bassdude
Responses from bassdude
| Seeking a new loudspeaker, horn, single driver, concentric or open baffle Order of Preference: 1. Magnepan LRS+ - truly amazing... at any volume 2. Legacy Audio Focus or Calibre - great top to bottom... with great dynamics and soundstage... 3. All others... | |
| Do you have a speaker that’s not a big name maker but punches above its weight? Why? In order of preference: 1. Ocean Way Eureka - nothing really compares 2. Harbeth 30.2xd or SHL5plus xd... - as close as you'll get to Quad ESL57 (the reference) 3. Legacy Audio Calibre - truly outstanding in all respects 5. All t... | |
| Speaker choice Definitely the Harbeth SHL5 Plus XD or some version of the SHL5 - hard to beat the Harbeths... in that price range. Easy decision... | |
| Too good to be buried in a thread. Yes - truly amazing - especially with a system that can produce a truly life-like sound! They should pay you a commission - I'm sure their recordings will see a huge increase in their listeners! | |
| What is a good all around high quality speaker to purchase? I have many speakers and set ups... and... those that stand out as being the best for the money are the following: 1. Linkwitz Orions or LX521s - the most life-like speakers I’ve heard! 2. Harbeth 30.1s / 30.2s or 40.2s - with the right set up... | |
| Need to learn about Audio Research I've gotten good results in driving all my speakers, including Maggies with an ARC Ref 5se preamp driving a Hegel H590 amp, or a Class D Audio 470C amp. The ARC preamp adds some tube sound (air, soundstage, detail resolution, etc.) - which sounds... | |
| $3500 floor standing speakers used. What would be your choice ? You have some good options (some already mentioned - ATC’s, Magnepan, Vandersteen, etc.) - but - my choice would be (was) - the following: 1. Linkwitz Orions or LX521s - nothing compares to Linkwitz open baffle speakers (is any better). You can f... | |
| Connecting External DAC's and Pre-Amps to Hegel Integrated Amplifiers? Hegel just responded saying that the HT mode sets the Hegel pre-amp to a "fixed high level" volume of 85 (85% of the maximum volume of the H590) - which is very likely too high, when the ARC 5se is even set to 0 (100% attenuation). I don't unde... | |
| Connecting External DAC's and Pre-Amps to Hegel Integrated Amplifiers? OK - thanks for your guidance. Hegel's guidance is more or less the same as above. As I read these comments and the Hegel guidance I am concerned that I might risk damaging the speakers - if - I understand correctly. Hegel says the followin... | |
| Connecting External DAC's and Pre-Amps to Hegel Integrated Amplifiers? Thanks for your suggestions. After experimenting a bit - I was able to do the following: 1. Connect an external DAC to the Rt and Lft channels of the H590 - which did improve the sound quality over the internal DAC, quite a bit (a Schitt Yggdras... | |
| Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable? A lot of good advice here - which pretty much adds up to "The Cartoon" above - "Don’t Waste Your Money" - unless: 1. You have a pretty decent collection of vinyl albums... and/or... 2. Lots of money to invest in acquiring such a collection of "h... | |
| Legacy Focus SE or PS Audio FR20 Have to agree with the majority posting a response here on this topic! I have the Legacy Calibre XD speakers... and... they are superb in all respects - very few others sound as good - as is true of any of the Legacy speakers when properly set up... | |
| A list of efficient speakers at ~$5K a pair. Klipsch Forte IV or III - great with tubes or SS... | |
| Help Select an True Bookshelf Speaker Only alternative for a true bookshelf speaker with no rear port: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8_1PFUAaU&ab_channel=CharlesKeng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwpIYFWDfQ8&ab_channel=MyHifiNews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up6ZpO... | |
| New room needs new speakers, I need your help The best there is: ELS 57 - the reference: 1. Magnepan LRS+ (None better with right set up - essentially an ESL 57) 2. Harbeth 30.1 / 30.2 (again - superb with the right set up - ESL 57 like) 3. Clayton Shaw Caladan's All above best... |