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| What Monitors would you pick for my new office (bookshelf) >> Please put the Fritz Carrera BE speakers on your list. I recently posted a review and a comparison between Carrera and Harbeth M30.1s in the member review section. By the way, Fritz has a generous return policy so you got nothing to lose. | |
| REVIEW: Raven Audio Blackhawk Integrated, Soniquil Cables.... If anyone deserves a discount in this country, it is our men and women in uniform (veterans or active duty). And yes, they’re entitled to a discount, and a lot more. That’s the least we can do for someone who actually puts his or her life on the l... | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point @ryder did you finalize the dac selection yet? | |
| New Raven Audio CeLest Monitor coming this fall. @erangel -- sorry to hear about how Raven Audio is behaving towards you. It's bad enough to treat regular customers this way, but to have this kind of attitude towards our service members is just unacceptable. I have no idea what's going on with J... | |
| Can someone suggest a lush tube integrated under $3000 used @tomic601 -- The VTL was actually bought by my friend. I didn't want to bring it up because the OP wanted to learn more about Raven, but there's simply no comparison. The VTL I-85 is in a totally different league compared to Raven's Blackhawk. It ... | |
| Can someone suggest a lush tube integrated under $3000 used OP: Raven Audio Nighthawk is a great match with high sensitivity speakers. I can tell you from experience (I owned the Blackhawk for several months) that they don't do as well with anything less than 88 db. I tried them with Harbeth 30.1 and SHL5+... | |
| Who are the Stand Up Guy's and Gals in this Audio Industry? On the plus side …+++John Fritz Heiler+Rogue Audio+Network Acoustics +Raven Audio +Audio Research — maybe not quite boutique On the not so plus side …I didn’t have a good experience with Quicksilver. Not terrible, but not positive either.A friend ... | |
| Interesting experience with two very different speaker designs Commercial speakers are made to do one thing and one thing only, to make a profit.That’s a rather black and white view. Profit making and creativity/passion are not always mutually exclusive. There are a number of very talented designers and speak... | |
| New Raven Audio CeLest Monitor coming this fall. @erangel -- My last post was not meant to cast doubt on the validity of your complaint. I have no reason to believe you were anything less than truthful. I was just presenting another data point which was very different than yours obviously. As yo... | |
| Best Integrated that you've heard under $5k +1 for Audio Hungary Qualiton x200. If your speakers are on the efficient side, the Qualiton a20i is another solid contender. Excellent class A tube sound. | |
| New Raven Audio CeLest Monitor coming this fall. My experience dealing with James is just the opposite. I’ve talked to him a few times on the phone and visited his house to audition a few amps and speakers. He was very nice, knowledge, and accessible. Maybe he was having a bad day? Whether you l... | |
| Interesting experience with two very different speaker designs When I was talking about DIYers, I was thinking more of that guy who has a full time job not related to audio and pursues building speakers as a part time hobby. But if we're going to bend the rules when defining 'outliers' then I'd be remiss if I... | |
| Octave V70SE vs Qualiton X200 @jerryg123 -- A good friend is also running QLN 3s with Qualition a50i. According to him, it is one of the best combinations he's ever heard, and this guy knows his audio ... has had tens of different systems over the years. I would love to hear y... | |
| Octave V70SE vs Qualiton X200 Congratulations! Audio Hungary is making some phenomenal stuff at very reasonable prices (relatively speaking, of course). I'm seriously considering buying an a20i for my home office system.Enjoy the music! | |
| Octave V70SE vs Qualiton X200 @chipcalzone -- I know you directed your question at Jerry, but I thought I'd share my 2 cents anyways :)I had compared both a50i and x200, but not at the same time unfortunately. I preferred the a50i by a wide margin. IMO, it has more clarity, re... |