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| Comments on new B&W 800 D3 Bo, are you at all afraid of what might happen if the soundstage turns out to be bigger than the one metre you are guaranteeing? What if it turns out to be 1.3 metres...and you end up feeling like Jodie Foster in "Contact", when she traveled thro... | |
| ATI amplifiers I used to own their 1506, a 6 channel beast. Sold it only because I ran into money issues, but often wish I still had it. Did what it was supposed to do, never had a problem with it. I would buy another ATI without hesitation. | |
| Comments on new B&W 800 D3 Maybe you shouldn't have listened to them in a broom closet, bo. And let me emphasize that I have nothing against broom closets - they're an excellent place to keep brooms and other cleaning supplies. My personal opinion is that speakers should... | |
| Pros & Cons of Buying an Integrated with Built-in DAC? I’m with onhwy61 - don’t discount the positives of a fully integrated unit too quickly. Ironically, someone above who voted for going with separate units also pointed out that good inexpensive dacs are so easily available, which actually makes the... | |
| Looking to up grade speakers. KEF Reference 201/2 vs. WILSON BENESCH ARC. That room is perfect sized for the Arcs. The Arcs sound different because of the steel and carbon fiber cabinet - they disappear so easily, but for some people they disappear too easily. You lose that slight coloration that comes from wooden cab... | |
| Looking to up grade speakers. KEF Reference 201/2 vs. WILSON BENESCH ARC. I've never owned the KEF 201/2, so I can't help with those, but I do own the WB Arcs currently and am listening to them as I type this. I use the Arcs in an 11x10 room and they work beautifully. In my larger room, around 16x17, I prefer my othe... | |
| Sopra No.2 Overpriced? "I would venture to say that any gear made in china is over-priced. We all know how "cheap" the labor force in that country."Come on Jafant, I've read enough of your posts to know you're smarter than a generalized, myopic statement like that. As... | |
| Am I the only one to opt-out on the Sopra 2's? You said it, Paraneer. This type of thing happens, Hinde, you're definitely not alone. When I bought my Wilson Benesch Arcs pre-owned, they sounded absolutely awful in the living room of the guy selling them. If you didn't know what they were,... | |
| Proac Studio 100 - will 35 wpc be enough? Hi Chris, your amp will be plenty. I ran a pair of the Proac D2 monitors, which had almost the exact same sensitivity as your Studio 100, off an Audio Research VSi55 integrated and I think those are rated for 48wpc. The difference in actual deci... | |
| Music Lovers Speaker vs. Audiophile Speaker I try to avoid this trap of categorizing things using these labels as if they're ideologies or political parties. I don't care what a pair of speakers costs - if you like them, and you feel they present the music accurately, then guess what...th... | |
| Great bookshelf or small towers suggestions I think you're barking up the right tree...given that you are happy with your electronics, and that you would like these to be the last speakers you ever want to buy (wouldn't that be nice!), I would buy the best speakers you can find and afford t... | |
| Vintage Sonus Faber vs New Scansonic The irony is that while equipment may be getting better, the physiological equipment we use to listen to them only gets worse with time! It's a pretty safe bet that the ears you used to listen to those Genesis speakers back in 1995 doesn't hear ... | |
| What's the most overrated or overpriced piece of equipment you own, have owned or come by? This one is easy...I bought one of the Carver "The Receiver" and I ended up counting the hours until that thing sold in the newspaper classifieds. It literally sounded awful. I don't think there was anything mechanically wrong with it, it just ... | |
| Tekton Pendragons With some more info the group can definitely be more helpful. What size room are you putting these in? What are you trying to accomplish...music for social gatherings/parties, or creating a 2-channel system for intimate listening, or just a big an... | |
| Guidelines for buying used speakers (as in, are there any?) I don’t care how many owners a pair of speakers has had, as long as they’ve been treated well. If all of the previous owners have taken great care of them, and they’re coming to you in near-mint or mint condition, what does it matter if they’ve be... |