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| Paradigm Persona series djverne, Honestly don’t know what you are hearing with that setup, a couple of questions:1: Were the speakers toed in?2: What kind of cabling was being used?3: What was the source?There are a few really weird things in your description the midrang... | |
| Planned to upgrade to DeVore Gibbon X, but concerned about comment of base leanness The Gibbons are an excellent speaker with a lot of attibutes but they have never been a very bass heavy speaker.At the price point there are a ton of great loudspeakers that will offer similar attributes with far deeper bass. If you are stuck on t... | |
| Ceiling fan in listening room? A ceiling fan is terrific energy efficient and it helps and many fans can be quite quiet.The best for real cooling is a split ductless which often have a quiet mode and can really cool down a room, these tend to be $1k-3k with installation but the... | |
| CD"S Here is our take on the subject, you have really two ways of looking at the issue.Point One: The future is streaming It is abundently clear that Tidal or Qbouz or any other non compressed preferably high resolution or at least 16 bit 44k data stre... | |
| Where to listen hi end systems in Manhattan? Plga our pleasure. Dave and TroyAudio Doctor NJ | |
| Is there any Streamer/DAC/Preamp good enough to replace a dedicated standalone preamp? Phomchick, you are under a couple of false assumptions.1: A straight line with gain is desirableAnswer: Sometimes no it isn't.If the dac with volume control makes the system sound sterile and going through a good tube preamp adds some warmth that ... | |
| Any improvement of using 2K$ Dac with Cambridge CXN There are good arguments between the integrated streaming solutions and separates.One of the reasons we recommend the Lumin products so highly is that both their entry level D2 streamer and the T2 can morph into very good streaming transports, bec... | |
| Where to listen hi end systems in Manhattan? We would also welcome you Plga, our shop Audio Doctor in nearby Jersey City has the largest collection of audio/video gear in the tristate area.We have most of the major brands available: Loudspeakers: KEF, Dali, PSB, Paradigm, Elac, ATC, Quad, Le... | |
| Any improvement of using 2K$ Dac with Cambridge CXN Audioman 58 but we used to sell both the Cambridge and the Lumin. We had both units in the same system and could a/b both at the same time and in the same system, and there was no contest at all, the Lumin completely outclassed the Cambridge.Also... | |
| PSB T3 Yes we are a PSB T3 dealer, they will do classical very well. The T3 are a very well balanced design.The T3 are one of the true standouts below $10k.Coupled with good electronics they never fail to put a smile on our faces. The only issue might be... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.8 Paneri a more holographic soundstage will be accomplished by making a few changes:1: Upgrade from the Niagra 1000 to an Audio Magic power conditioner 2: Upgrade from the Rocket 88 not good enough for the system3: Use footers undeneath the preamp a... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.8 Panerai,A tube like solid state there are many amps which sound somewhat tube like, however, none of these sound like a true tube product.The issue may be other parts of your chain, what are you using for your preamp, digital and cabling?Is the id... | |
| Low-pass + high-pass? Dbphd, we have yet to find any passive filters that won't compromise the sound of a great high resolution system.The Kef Ref 1 can play loud and do not really benefit from removing the strain of the bass from the speakers unless your room is huge ... | |
| Any improvement of using 2K$ Dac with Cambridge CXN Sell the CX it is a good streamer but not that good, and as a transport you are going to introduce a lot of jitter.All the units you mentioned are great.Mytek Brooklyn Bridge great dac, MQA, good preamp, good heaphone amp.Lumin great app, MQA fant... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.8 Panerai,We have to note a point with Dupac's comments, the Bryston 4B3 does he mean the SST3 series, is a very different amplifier than the newer cubed series. Personally after being a Bryston dealer for a few years we found the Bryston amplifie... |