avanti1960
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| A little puzzled by my newly acquired Yamaha A-S801 @sifter Let the amp burn in more before you ditch it. Give it 200 hrs or so. | |
| Best $10-15K bookshelf speaker? Wilson Benesch p1.0. | |
| Talk me out of buying Monoblocks and into a stereo amp instead @dman777 The benefits of a mono block amplifier system are essentially more power and current for your speakers per pound of amplifier. A 2000 watt stereo amplifier would be physically much larger and heavier than a single 1000 watt mono ampl... | |
| Tube Pre/ Class D Amp - Who has done it? I have a Cary SLP-05 tube preamp and used a well known high quality 500 watt GaN class D amp for a while. The sound was comparable to the better Class D amps I have heard except truly the speed of this amp was off the charts. It was able to de... | |
| Mixing XLR and RCA outputs when biamping? @chessie alignment filter is the crossover network between woofer, midrange and tweeter. you would need 3 amps to run fully active and a good working knowledge of appropriate crossover frequencies, slopes and level matching the drivers as well a... | |
| New Rogue RP-7 Preamp I had the RP 7 and it dis not respond very well to any tube changes and I had a drawer full of expensive NOS. The sound never improved- either voiced to sound the best with the JJ or the circuitry makes the tubes have less impact on the sound. | |
| Pre-amp for Parasound A21+ & B&W 803 D3 Cary Audio SSLP-98. A sweet, dynamic, low noise triode, 6SN7 tube sweet sounding preamp with uncanny tone. | |
| Bookshelf speaker pairing with subwoofer The Triangles are super bright IMHO. The MoFi SP 8 are not and also very good for the money but may not integrate very well. . The MoFi SP 10 should not need a sub. I would look for a used or discounted pair of Dynaudio Contour 20i. Totally smoo... | |
| Bookshelf speaker pairing with subwoofer Sealed speakers are also an excellent option to match with subwoofers. The issue us that not many stand mount speakers have sealed enclosures. ATC for example. | |
| New Rogue RP-7 Preamp @jaybe Never owned the Bryston cubed amps but have heard them, they sound quite smooth. I did own the RP-7 and it sounded overly smooth and lacked the transparency I prefer- even with stock tubes- which take hundreds of hours to become burned i... | |
| Bookshelf speaker pairing with subwoofer @m20j201 Not sure what your budget is. For excellent pairing with subwoofers make sure you pick speakers that come with port plugs- e.g. KEF, B&W, Dynaudio etc. The reason is that the output from the speaker ports is usually low in frequenc... | |
| I’m considering upgrading my speakers internal wiring @bobbyloans Quality of internal and external wiring is meaningful in all of the components in our system. I would say the odds are very good that you would find internal wiring for your speakers that would make a noticeable improvement, Howe... | |
| From Audio Note AN/J-D to where? @apollinaire I had the AN/ J LX Hemp speakers for a while and really liked them but they were occasionally sibilant in the treble and while the midrange was nice it seemed to be a bit recessed that I would prefer. After much thought I purchas... | |
| $3500 floor standing speakers used. What would be your choice ? Spendor A5 or D7 They do so many things right if you lean on a kaleidescopic sound stage, quick burst microdynamics and transients along with refinement and clarity. Careful setup required but the user is rewarded. | |
| KEF R3 META or Dynaudio Special 40? My ears tell me neither because I have heard so many over the years. Do consider the. Exquisite sounding speakers at a killer price. |