avanti1960
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| What made you change to a 6SN7 preamp? I did not jump to a 6SN7 preamp for the tube but did so to upgrade at preamp and the one I picked happened to use 8 of them including headphone amp. It also uses a tube rectifier which also contributes to the sound as well as a resin encased R-... | |
| Please Recommend Highly Efficient Floor Standing Non-Horn Speaker Suggestions I owned the Spendor D7 towers driven by a tube integrated and they were extremely efficient, superbly dynamic and fast compared to my Harbeth boxes. i called them horn speakers without the down sides. Highly recommended. | |
| Subwoofer between speakers? sub will not affect the speakers but the sub will probably not sound best in the center of the wall. typically they sound best near corners. follow your sub's instruction manual for best positioning. | |
| Sub questions front firing has always sounded better to my ears and room. martin logan? i owned some for a while. sounded best projecting into the room. | |
| Are there speakers that disappear regardless of the recording? to me it depends on the positioning of the speakers more than any other aspect. with the right positioning they should disappear with most if not all recordings. unfortunately it usually requires lots of depth in your room, the speakers need t... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? I had the opportunity to buy the SHL5+ or the XD and chose the +. The XD model was too smooth and laid back to my ears, more like the 40.2. It did have excellent bass. The 5+ is clearer and more detailed yet still a smooth, warm speaker overa... | |
| Moving from Harbeth m30.1 to m30.2 XD owned and own other Harbeth models and have heard the 30.1 / 30.2XD several times. the new model seems to be smoother, more refined, more natural and slightly less detailed but with better bass. not recommended for pairing with an overly smoot... | |
| No more "High End" for me...Back to Reality Audio congrats to you. you lost me at Sony UBP-X1000ES and surround speakers. personally i am thinking about the same topic, selling off and simplifying. smaller speakers, integrated tube amp, ditching the subwoofers. | |
| Help with choosing sub-woofers please @clearthinker no affiliation with REL or the audio industry. after trying several subwoofers and never able to fix their integration issues to my satisfaction i decided to try REL. they did the trick. it took a few weeks instead of months to... | |
| Help with choosing sub-woofers please Taken from a thread on another forum- my experience and continued enjoyment with a pair of REL t9i subwoofers in a room of similar size to yours- "REL T9is are tuned and ready to review. Let me start by mentioning my experiences as they relate ... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? choice of amplification also determines whether they will sound slow, polite or boring. an explosive preamp and amplifier can get them moving on a dime- example pass labs class A, vinnie rossie MOS FETS, Cary Audio solid state power amps. | |
| Feel free to talk me off the ledge not a very high ledge, a story off the ground, maybe even a split level ledge. what good is that? you can do better! | |
| Supratek Cabernet vs Cary SLP 05. I have an SLP 05. No need to hear a Supratek. Dynamic as heck. Check. Smooth as all get out. Check. Immersive atmospheric sound stage. Check. Plenty of inputs including 2 balanced. Check. Balanced outs. Check. Museum quality aesthetic... | |
| Bookshelf Speakers in Ceiling Corners? Potential to sound very good up there, ever been to a record store with speakers up high? in my fam room i have 6 in monitor speakers on top of armoirs, tops are about 8 in from ceiling, 8 in from side walls and the backs are about 6 in from the ... | |
| PSB X2T - Amp Matching a chifi tube amp, willsenton or muzishare |