avanti1960
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| Warm, Lush Laid-Back Smaller Floor Standers? You have a miss match between a large room and small inefficient speakers that need more power than your tube amp can provide at 6 ohms. Subwoofers are a nice consideration but will not get you all the way there. The Qln Speakers are extremely p... | |
| I bought a Rogue Atlas Magnum II. Will my gear will match well with it? I had a Cronus Mag II driving Harbeth SHL5+ and the pairing was spectacular. the Atlas should be great and give your Lux amp a run for the money. should also work well (but not as well) with the monitor audio speakers depending on room size a... | |
| Musical Fidelity or Michi for B&W 702 McIntosh amplifiers pair nicely with the B&W speakers. | |
| Something other than Harbeth SHL5 OP- be careful of going to a speaker smaller in scale compared to the SHL5. you would hate to lose something in the process. | |
| What Could Cause Center Image To Present Lower than Expected Two things you can do to raise the sound stage- 1) Definitely bring your speakers away from the wall! 4 inches is much to close for them to develop the space around them needed for a large sound stage in all dimensions. Try for at least 2 feet... | |
| Which amp for my new Volti Razz Great Speakers ! They can really play loudly with low watts, heard them at AXPONA last April being driven by a 16 Watt SET amp and the sound was huge. What preamp do you have? | |
| Horn speakers with Imaging? The Volti audio horn speakers do a good job at imaging and have a relatively large sweet spot. The Avant Garde speakers I have heard also do that but their sweet spot is smaller and it is quite noticeable when you are on the edge of their cover... | |
| Low level listening I have found that the idea of speakers sounding their best at low volume level depends on the amplifier as much as it does on the speaker. This is regardless of Fletcher Munson or relative volume of frequency adjustments. For example class D a... | |
| Building stands for Harbeth 40.2's I used sound anchor stands for my Harbeth SHL5+ and the bass sounded significantly better than the ton trager stand copies I made. I liked the appearance of the ton trager knock offs but the solid, massive sound anchors delivered the tightest, ... | |
| Something other than Harbeth SHL5 I had the SHL5+ and liked them a lot but they didn't have the best dynamics and quickness. I picked the Spendor D7.2, 90 db efficiency and goes great with rune amps. Deep and punchy bass, superb midrange and highs are amazing. Imaging is righ... | |
| Preamp tube for cronus magnum iii each tube position makes a difference. many threads on this topic on this site and elsewhere if you care to search. | |
| Did the Old Receivers Sound Good? I have fond memories of my old Pioneer when it was new- it sounded very good and the biggest point is that it never sounded offensive. I do not believe you can say that about lots of contemporary amplifiers. Another thing is that listening t... | |
| Phono Pre Gain @ecrotty I have a 20/20 and had the ART9XA (big ART9 fan). I thought the XA sounded very good but wanted more than the 64db gain. Good but not great and definitely not optimum. The Original ART9 at .5mv sounded much better. I would sugge... | |
| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? @hilde45 I retraced my preamp upgrade path to demonstrate that as you go up in price, the sound will likely improve. The biggest bang in a great preamp is power supply for low noise, dynamic delivery and an exciting presentation. Passive prea... | |
| What happened to those dreaded 1099 forms we were going to receive from Paypal? The companies with all the money (E, P) made some well placed campaign contributions and all is good. |