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| speaker labeled dfs You are thinking of "upgrading" what is essentially an old cabinet? Seems like a bad idea to me because you won't find the same drivers and won't get good results by sticking any drivers you do find. What will you do about the cross-overs? You are... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Rlapporte, Boa2, Sphere...Let me state my .02 on the dealer participation (welcome) and disclosure (always a must).It is not a matter of doubting someone's honesty or integrity, but understanding any conflicts of interest. You wouldn't think it wa... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Dingus: Wow, those are some bargains! So, is AR-9 your primary listening speaker now? | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Rockadanny: Aktchi, Comparisons were of some speakers past. I admit that the HT3s were nearly the most expensive speakers I've heard. The others: Audes Blues; Tannoy Eyris DC-3; Vandersteen 2ce; Von Schweikert VR-2; Zu Druid; Vienna Acoustic Beeth... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Rockadanny: I went to Jim Salk's house to audition a pair of his Veracity HT3s. After listening for a bit, I came to the conclusion that they are better than live. Or at least what live SHOULD sound like, were it properly miced, set-up, and amped.... | |
| Spendor S8e, Dynaudio Focus 220, VA Grand Mozart Kw6:Have you ever had a chance to compare Harbeth and Spendors? If you want to reproduce music with lifelike dynamics and levels one should really be looking into custom horn systems.Do you have any specific models in mind? What would be your thou... | |
| Best monitor under 5k? Jerrym303: Sold my old Vandies and selling the Tylers I tried out.Which precise models were those, the vandies as well as Tylers? Congratulations on finding what works best for you. | |
| Spendor S8e, Dynaudio Focus 220, VA Grand Mozart Kw6: Have you had a chance to compare SP1/2e and S8e side by side? I have been curious about how Spendor's classic and new lines would compare at similar price points. | |
| Advice about warm, gentle speakers... Aitchnu: From reviewing the forums it appears that more “serene” brands include Green Mountain, Spendor, Sonus Faber and Vienna Acoustics.Just my take: GMA look ugly, SF's are usually overpriced. I have owned Spendor for years but must say that no... | |
| DCM speakers Rich, Thanks once again. Sorry if I was too off the cuff, many reviews tend to make one that way. I'll try to get hold of the full review. | |
| DCM speakers Rar1: Sensible Sound reviewed the DCM models a few months backI found a few excerpts athttp://www.dcmspeakers.com/news/stories/soundmag.htmI was interested in personal experiences of any A'goner. I am sure Sensible Sound will say something to the ... | |
| Tyler and Acoustic Zen reviews in TAS FWIW, the Adagio review is available online at :http://www.upscaleaudio.com/updates/tasadagio.pdfwww.upscaleaudio.com/updates/tasadagio.pdfI have not been able to locate the Tyler review online. | |
| Tyler and Acoustic Zen reviews in TAS Bartokfan: ...btw I see the Spendor is british. Sorry I don't care for brit sound. But I'll give them a fair and unbias hearing tomorrow.How funny that in the same sentence you first state your bias and then promise to be unbiased. :) Anyway, I sh... | |
| Tyler and Acoustic Zen reviews in TAS Joeabrams: Your question assumes that Sallie had both the Tyler and Acoustic Zen speakers in her listening room at the same time, which may or may not be the case. Even though the two reviews appear in the same issue, they may have been written mo... | |
| Tyler and Acoustic Zen reviews in TAS Bartokfan: I decided to start an independent thread on these particular issues (TAS reviews, the Adagio review, etc), so people who are not following the other thread may also share their thoughts and experience.BTW, while I am sure that advertisi... |