avanti1960
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| Spendor D7, D9 but no love Classic 100? @twoleftears the D7 speakers take a LONG time for the treble to balance out. Mine took ~ 200 hours. At first they were crazy bright and imbalanced. They sound amazing now, bottom to top. Never heard the classic series but had Harbeths previous... | |
| PSB T3 I have not heard better bass from a floor standing/tower, have you? Under $7.5K Yes. The Spendor D7 speakers have much better bass response and definition. There is something quite special about their slotted port design that makes placement forgiving and yields smooth, appropriately tactile and deep bass without peak or ex... | |
| Spendor D9 vs. PSB T3 speakers. I have not heard the D9 but have heard the PSB T3 and just recently purchased the Spendor D7. The PSB is a very nice speaker with a smooth presentation but the bass response can be overdone and peaky / one note hard sounding. The design if the S... | |
| Axpona reviewers perceptions and reality @prof Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately it really hit home at AXPONA this year just how poorly Stereophile reports on the sound of a room. I went to many of the same rooms and was reporting live on what I heard- no filtering- just stream of cons... | |
| Axpona reviewers perceptions and reality Everyone does hear differently but if you are in this hobby you should be able to tell a dud from a gem regardless of your preferences. Same for professional reviewers. Stereophile was overtly polite in their comments and simply were not being o... | |
| Audio Doctor goes to Axpona observations so far The sound of the PS audio system was disappointing- but it is very much a conscious decision by Paul and team to voice the speaker that way. Overly bassy and soft, very lush and old school sounding. Veiled and lacking any sort of modern speaker ... | |
| Home demo. ProAc D48R and Spendor D9 @keithr If you were asking me I am running a Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II all NOS tubes with my Spendor D7s. Fantastic combination. | |
| Home demo. ProAc D48R and Spendor D9 @seadog77 I’m currently doing an accelerated break in of a new pair of D7s. These need LOTS of time. I am approaching 200 hours and they are still changing for the better. The slightly hot upper midrange is gone. The vocals are full and just incre... | |
| Bookshelf Recommendations yes, i listened to a well seasoned set of 600ms and wondered what they were smoking. FYI stereophile class C. completely disappointed. there are much better sounding speakers at and below this price point. made me lose respect for all the peo... | |
| Bookshelf Recommendations If you appreciate midrange transparency and detail with richness and emotion check out the Salk Bagby Continuum-comes very close to the legendary Harbeth P3ESR at less than half the cost. Much more natural sounding than the LS50s IMHO. http://ww... | |
| Will a subwoofer add depth and clarity to my system, or just bass? @Jnorris Absolutely not the case. All speakers have a natural roll-off frequency beginning at their F3 frequency. If it is a ported speaker the response drops steeply and makes a perfect acoustic crossover point. You just have to find that f... | |
| Looking for speakers with soundstage depth most good quality, relatively coherent speakers will give a very deep sound stage when properly positioned including distance from the wall behind them. I have heard everything from KEF LS50s to Harbeth M40.2 deliver an impressively deep soundsta... | |
| Tight bass sub recommendations I have extensively demo'ed the JL Audio D108 sealed sub and it is extremely tight and musical. The 8" driver is fast and agile with no bloat or boom. Covers the upper sub-bass quite well, better than larger diameter subwoofers. Depending on roo... | |
| Harbeth SHL 5 amplification It depends on your room size. Since I prefer tubes and have a medium / medium large room I use a higher powered tube integrated that uses KT120 tubes for a solid 100 WPC on my Harbeths and love the sound- plenty robust and dynamic. | |
| Will a subwoofer add depth and clarity to my system, or just bass? @audiokinesis Adjusting the continuous phase control provides much more than a slight amount of timing adjustment and my ears were quite capable of hearing when I had the correct phase setting. With such a range of adjustment it is possible to rui... |