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| Is the Hegel H-20 better than the Parasound A-21? The new amps are not even in the same ballpark as the old, I used to sell the originals and they were good not great.I sell some incredible amplifiers from Chord, BAT, Bryston, and Hegel, and the new Aragon 8008 sounds like a way more expensive am... | |
| Is the Hegel H-20 better than the Parasound A-21? Dear Audiozen,First of all are you judging a company by their history or sound quality? The new Aragon amplifiers are very well built and very well designed and constructed, I don't think you saw a current picture of the amplifier. The look of the... | |
| Is the Hegel H-20 better than the Parasound A-21? I sold Aragon in the ninties the new amps are way better then any of their original amplifiers. The Hegel products are way over rated, their new Dacs are good but their $2,500.00 HD 25 is not even close in terms of sound quality or features than t... | |
| B&W 803D and Parasound Your problem is simple you have a way too expensive speaker on cheap but good amplifiers, the general rule in audio is that the electronics cost the same to twice the cost of the speakers. So if you are using a $9k speaker you need way better elec... | |
| Is the Hegel H-20 better than the Parasound A-21? The answer to your question is simple, the Hegel is a better sounding amplifier than the A 21, the A 21 is a fantastic amplifier for the price, the issue is resolution, the Hegel is a more dimensional amplifier with greater clarity and speed as it... | |
| Wireworld Platinum vs Acoustic Zen Absolute It really depends on if you are talking series 7 from Wire world or the the older versions.The new Series 7 is mind blowing, world class cable, the older series 6 was very good, but did not create the same level of performance which is now world c... | |
| Alexia vs Salon 2 If you are really just using the system for home theater there are equally good less expensive alternatives then either of these. | |
| Any experience with Esoteric K-05? Considering you have one of the world's most revealing speakers and one of the best integrated amplifiers, I would go for an even higher quality source.The K05 is a lower quality version of the K03 and even though it has superior resolution to the... | |
| Speaker recommendations, budget $10-15K I see a few problems with the Cresendos, one if they have too much bass they will most likely overload this room speakers which go to the low 20's need a much larger room to not overload the room with bass. I heard the Cresendos at CES a few years... | |
| Best AV processors for under $10K metn You have a number of excellent choices:Cary Cinema 12 around $5k comes with 32bit dacs and sounds fantastic very musicalBryston SP 3 around $9.5k is the newer better version of what you have.Anthem Statment D2V still great sounding, outstandi... | |
| Need some help. Rega RS5s over PSB Imagine Ts? I would also add to your list the Dali Ikon 6 and the KEF R 500.The PSB are very nice speakers, so are the Rega, it comes down to personal taste.My favorite would be either the KEF or the Dali. | |
| How Important is power conditioning if you have Taters, I had an Synergistic original Powercell and I preferred the Running Springs, but now they are in gen 3 so I really don't know. I used Bybee power conditioning years ago, good, but not in the same league, Bybee bullets great but very expens... | |
| How Important is power conditioning if you have In my shop I have all dedicated 20 amp lines with $200 Furutech outlets, and quite frankly I find good power conditioning mandatory. I use the Running Springs products and I find them to make a huge difference in my display systems.Sound stage wid... | |
| Vivid audio Giya G1 and Wilson Maxx3 Both are great speakers, I am a Vivid dealer, so you can take my comments for what they are, either biased or not, I can not supply you with speakers in Sweden anyway. Here is my take on the two speakers both are fantastically well built products,... | |
| Esoteric K-01 and Aurender S10 compatibility You should use whatever sounds best which may not be the USB vs the 192k from SPDIF. |