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Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh
I have the HARBETH 30.2 XD’s that developed a digital “edge” and excess brightness that needed to be fixed. (A) The HARBETHs are driven by a very beefy high-current REGA OSIRIS integrated amp. (B) High- end audio sources are two fold; - REGA ISI... 
best external drive for ripping CDs
They are mostly all pick-one-of-‘em cheap builds with an eventual lock to fail. They do a yeoman duty until then with their quirky noises cuz there is no quality power supply supply on a USB powered external unit, As pointed out, there are a relat... 
Warm and accurate bookshelves that can handle volume
@rsf507  i have the HARBETH 30.2 XDs driven by a$ 5 figure mutha high end integrate amp ( REGA OSIRIS ) that have everything I ever wanted at any volume and any genre of music .  the notion that they somehow  “ fall apart” is nonsense and a hard... 
Warm and accurate bookshelves that can handle volume
HARBETH starting at the M30.2 model and moving up in their line. 
Solid core OFC vs stranded OCC copper
Litz wire is a particular type of multistrand wire or cable used in electronics. The wire is designed to reduce the skin effect and proximity effect losses in conductors used at frequencies up to about 1 MHz.  It consists of many thin wire strands... 
Solid core OFC vs stranded OCC copper
   
Solid core OFC vs stranded OCC copper
   
Solid core OFC vs stranded OCC copper
Certain patented cable designs favour stranded cables ( eg CARDAS) Both the Clear and Cross lines feature Golden Ratio scaled, ultra-pure copper multi-stranded Litz conductors, carefully chosen dielectric materials, and innovative manufacturing t... 
Who says studio monitors are "cold and analytical"?
About Studio Monitors these are not your home Audio Units. Ever since Altec Lansing introduced the Duplex 604 in 1944, mix engineers have relied on studio monitors to provide them with the accurate details needed to make critical mixing de... 
Who says studio monitors are "cold and analytical"?
@kenjit  ”…. kenjit 1,619 posts 12-23-2022 at 12:28pm  There is no such thing as a studio monitor. All speakers are just wooden boxes. The question is how the damn thing has been tuned. Studio monitors are tuned FLAT. Audiophile speakers ha... 
Best Basic CD Player (no SACD, USB, etc.)
   
Best Basic CD Player (no SACD, USB, etc.)
   
Best Basic CD Player (no SACD, USB, etc.)
At your implied budget point : REGA APOLLO / APOLLO-R       https://www.stereophile.com/content/rega-research-apollo-cd-player          
Another cable question
Intuitively, everybody’s experiences are going to be entirely bespoke, ergo, one-size does NOT fit all. Influencing factors listed from the CARDAS website:         It is said, wire is just wire. In reality, a high-end audio cable must bala... 
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