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| Why do Harbeth speakers have such a cult following I listen to rock primarily. Some of the other speakers I've owned did some things better than my Harbeth Super SHL5 Plus. My Legacy Audio Focus 20/20s and Klipsch KLF-30s conveyed more sense of scale and dynamics because they were larger speaker... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? If you like Steve Miller, even a little bit, you owe it to yourself to check out his Welcome to the Vault. I have been listening to it the last couple of days on Qobuz. It's CD quality but sounds excellent, especially the live cuts. Some of the... | |
| Why do Harbeth speakers have such a cult following For me Harbeth speakers walk that fine line between being overly detailed and being boring. They seem to capture every nuance of each instrument and vocals and do a great job of separating them without distortion or glare. They are also very dyn... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Santana - Abraxas | |
| Time to buy a class D amp? The comment about noise is a puzzler. "Noisy" in what way? I'm using a 460 watt per channel amp with 102 dB sensitive speakers and a tube preamp. If I stick my ear literally right next to the tweeter I can hear the faintest amount of hiss. | |
| Time to buy a class D amp? I'm surprised at all the disdain for Class D amps in this thread and a couple of others. They are not the be-all and end-all, but they can offer great performance at a pretty reasonable price.I have a Peachtree Nova 300 in my office system with F... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Steve Miller Band - Welcome to the Vault, Qobuz | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Johnny Winter - Captured Live! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique, 30th Anniversary Edition | |
| Marantz Receiver Bad HDMI After I had my Marantz AV8801 serviced, I bought a small, quiet USB fan and set it on top of the unit. It worked great for a number of years until I sold it. I wish I would have kept it and sold my Onkyo instead. | |
| Dealer Discount Most people don't have the first clue about business. They're not making $10K on a $20K pair of speakers.Out of that $10K they have to pay for: FacilityWagesUtilitiesTaxesInsuranceBusiness machines/computers/suppliesWeb siteMarketingPlus they may ... | |
| A question about my Rogue Sphinx II amp I wouldn't go so far as to call it "theft", but using a dealer's time like that and not purchasing from them is definitely not cool.In regards to your actual question, many integrateds don't have very powerful headphone amps. I didn't see any spe... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Little Feat - Feats Don't Fail Me Now. Hope I don't wear this record out, it's one of my favorites. | |
| Oppo 103D streaming issues That was my first thought too, check to make sure it's not a bad cable. | |
| Tune of the Day That might be my favorite Beatles tune ever slaw |