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| Why do speakers improve with more powerful amps? My 150 watt Herron M2 monoblocks sound better than 300 watt Ampzilla 2000 2nd edition monoblocks or PS Audio 350 watt M700 monoblocks with medium efficiency speakers. My 25 watt Quicksilver Horn monoblocks however sound better than the Herron am... | |
| Pre-Meta KEF Reference 1 or LS50 Meta Yes, monitor speakers with a sub will play deeper than monitor speakers without a sub. Does adding a sub make lesser speakers sound better? Debatable. | |
| Pre-Meta KEF Reference 1 or LS50 Meta Whatever the Meta material is, it's not magical. The Ref 1 is in an entirely different league. With or without meta material. | |
| Upgrade to the Sennheiser HD 650 for $500? There are many options. Every set of headphones has its own sound signature. Personally, I would put more credence in reviews that provide listening impressions and subjective comparisons than measurements, but that's just me. | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? What do you want your cables to do? Magically and dramatically change the sound of your system? That’s unlikely, unless they are junk and don’t perform the basic function of getting a signal from one place to another. They can and do sometimes i... | |
| BEST CD TRANSPORT Jay’s Audio CDT3 Mk3 One of my friends has this along with the Jay’s Audio DAC and it sounds amazing. For comparison I’ve owned a Rega Apollo, a Marantz Ki Pearl, Oppo 105D, to name a few, and currently have the CD transport in the Rockna Wave... | |
| HDCD vs the Newer SHM-CD, BluSpec, UHQCD, etc Blah blah blah "my Oppo 205" blah blah blah. Please consider the possibility that the bottleneck isn't where you theorize it is. | |
| HDCD vs the Newer SHM-CD, BluSpec, UHQCD, etc Get a high quality purpose built Redbook player like Jay's Audio and load up on Redbook CDs. Or go the "jack of all trades and master of none" route and waste a bunch of money buying bright sounding proprietary disc formats. | |
| Who turns center off when listening to music Wait, what? NO! I have a combined 2 channel / HT setup. The AV processor is OFF when listening to music. No need for a center channel. Conversely, for casual TV watching, I often don’t use the two front speakers, just the center. | |
| speaker cables under 1k for Harbeth 30.2XD? ++ Duelund. Gig Harbor Audio will make custom lengths and terminations for you. | |
| Stereo or monoblocks I simply don't have room for a stereo amp in my main system, so monoblocks are a must. They sit behind my speakers, and yes, I've been able to use very short speaker cables. Of course, your interconnects between the preamp and amp will be longer... | |
| Something other than Harbeth SHL5 I went from SHL5+ 40th Anniversary to Kef Reference 1. More neutral, huge soundstage, and great imaging. Detailed, but easy to listen to. Joseph Audio would also be a strong recommendation. The Pulsars are amazing. | |
| Better story teller than Edmund Fitzgerald? I'm sure you've heard of a fellow named Johnny Cash. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Beth Orton - Central Reservation | |
| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? Cost is only one of many indicators of how good something is. Having said that, like many things in life unless someone is totally screwing you typically get what you pay for. If you can't tell the difference between a $200 or $2,000 or $20,000 ... |