akg_ca
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| Current or Previous Harbeth Owners… @yogiboy “ …l @akg_ca Why would you call the thin wall design a major detriment? Many other speakers use this design including Spendor, Graham, Falcon, Stirling, etc., etc,. It’s been around for over 60 years and many enjoy BBC type speakers…” ... | |
| ??? Full Loom vs Mix ??? My experience: Mix or full loom? It depends entirely on the bespoke audio performance characteristics of your current (emphasis added); audio system . In a prior system, I started with an ad hoc cables mix driven primarily by the alchemy of av... | |
| Current or Previous Harbeth Owners… Have I heard speakers that impressed me enough to consider a possible replacement for my M30.2 XD’s? Yes and No …. Let me explain … NO: Nada at its speaker current pricepoint nor even if you double it and a bit more,….. YES ….. but only at sig... | |
| Help with speaker issue @smys1031 That’s disappointing but not surprising the part that KANTO is minimizing is that the “odd” model number KANTO YU active speakers were the “first generation” (V1) models floated out there . The next generation V2 were “even number “ Y... | |
| Help with speaker issue Hmmm ….. this is just a guess based on my personal experiences. I had the KANTO YU-5’s and KANTO subwoofer in a prior desktop PC rig, and then moved to a 2.1 TV audio “ C” system. The speakers similarly suddenly f****d up royally, with no easy ex... | |
| Hang em High and Gilligan's Island Is this what you are looking for, as part of Clint’s spaghetti western trilogy ? The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Ennio Morricone - Original Soundtrack https://youtu.be/LdLQf1Ef9Ns?si=MOqB-bSGKwUlrcPJ | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier How about COPLAND? https://copland.dk https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/copland-cta407 | |
| You're not a true audiophile unless... With all the posts received, we can safely say that - insert your own phrase preceding “phile” …( eg audio, music, lifestyle, digital, tube, basshead , blah, blah …) , and, - now we have a intuit variant of a cult following in a common hobby tha... | |
| Reliability - what’s your experience been? On the positive side: A case study counterpoint argument to “bad” reliability : REGA ISIS / REGA ISIS VALVE cdp/dac Those worried about the viability of the CD format and getting your player serviced in the future, fear not. Inside the owner’... | |
| Reliability - what’s your experience been? (1) Before I upgraded to separate components in my discrete stand-alone 7.2 HT system, I had the brand new very top model CAMBRIDGE AVR. Its HDMI board died suddenly and catastrophically after 19 months from new, OK…. Fine .,,, it was an PITA inco... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? My take …. A couple of things (1) Understand your differing orbits before you compare them There is likely a chasm between the respective party perspectives when a guest is considering expressing feedback or an opinion on the homeowner’s audio ... | |
| Who puts their speakers right up against the back wall and why? LARSEN speakers out of Sweden. They are designed that way , https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/larsen-model-9-loudspeaker/ | |
| Streaming, Getting the Signal, Then What? @audioman58 +1 …. It’s beyond my pay-grade to explain the technical bafflegab as to why inserting an “audiophile” grade network switch AND ( Emphasis added ) an external quality build Linear power supply to power the network switch, and insert... | |
| Which of my components has the better built in DAC? Too many believe misguidedly that the only governing secret to a good DAC lies only in choosing a flavour-of-the-month “high-end” converter chip.(…. the worst approach are those floated in the YouTube reviews …especially those touting that this ap... | |
| !!! Harbeth M30.2 Xd,NOT Just Pipe & Slippers Speakers!!! +1 …. Big time! I drive them with a very beefy REGA OSIRIS integrated amp and an ATC C1 Mk2 subwoofer to flesh out the bottom octave ….this rig has serious slam and dynamics in addition to its legendary class-leading midrange. https://www.stereo... |