arafiq
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| Recommendation for a highly resolving amp I don't know your budget but a Luxman m-900u is a solid contender. Very resolving but never neutral or dry. | |
| Interesting experience with two very different speaker designs @adam8179 -- sorry, it was not my intention to belittle your achievement. You have every right to be proud of and brag about what you built. I wish I had the time, and more importantly, the talent to do what you did. I was basically disagreeing wi... | |
| Octave V70SE vs Qualiton X200 @chipcalzone -- I'm driving the Harbeth SHL5+ with the a50i with no issues at all. The SHL5+ are 86db/6 ohms. I can crank it up to the point where I don't care to stay in the room. And even then I'm probably at 50% of the volume dial. But either w... | |
| Octave V70SE vs Qualiton X200 @chipcalzone -- if you can bump up your budget a bit more, take a look at Qualiton a50i. The 50 watts of pure class A is just magical! Based on my auditioning experience, it punches above the X200 -- as it should, given the price difference.BTW, I... | |
| Interesting experience with two very different speaker designs @pfiche -- Years of research and experience" in marketing is a major component for brand names.Sorry but I beg to differ. Most successful manufacturers have the luxury to iterate and evolve their designs year after year, version after version. The... | |
| Experience with Moon by Simaudio amps & preamps Although I didn’t own the Nova V, I had the pleasure of owning Olympica 3s last year. I agree with ghdprentice that they are a superb match with ARC. Another contender is Luxman 590AXII. It has the sweet class A sound but enough juice to drive the... | |
| Interesting experience with two very different speaker designs Home made speaker vs a professionally manufactured name brand speaker based on years of research and experience. And the name brand speaker wins. Color me surprised :) | |
| Tekton Double Impact Review Thank you for posting a balanced and honest review of the Tektons. I heard them at a local seller's house last year while I was auditioning. I completely agree with your assessment that these speakers can hold their own against any speaker up to $... | |
| My Experience With Tekton Just wow!!!Stream of unconsciousness at its worst. | |
| What comes after Harbeth 30.1s? I actually don't have an issue with the treble to be honest ... yes, I know that's one of the things I mentioned earlier. I guess I'm just looking for a different experience ... either that, or I'm terribly confused, lol!As @jjss49 mentioned, perh... | |
| Which Harbeths? The C7s were the first Harbeth speakers I listened to about 4-5 years ago. I didn't care much for them at the time, and a recent audition validated my earlier assessment. I'm not saying they're not good, but definitely not my cup of tea. I found t... | |
| What comes after Harbeth 30.1s? @orfeo_monteverdi -- that's certainly very good advice. "Don't fix it if it ain't broken," as the saying goes. I'm going to give Fritz Carrera BE a try in the next week or so. I will be in a position to compare the Carrera and M30.1s side by side ... | |
| What comes after Harbeth 30.1s? @motokokusanagi -- I completely agree with you about acoustic panels. I'm quite familiar with GIK and use them in the media room where my main system is setup. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/9424 | |
| What comes after Harbeth 30.1s? @twoleftears Unfortunately, I cannot recall the exact model. In your opinion, which PMC model is closer to the BBC sound from the likes of Harbeth, Spendor, Rogers, or Graham? | |
| What comes after Harbeth 30.1s? I forgot to add that the Proac model I listened to was the D2R, which I believe utilizes a ribbon tweeter. Not sure if that was contributing to the slightly forward nature of the sound. Has anyone compared it with the non-ribbon version? I’d love ... |