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| Paradigm Persona series riovendale, what was the dealers using for the setup?If you use them with the wrong electronics they are going to sound like what you describe the Persona's are a much more detailed type of sound then all the other loudspeakers you mentioned we se... | |
| Need speaker suggestion for a larger room! Brookies you actually need a speaker-with very good deep bass as the size of the room will not give you the room gain that will reinforce the bass also you be further away you will lose spl.For 7k you can get a brand new pair of legacy audio focus... | |
| Hegel H590 Op you may want to consider a few of the newer preamp/dac + amp options that may be similarily priced:We have the Anthem STR amp and preamp which is an outstanding 400 watt per channel amp plus the new STR preamp state of the art dac + preamp with... | |
| Paradigm Persona series What do you think it costs them to make a set of well made grills, you have to make the frame, stretch fabric and cure the glues, then you have to package the grills, Do you honestly think that a large company you are not paying for overhead and l... | |
| KEF for Near-field? Schubert you can absolutely listen to Kef's nearfield the fact that the tweeter is directly in the center of the midrange means that all frequencies arrive from the same point in space, also the quasi horn load of the shallow midrange's flair crea... | |
| Big speakers in small room at moderate volume levels YYstantabarbera, the Persona's are not fatiguing if the demo is dialed in with the right gear which includes sources and cabling.If you let us know how the dealer was setting up the Personas, and what gear he sells we can recommend a possibly diff... | |
| Merlin with Pass XA 30.8? You may want to consider the new Coda series 8 amplifier which comes in at the same price of the Pass Labs and has been just compared to the $14k Pass Labs monoblocks.The Merlins like power and having a 150 on tap with the Coda would be advantage... | |
| The KEF LS50 price drop has me considering a small system for my office. Suggestions? Mapman you are correct but where is the fun in that? Also the passives with a seperate amplifier will not pidgeon hole you in having to keep the LS 50, so the OP could if he wants to upgrae to an even better pair of loudspeakers and have real fun ... | |
| Paradigm Persona series Lets look at the issue which you guys aren't factoring in which is dealer cost. The Grills cost $200 or so to make which means they cost Paradigm approx $100 each grill times 2 for a pair = a cost of $200 they are now going to mark them up to make... | |
| The KEF LS50 price drop has me considering a small system for my office. Suggestions? Kpellethead there are some great choices Naim Atom $3300 compact fantatic sound amp dac streamer.New Nad C568 pre blue os ess sabre dac dirac room correction Nuprime Sta 9 $600 amp fantastic package.Dave and TroyAudio Doctor NJ | |
| Best turntable and arm under 10k? Probably the bes turntable in the world that is insanly affordable is the Merrill Willaims Real 101.3. when used with a good tonearm matches or beats much more expensive turntables.George Merrill is a turntable genius but not a marketing one, many... | |
| Preview: CODA Technologies new generation number#8 Stereo Amplifier Hey Teejay, can you at least give a little teaser info on what amplifiers you compared the Coda NO 8 to and when the review will be up the suspense is killing us.We haven't yet talked with Doug at Coda yet dying to see your impressions of the ampl... | |
| Preview: CODA Technologies new generation number#8 Stereo Amplifier Hey Teajay when will your review be up, we are a Coda dealer and have been waiting for some thing exciting from Coda.Their amplifiers have always been amazing, we had a CSib on the floor for some time and it was better then the Luxman and Hegel in... | |
| Power conditioner , Re-generator.....for Spectral DMA 150 / 180 Power amplifiers Rapogee totally not true, you could plug a Krell into any suitable conditioner that would not limit current.We used to do demos with the Running Springs plugged into the wall with large tube amps plugged into the wall and then throught the conditi... | |
| Antennas for FM Tuners in Urban Setting Look for Magnum Dynalab I think it is an ST3 about $100 decent ant.They are also one of the very few companies still making FM Tuners in the high end market they can direct you to who and where you can procure an ant if they are not making any th... |