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| ??? Axxess Audio Forte 1??? I had the U-280, which as far as class D amps go, was one of the best amps I owned. I heard the Axxess Forte at a dealer and was very underwhelmed. It’s not in the same league as the Aavik amps that’s for sure. | |
| Buckeye Amps musicality? Not measurements, musicality.... Go ahead get that class D and get it out of your system. | |
| Upgrade from Joseph Audio Pearls? +1 @soix | |
| Options to improve digital sound I run Roon Core on a newer Mac Mini as well as a sonicTransporter i5. There’s absolutely zero difference in sound quality. To be honest, I’m tired of the CPU intensive nature of Roon but most people who are comparing the Mac Mini probably had olde... | |
| Harbeth 40.3 XDs I owned 40.2s and sold them a few months ago. They need plenty of breathing room and must be at least three feet away from all walls to sound their best. Otherwise, they can get a boomy. But if you position them properly and feed them with high qu... | |
| Battle of the affordables +1 @freediver now that’s a great list! | |
| Finally heard Accuphase @fratbob Thanks for pointing out the incredible and layered soundstage depth produced by the Accuphase amps. While it's not the only amp that can show you layers, but IMO it is very special in the way it does it. This company has found the right b... | |
| Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers. @gano I was responding to you about assuming that only he knows what he’s talking about while others are just guessing. What he described is a typical process in business called sales and operations planning or integrated business planning. It’s s... | |
| Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers. @gano yes very true. He knows what he is talking about, while other are mostly guessing. Actually, there are quite a few on these forums who know what he's talking about. Sales and Operations Planning is not a novel concept. However, corpor... | |
| Finally heard Accuphase I recently acquired an Accuphase A-80 class A amp, which I’m comparing against my long term stablemate Vitus SS-101 as well as Audio Research REF 250 mono blocks. To my ears, in my system, and given my musical preferences, the A-80 checks all the ... | |
| Clone DarTZeel amps? You get what you pay for. Anything else is wishful thinking. | |
| New preamplifier - Backert Rhumba Extreme, Aesthetix Calypso Signature, Ayre KX5 Twenty What do you guys think of Audio Research preamps like REF 6SE compared to some that are mentioned above? | |
| RaidHo C1.1 vs Focal Diablo Utopia Instead of changing speakers, try a different amp other than your Jeff Rowland. Maybe it’s the amp that’s holding back your speakers? Or perhaps, the synergy is not there. Just a thought. | |
| ??? WHY WHY WHY ??? Class A vs Everything Else Yup, once you get hooked on class A, it’s difficult to enjoy anything else. In the past few years, I’ve tried several class A/B and class D amps at many price points. I always find my way back to class A. Enjoy! | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" I have no intentions of giving up my eyesight just to be able to test a piece of equipment. No, sorry! |