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| Focal Sopra 2’s vs. Legacy Focus SE’s Yes I am certain. He was very proud of finding $10K speakers for that price. They were very big, almost the same size as Legacy Focus SE. Legacy have more body in their sound signature. I ended up buying the Focus SE when he had the PBN. I no long... | |
| Focal Sopra 2’s vs. Legacy Focus SE’s @bobbyloans I actually know someone here who had the PBN Montana EPS-2 a few years ago. I think he was able to get them for $2400 or so. I have a lot of respect for PBN, especially with their new amplifiers, but I was not at all a fan of that spea... | |
| Focal Sopra 2’s vs. Legacy Focus SE’s @bobbyloans I like and have owned Elac speakers in the past, but I’m certain even the 409 won’t be on the same level of performance as the other two you are considering. To start, the tweeters on both the Legacy and Focal will be much more resolvi... | |
| Focal Sopra 2’s vs. Legacy Focus SE’s @bobbyloans That is not a very big room, and I would worry about the Focus SE in that space. Where did you listen to both the Focus SE and Signature SE? What was the size of the space and the electronics used? The Signature SE easily fills a room... | |
| Focal Sopra 2’s vs. Legacy Focus SE’s I have heard both and previously owned the Legacy Focus SE speakers. The two are very different sonically. Legacy is a more musical speaker with an overall lower tonal balance, but it is just a little harder (not impossible) to get endgame separat... | |
| SET amplifier (for AvantGarde Duo's-original) recommendations @pgastone I also used Atma-Sphere S-30 Mk 3.3 with Oris 200 horns with AER drivers. I swapped the Oliver Sayes amp and the Atma interchangeably, and both were excellent. I ended up pouring way more $$ into the Atma, but both were excellent. I woul... | |
| SET amplifier (for AvantGarde Duo's-original) recommendations @pgastone Your locale feels really familiar. I used to live in Valhalla and commute into midtown daily until I moved into NYC for 12 years, though I’ve now been in Minnesota for about 5 years. I’ll PM you directly on Oliver’s amp as well as more... | |
| 2023 Florida Audio Expo Show Report @p05129 From a dealer’s perspective, it was alright, more for the opportunities to network across the industry combined with the opportunity to meet customers. That said, I didn’t find there were a lot of customers in attendance compared to the ot... | |
| 2023 Florida Audio Expo Show Report @mushniksflorist Yes, they do. It’s the second time I’ve heard them at the shows, and AXPONA last year was the reason I decided to carry the Margules line. I do wish I could carry Raidho, but at the moment, I can’t afford to take it on. The Margul... | |
| 2023 Florida Audio Expo Show Report I, too, was very pleased with the small Joseph Audio Pulsar speakers paired with the Doshi electronics. The gear and setup were appropriate for the room where many other manufacturers were trying too hard with too small a space (ahem Focal Maestro... | |
| SET amplifier (for AvantGarde Duo's-original) recommendations @pgastone I’m a huge fan of SET amps and Avantgarde. What a wonderful direction you’re going in. While 300B are amongst my favorite tube type, I agree with others that speed and resolution are equally important to the bloom that you seek. In this... | |
| Denafrips Terminator Plus vs T+A DAC 200 I have not compared the two but have been reading reviews on the Terminator Plus. I would be curious to hear head-to-head reviews as well. I have a feeling they may be very close tonally, especially because the way Steve Huff compares the Terminat... | |
| Upgrade decision, power conditioner or music server @jsalerno277 In case you’re not aware, the Aurender N10 is pretty much discontinued at this point. There are a few sources online that discuss how the newer Aurender N200 is sonically better than the N10, despite its retail price being $2K less th... | |
| Speakers for Atma Sphere M60 mk3 I’ll reiterate some variations of similar speakers here, having owned a few Atma-Sphere amps myself. The Quad ESL 2805 electrostats would sound sublime in that size of a room since they won’t reflect too much off the side walls, and you should be ... | |
| Aurender N-200 Compatiblity with DACS. Is this a thing? @malatu I'm joining this thread late as it's been an incredibly busy few weeks for me with travel. To tack onto what @vonhelmholtz and @hickamore mention, the quality and synergy between the N200 and a chosen DAC rely largely on whether the DAC ca... |