avanti1960
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| Integrated Amp Pairing for Harbeth 30.2 Dan D'Agostino Pendulum- worth the stretch with a good deal. Amazing. | |
| McIntosh to Luxman? Luxman integrated amps can sound overly smooth (e.g. their class A amps) and need to be paired with non laid back speakers. The newer "Z" integrated amps are more detailed and sound excellent. Newer McIntosh POWER amplifiers are as smooth yet... | |
| Integrated that blew you away The value leader in amps is the Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II or III but they have to have the KT120 tubes and a couple NOS 12AX7/ AU7 tubes. It blew me away many times and sounds better than most amps priced significantly higher. Pair it with s... | |
| Need Recommendation for Coffee Shop @aottke A coffee shop in Portland, OR I was in has the white KEF Q350 speakers mounted in the ceiling corners and they sound excellent. | |
| ~$3-5k speakers for moderate volume listening: Spendor A4, Fyne 501SP, Focal Aria X no. 2? The Fynes on your list will do what you ask. I was really impressed with them. Quick, refined and dynamic, reminds me of my Spendor D7.2 which are super dynamic at lower volume and have a huge super defines sound stage. | |
| Anyone heard the new Mofi V10 Master Edition at Axpona? @deep_333 Yes, I do remember, thanks for posting. | |
| Anyone heard the new Mofi V10 Master Edition at Axpona? @kofibaffour glad you are enjoying your mofi speakers. first off no speaker is amplifier agnostic. secondly the mofi speakers sounded good if not very good with the class D HiFi Rose amplifiers used at AXPONA in 2023 and 2024. however as ... | |
| Anyone heard the new Mofi V10 Master Edition at Axpona? Heard them briefly and the Pass Labs amplifiers made them sound instantly better than the rest of the MoFi series. Running those class D amps with lthe sourcepoints the past two years at AXPONA was not doing the speakers justice. They had a dry,... | |
| Update for best SS amps for Harbeth 40,.2 anniversary spks @cymivka I heard a complete AGD "buffet" at AXPONA driving Rosso Fiorentino speakers and it was the best sounding Class D system I have heard by a mile. Unfortunately the Audion MK iii is likely to be underpowered. I have heard and owned many ... | |
| What next for a Volti Lucera based system @dsper Definitely check out the Cary Audio SLP-05 2 chassis amp. The higher than usual gain it has is perfect for juicing up the lower gain amps like First Watt- it was an absolutely perfect combination with my Pass XA25 which had only 20 db ga... | |
| Best Holographic Speakers ~$7k per pair @julessg13th the best speakers for well defined 3d sound stage are the ones that really know what they are doing with respect to crossovers and driver to driver coherency. among the best i have heard or owned KEF ls50, R series, reference serie... | |
| Chesky Audio LC1 bookshelf speakers - a sonic bargain! I heard them at AXPONA with a Benchmark stack on the front end. They sounded forward and slightly bright for those looking for such voicing. | |
| Parasound JC5, Pass X250.8, Coda No. 8 V2 Recommendation The Coda amp is extremely transparent and smooth- heard it briefly in a demo. I owned the JC5 and next model down Pass labs amplifier. The JC5 has a pronounced bottom end and is deeply powerful and dynamic but IMO at the expense of midrange. Th... | |
| Anyone else constantly curious about amps? @displayname I was constantly curious about amplifiers until I found the right one. They all sounded so different. I heard what I liked in amp “A” but wanted more power. A more powerful model of the same make was not the answer and it sent me... | |
| "Too much gain"? (Cary SLP05 question) @jaybe one more thing related to the SLP 05 gain settings- speaker efficiency. with my 90db Spendor towers they sound best with the RCA lower output connections into my 29 db McIntosh amp. with my less sensitive Dynaudio towers they sound be... |