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| Moving up the Harbeth line @ryder Thanks for sharing your opinion. Last year when I was in the process of building my main system, I was almost set on getting the SHL5+ from a local seller. I went to his house to audition, and absolutely loved the way they sounded. I made ... | |
| Raven Audio SC I'm using the Soniquil power cord with my Blackhawk amp and agree that the synergy is quite good. I also have Audio Envy Mega 3 power cord in the other system with Luxman 590AXII, the performance of AE Mega 3 is off the charts. | |
| Is the appeal to euphonic distortion learned? I often wonder if there's a correlation between appreciating euphonic distortion and gradual hearing loss (otherwise known as getting old). | |
| Stereophile's 2021 products of the year @jjss49 Very well said!I would also add that the new crop of youtube reviewers are following in the same footsteps. Almost all of them start with good intentions and fair and balanced reviews. Before long, they realize that this could be a lucrati... | |
| Help me complete my stereo system (Harbeth, ClearAudio Concept). @fjn04 There was a post I read that says the magic starts at 507. I can't comment on that, but would not discount the 550. I was the one who made that comment, and realized that I should have included the 550 in the 'where the magic starts' bound... | |
| Raven Audio Nighthawk I have owned a Blackhawk MK3 for a few months. It's very nice, refined, and responds well to tube rolling. But, personally, I feel that it does not rise up to the level of hype created around the Raven products, at least the Avian series. It compe... | |
| Integrated amp -- Pass Labs vs Luxman vs McIntosh It was actually a tough decision choosing between ARC and Luxman. I still miss the palpability, smoothness, and the rich sound of the GSi75. But in the end, it just didn’t have the visceral qualities, especially the tight punch in the bass area, t... | |
| Help me complete my stereo system (Harbeth, ClearAudio Concept). I agree that the Luxman sound is supremely balanced, but pipe and slippers it ain’t. Not even by a long shot. I don’t know which Luxman model you’re looking at, but the 505 does not use the in-house transformer, and it shows. If you have a choice ... | |
| Kef LS50 Sorry I was just making a general observation about the power hungry nature of LS50s, not necessarily a comment on your particular amplifier. The point is that unlike other speakers in that price range, the LS50s respond well to higher levels of a... | |
| Luxman tonality Completely agree with OP. When I first went to audition the Luxman 590AXII, I was expecting this warm, lush, rolled off sound. Why? Because that's what I had read about them. I was completely wrong!Compared to 509, the 590AXII tilts towards warm, ... | |
| Kef LS50 These are really good speakers! The only weakness I can think of is that they require expensive and big amplification -- think > $2500, otherwise they can sound quite ho-hum. Paired with your SVS subs, I think you're pretty well covered. | |
| Moving up the Harbeth line So I added a REL T/Zero and spread out the speakers by 6 inches on each side. Made a really big difference. The imaging, soundstage depth and width definitely improved noticeably. However, I still feel that the scale, especially when reproducing p... | |
| I just bought a Steinway which sounds like a banjo. Could it be the room or associated electronics? | |
| Why No Love For Peachtree Audio? I wonder how much of people’s impressions were formed several years ago, and might not be relevant today. I bought a Peachtree Nova 125 about 6-7 years ago and tried so hard to love it. Initially, what attracted me to the amp was the sizzle it pro... | |
| Streaming Sound Quality - Want the very best sound quality? Network Acoustics ENO... @lalitk Thanks. This will be a contender when I decide to upgrade my USB cable. |