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| Which Amplifier for Sonus Faber Olympica 3 Speaker I have Oly 1s and initially tried driving them with McIntosh tube amps (MC75 monoblocks). No go at all. Muddy undefined mids/lows. Enter a Marchand crossover, and a beefy Class D amp, and all is well. The 75s now drive solely the tweeters. | |
| AGD Audion GaN Class D In The House That GaN tech is not necessarily needed to enjoy Class D. | |
| AGD Audion GaN Class D In The House I have the e-purfy Audiophonics Class D amp. I decided to try it after I just couldn't get satisfaction with my MC75 tubed monoblocks. To be fair I just don't think the 75s had enough oomph to properly power the inefficient Sonusfaber Oly 1 book ... | |
| room size question. 12 inch subs--Rythmiks. Lol not 12 foot---that would be something!! | |
| room size question. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10223074687878862&set=a.2556971486848 I am in an 11 by 12 room with 8 foot untreated ceiling. I too use GIK acoustic panels. The speakers are pulled into the room say 3 feet. I have a few feet behind my... | |
| Weak Link in chain as I upgrade from mid-fi? Just a thought-- You have a decent system now. As long as the name isn't Lloyd, Soundesign, Bose, or a HT receiver...you get the idea....I wouldn't call it mid-fi. Your system is especially suited for a non-specific room. | |
| 2nd systems- who’s got one? My 2d system is out in the loft and is also my office. 4 monitors with a custom PC. I run a dragonfly red, Advent Smallers, SVS sub, TEAC CD/SACD, Pioneer turntable, Kenwood 3 head cassette deck, vintage McIntosh receiver used as a preamp, and a L... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Yes --it is just not that good. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I took the last 3 nights to get through the truly awful Kiss live in 2004 Virginia Beach 3 disc set. One disc a night was all I could handle. especially on the earlier songs it just sound like monotone wailing. Now I know why I mostly stay away... | |
| I want to move from Rega Planar 6 help me to pick a new turntable Oh and congrats on wanting to move away from Rega. It is like strava to the cycling world---- common. Go for the less common--- EAt or SOTA would fit the bill. And VPI somewhat. | |
| I want to move from Rega Planar 6 help me to pick a new turntable Project and EAT are partners in that the owners are married. If anything Jozefina makes her husbands turntables be a bit better. Really, maybe the gap is closing, but not long ago there was no comparison, with EAT feing the FAR superior line. I... | |
| Your single most significant purchase mistake? Weaver likes 6 figure everything, has a head twitch, and a martini issue. I try very hard to avoid his over the top bombastic pomposity. He uses the same 100 adjectives over and over...I tired of him after the first 10 episodes. Perhaps that is t... | |
| Your single most significant purchase mistake? 2 examples come to mind...a trapezoidal shaped Kenwood receiver with a space age LED pad remote that had a shape to match. Oh and also the Kenwood that came with the blue smooth membrane remote, Kenwood tried hard after the classic silver-face da... | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer I started with Kenwood, Realistic, Yamaha. Onkyo, and Marantz ....with cheap Bose or Advent speakers. Then I graduated to a Luxman 505 UxII and some Epos Elan speakers. The sound was not all that much superior. I then decluttered my room and tre... | |
| Are tubes psychological? I rarely listen with my Luxman SS any more. The Mctubes just sound nice. Whereas the Luxman somehow seems sterile. |