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| looking for bookshelves - Another usual boring speaker discussion If looking toward the classic BBC monitor derivatives from HARBETH and SPENDOR et al does not stir your drink, then I’d first choose the following on my list: DYNAUDIO HERITAGE SPECIAL https://youtu.be/FdOCBoDkngE?si=RvcjO91ruYHfwH1c TRIAN... | |
| Any comments on the Rega Osiris Integrated Amplifier? I have it in my A system. It bests the ELEX by a quantum leap…full stop. When I bought it, it bested all contenders and pretenders in my system at up to double its pre point. NOTE @dritz40 highlights an important point: users best steps are to p... | |
| System advice FOCAL speakers and NAIM electronics are the same company now . https://www.focalpoweredbynaim.com No small wonder that your buddy suggested the pairing out of one or more of possible reasons: -possible EZPZ convenience? Dunno - possible limite... | |
| Moon 390 Network Streamer @skads_187 +1…highly recommended I also have the 280D MIND2 streaming Quboz. lit has been flawless, rich, fluid, and with dynamic slam that bested all audition contenders and pretenders at its pricepoint in my system NOTE: - manual says min... | |
| System advice ISSUE: Change your MONITOR speakers or change your NAIM electronics Somebody gave you some dodgy and incomplete advice by ignoring key influencing factors and pushed their fave NAIM bias on you.: All brand components have their own bespoke soni... | |
| ifi LAN iSilencer Here’s a positive live testimonial. . https://youtu.be/RR7KJY5qpZc?si=dLNq_7f0l3Epe43R The more resolution your system provides (ergo….high-end in lockstep with price …), the “better” it works . TAKEAWAY: NOTE: there are other options out ther... | |
| What actually determines volume power? Is it watts? @erik_squires +1 ….. (1) it’s important to highlight the logarithmic relationship in adding more volume (db) with the the added amp watts required by themselves - in isolation specs - to get the volume increase. A 100W amp is only twice as lou... | |
| Question about high current amps versus "not high current amps" @gregm , @steakster +1 Amps measure the provided flow of electric current. Watts measure the amount of electrical power being used.. Watts are calculated by multiplying the current in amps by the voltage of the source. Sufficiently beefy a... | |
| HAVE CABLES EVER TAKEN YOUR SYSTEM FROM SOUNDING JUST OK TO SOUNDING GREAT? Experiences ? An upgrade to an all-CARDAS CLEAR loom took it from “good enough” (..which was already comparatively at a high level … ) to “good”….. a fine but important distinction.. | |
| Surge protectors--how many $ make sense? @whart , @cleeds +1 on the addition of a SIEMENS surge protection. on the electrical panel. i did it when I Reno”ed the house two years ago. I moved my “A” system to a new room and ran two new 20A dedicated lines into the new room unless I go... | |
| Who positions their speakers straight ahead (zero tow in) and why. It’s entirely an alchemy dependent on the OEM speaker brand influences in constant tension with the dimensions/design/ resulting warts of the listening room. There is no “one-size-fits-all” general rule to follow because of varying brand speaker ... | |
| ifi LAN iSilencer UPDATE I. Saw this video and realized that I may have it positioned incorrectly. Instead of having it as a last item in the chain at the player/dac, …maybe it should be at the wall into the router itself https://youtu.be/zkLIN64u8lY?si=H... | |
| Would Totem Arro's be a significant upgrade from Kef Q150's I’ve had the TOTEM ARROs in a prior system, so I know their strengths and warts very well. . I also know the KEFQ150’s well .They are very different in both build quality and performance (and price). @audiojedi nailed it ,,,,The ARROs are a defo ... | |
| RCA Interconnect recommendations If the NORDOST FREYs don't stir your drink, then consider staying with CARDAS BUT with a move up higher in the CARDAS model line ( Think CARDAS CLEAR REFLECTION or better) Be aware that the Ag-over-Cu NORDOST cables can be brighter than the all... | |
| Ethernet AVANTI AUDIO https://avantiaudio.com/collections/all-cables/digital-cables I bought a long 6m run of these . I compared them to the very top end AUDIQUEST DIAMOND and these AA VIVACE Ethernet cable models are true contenders and no pretenders a... |