bassdude
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| Floor standing speaker recommendations new or used, $10,000 and under Definitely the Legacy Focus SE's, or the Spatial Audio's, or Emerald Physics options in that price range, before a lot of the others noted. | |
| 2 way, which are the best designs? x2 on the Wavetouch Audio Antero (and Grand Tetons) being the best stand mount monitors youve heard... but... with the Proac RD2’s, ATC’s, Gamut’s, Legacy Audio’s being close, but at much higher prices. | |
| $3000 stand mounted speakers? 1. http://www.wavetouchaudio.com/antero.html2. Proac Response D23. Fritz4. MaggiesWavetouch because of the value and most natural sound, as well as the universal positive reviews. | |
| Speaker recommendations 10 to 30k and no beryllium In that price range - there is little, if any, that can match the sound of the Legacy Audio Aeris - the Focus SE's are close (both with AMT tweeters).The only ones that might be better are those from GT Audio Works - superb (planar drivers and rib... | |
| Are Bowers and Wilkins speakers overpriced? All speakers are overpriced - way overpriced!The trick is to find the discounts.I just bought a pair of the best sounding speakers made at a $10,000 discount - about 50%.Can’t share the type or source - must maintain the confidence - so, I can pre... | |
| Which type of cable sounds best for Streamer to DAC: AES/EBU or DIGITAL COAX or USB ?? I asked Bryston, and they recommended AES/EBU to me for improved sound quality over other alternatives. | |
| The best tweeter is no tweeter Yep... no other tweeter sounds as natural, neutral and transparent than the AMT folded ribbon tweeter, or the Magnepan ribbon tweeter. | |
| Best speakers out there for Midrange and Highs I’d have to concur with the Harbeth 30.1 / 30.2 or 40.1 / 40.2. Very few speakers have mids and highs to rival these when driven by well matched components. Very similar to the Quad ESL 57’s in that respect, which have the best mids of any speaker... | |
| Best integrated tube amplifier, under $3,000.00. No phono needed. Could be used, too.d Here’s Huff’s review of the Line Magnetic amp, which sounds very much like their amps noted above. Though, I think I might even like the LM 518ia, or LM 805ia a bit better.Huff kinda "goes nuts" over every new amp he reviews. But, you will have a ... | |
| Best integrated tube amplifier, under $3,000.00. No phono needed. Could be used, too.d Without question... the Line Magnetic integrated amps... will amaze you. Just incredible resolution of detail, clarity, and 3d soundstage. Those mentioned above are as good as it gets! | |
| Streamer recommendations Avoid maintaining and streaming files from a computer or streamer with a hard drive - too much noise, interference, jitter, etc. Get a Bryston BDP2 or BDP3 used on Audiogon or one of the other online marts - and install an SSD, or get an SSD and ... | |
| Does the 'Buck' Start with the DAC? @jaytor - I use the Acoustic Zen MC-2 silver AES/EBU digital interconnect cable, because everyone recommends AES/EBU provides the best sound quality. I was surprised (and pleased) at how great the Yggy improved the sound of my system - would neve... | |
| $30K DAC in a $70K system - wise or ridiculous? The "Linn Sondek" principle is pretty applicable - the most important component in your system is the source. But... it makes little diffenece if the rest of your system is insufficient to take the signal it receives from that source and reproduce... | |
| Does the 'Buck' Start with the DAC? There is quite a bit of information available in the various reviews of players that suggests the quality of the player is important to the quality of the sound produced by the DAC. You can't expect a PC or Mac, or any computer with a hard drive ... | |
| I have to downsize big time, any ideas on integrated amps and smaller 3 way speakers You might also look at the new McIntosh integrateds - they seem to sound pretty impressive with Harbeths. Parasound has some nice integrateds, if you don't want to invest in Luxman.And... Hegel has some impressive integreteds... |