avanti1960
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| How to accurately gauge speaker sensitivity to match with tube amp? The measurements of your Focals show an intersection of a negative phase angle trace and the impedance trace at 4ohms. This is a legit challenge to amplifiers despite their sensitivity (measured at 89.5db).To get the best, most linear and dynamic... | |
| ???Anyone Here UpGrade From Yaqin/Cayin/etc... To Another Tube Amp Considered Hi End??? just goes to show you how we get accustomed to what we have owned. owning a raven audio nighthawk and blackhawk i found the sound to be neutral, highly refined and colorful with outstanding transparency. sounded spectacular with kef ls50 speaker... | |
| Goldenear Triton One R vs. PSB T3. vs. Spendor D7... I have heard each of them and owned the Spendors. Of those three the Spendors by a mile. However they are not natural sounding. | |
| Luxman integrated for Harbeth Compact 7's I have owned the C7ES3 and have listened to the Luxman pairing. The amp is an awesome looking piece of bling but the combination with Harbeth sounds soft and un-engaging IMHO. Buy it if you want to but there are much better options for sound quali... | |
| Are Speakers Like Cask-Conditioned Beer? listen to your taste buds and listen with your ears. | |
| Recommendations for electronic crossover. tread lightly when bypassing the crossovers of any quality loudspeaker. they usually do a lot more than just filtering out low or high frequencies. the other highly critical functions may include:BSC baffle step compensation, reduces frequencie... | |
| 4 or 8 ohm connection for a 6 ohm speaker? 8 ohm has taps have worked much better for me than 4 ohm taps when driving 6 ohm speakers- and it wasn't even close. but this is just a reference point- you really need to test carefully. | |
| Choosing a tube amp for bi-amping just the mids and high frequency. EP4.7s you will need one with at least the same gain spec as whatever amp you are going to drive the woofers with- preferably more gain and adjustable so you can level match each channel. | |
| Affordable US Made Tube Pre/Power or Integrated Options The Rogue Cronus Magnum is an excellent choice if you like more dynamics. refined neutrality and low end impact. Small signal tube updates are a must IMHO but not expensive to realize a big sonic upgrade. The Raven Audio Nighthawk is not as powe... | |
| Harbeth Super HL5 plus Break-in re. grilles on or off, i tried very diligently to enjoy the sound with grilles on for each model of harbeth i have owned. the sound was overtly soft compared to other speakers i like. grilles off sounds excellent with no negatives really. the i... | |
| Harbeth Super HL5 plus Break-in stands are important for best sound. i use open frame high mass rigid 4 post sound anchors. on another forum there is a survey about which instrument your speakers reproduce best. i said piano, the shl5+ and my previous harbeth reproduce piano ... | |
| Harbeth Super HL5 plus Break-in @prof With the Harbeth speakers I have owned I can listen with the grilles on when using solid state amplification. With tube amplification there is absolutely no way, grilles must go in the box. | |
| Harbeth Super HL5 plus Break-in @routeman21 have you tried listening with grilles off? | |
| Harbeth Super HL5 plus Break-in I have never owned a speaker that didn't stop changing through 250 hours or so. Mainly the bass is impacted as the driver suspension, motor assembly and surrounds have loosened their grip slightly. Also the tweeters tend to sound smoother because... | |
| The Harbeth phenomenon the SHL5+ require top flight amplifiation and setup to sound their best. |