beheme
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| Benchmark VS older ultrahigh end dac's in these... Bought a Benchmark USB and got rid of it in a week, my old MSB Link sounded better and my Monarchy 18B smoked it except in the details department. Benchmark = complete abscence of texture and body to highlight upper mid lean and mean, digital at i... | |
| The most important word of advise? Rule #1: location-location-locationRoom first, room treatment second (dont buy yet that is but put some $$$ aside for it, you likely will), speakers third..the rest can be done with well-designed inexpensive second-hand gear (south of $1,000 each)... | |
| Economics of small speaker manufacturers On the topic of "the sum of the parts should matter less than the end product and how it sounds", while I cannot disagree (we have all auditionned expensive gear made of expensive parts that sound crappy...hello Diamond or Be or Ceramic drivers po... | |
| Is there a very nice SS amp around 1K? A pair of Monarchy Audio 100SE. Next question?.....! | |
| Which components knocked you out on first listen? JM Reynaud Concorde Signature speakers, a feeling that is hard to describe. Unlike other statement speakers I auditioned(costing 3 to 15 times more...) that sound "right" and "perfect", this $10,000 speakers are as close to a musical event as it g... | |
| AVALON Indra ?? Based on my experience with Avalon speakers, I would look at Verity Audio Parsifal/Sarastro and Rockport Mira/ Mira Grand to compete with Avalon Indra/Diamond. Under $10k, I fell in love with Jean Marie Reynaud Concorde Signature and would pick th... | |
| WAF - Wife Acceptance Factor Yioryos, I never left and it is fairly obvious where I hide :)No kids involved, not anyone that are mine anyway. | |
| WAF - Wife Acceptance Factor Mine helped a lot the day she left. With what I saved between what she used to drink and smoke, I paid my Avalon Ceramic cash in less than a year. And that does not count the avoided upcoming health bills, a whole new audio world opens up to me. | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... Oban is king | |
| B&W Signature Diamond : Anyboy heard them? I am sure that these new BMW will go very well with the new MF 1008 series amp which is better and cheaper than the 750 which is better and cheaper than the 500 which is better and cheaper than the 250, etc, etc, repeat ad nauseam...I cannot wait ... | |
| The most romantic jazz ballads, nocturn or blues Olga Stochleposky's "Sorrow" | |
| Best rock song of all times Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb tied with Supertramp's School | |
| Do you "treat" your speakers rubber surrounds? KY is best for rubber | |
| Best Integrated Amp Of All Times? Audiomat Recital. Synergy with the rest is key as well but this baby is out of this world and does not cost a car or a house (just a nice motorbike!), 90w of pure ClassA. No need to go separate.... | |
| Longest period of time without a single change Shadorne, I think you got it right, it is both:- a form of compulsive disorder, yes, desire to try them all...- a perception that it can always be improvedI must say that the better my system, the shorter the interval without a change..my first sy... |