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| Speaker Suggestions/Opinions If you are using stand mounts the new series Elac Vela 403 loudspeakers from Germany have excellent balance look on YouTube the latest Jet 5 AMT tweeter is Very good is built in house as well as their sandwich paper aluminum ,mid -woofer looks ve... | |
| HELP! Large speakers fell over during shipping. If they are strapped flat on the pallet much less chance of damage they should have plastic wrap around them also, if designed properly there should be thick sponge type foam ,not white styrofoam which is outdated and cheap. There should be no phy... | |
| A Hidden "Feature" of the Cornwall IV The only big negative with all klipsch speakers and I owned most of them including the Cornwall junk Xover parts look inside China special , I rebuilt several including the heresy 3 I sold fully upgradedi culdnot believe even with the K horn maybe... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? One thing to mention speakers ,since I have been modding them mainly for myself and a few others for many years, your Xover is the ❤️ or brain 🧠 of any Loudspeaker, the Vast majority of Xover parts are average quality at best.out of a scale 1-15... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? MBL 101 are great speakers ,if you have electronics that are powerful ,yet refined ,you also will need $100 k to start . From great monitors with subs that image better then most Big speakers ,or big Electrostat panels that may not be realistic in... | |
| Straight out of the box doesn't work. For that kind of money it should be tested before it ships, also tubes never should be shipped in the amp ,all tubes should be matched pairs ,and numbered where is there location , not very well thought out at all.I bought Ayon Integrated amps ,as... | |
| Recommend a dac that contributes to system for tight bass If you have $5k this Holo May KTE dac is probably the best under $10k dac currently on the market. This is my Next dac for sure and I have heard many excellent award winning dacs.http://v2.stereotimes.com/post/kitsune-holo-audio-kte-may-dac--by-da... | |
| DAC/w Volume control + Power amp or DAC + Integrated? No question about it if, the integrated amplifier has a true active class A preamplifier section such a the excellent Coda CSIB or Pass Labs 60then no question , you didnot say hello he price point.a quality classA preamp is far better then a pas... | |
| Would This Amp Be Worth The Cost? Why would you buy that amplifier the Coda #8 power amplifier is the best sounding Amplifier I have heard under $10 k and retail $6200 can be bought for $5500 delivered .it is a steal and 3 power choices and amount of 1st watts into pure class A .... | |
| Did someone complain about the price of Uptone EtherRegen switch? You can have my place in line , I would never pay more then $300 for a top quality ethernet switch ,never mind $3k , if using a computer the excellentJcat makes a great Femto ethernet card ,for $850 transformers your ethernet but a Sbooster line... | |
| Wanting to try a tube amp. Ayon is a great 1st tube integrated for a couple reasons it’s the Only microprocessor controlled amp that you calibrate by pushing a button it monitors each tube, and it s not a cheap auto bias system where a resistive network averages voltage and... | |
| DAC as a preamp? A true active preamp of quality is noticably better then a digital volume from the dac. ,for having an active preamp it has transformers ,capacitors, Mosfets, or FETs to stabilize the performance the soundstage is more stable, as well as dynamics ... | |
| XLR or RCA for my new DAC It only matters if the Xlr are truly balanced from input to output on the dac as well as the preamp , I have been involved with audio over 40 years ,on most ,if you pop the cover the rca, and xlr are connected together before the output in the c... | |
| Funny how streaming/digital still chases that analog benchmark. Digital is as good or betterthen analog IMO a $3k network switch is a rip off $300 maybe , in a custom built Pc buy the latest Jcat usb,and ethernet card for streaming linear power supply ,a final touch audio cable for usb to dac.spend at least $2... | |
| Magico Customer service I owned a Audio store for 10 years and know a thing or two about everything regarding speaker build and pricing,myself have been modding Xovers for years Magico makes a very good speaker ,very similar in many aspect to YG Acoustics custom machin... |