? I have a pair on order as well, but my sense is that AA has yet to take delivery of anything but demo models and is waiting for delivery from China. I asked about them the other day, and got the sense that AA is *hoping* to have them soon.They do ... | |
| Transporter vs. Squeezebox Touch w/PS AudioDL-III That's right. The square output is the optical/toslink. I'm curious to hear what you think of the Touch. |