celtic66
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| Best speaker brands for transient response I've owned/own four different pairs of ATC speakers. Two active, two passive: ATC 40A, 50A. ATC 7, 20. Even the small ATC 7 at 7 liters needs my Sugden A21SE class A at 33 wpc to properly push them around. The ATC 20 needs the 125 wpc Luxman ... | |
| Has a Power Conditioner Improved Your Sound? Puritan Labs 156 works well. Cheers | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response Not the only choice, but ATC speakers allow you to 'see' inside the music with excellent detail, fast response to instrument/vocal attack in a very balanced way (when driven properly). Most other transducers seem slow and muddled. One of the cha... | |
| Finding a Bookshelf for Luxman C900U/M900U https://atc.audio/hi-fi/loudspeakers/classic-series/scm20/ with the S-spec tweeter which is a significant upgrade. Sealed box, so booming is not a problem. Mine sit atop Sound Anchor stands and Herbie’s Fat Dots run by Luxman 509X. They are magic... | |
| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss https://weiss.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/White-paper-on-the-DAC50x-4ch.pdf Here is the White Paper on the unit. I've the upgraded unit. Life changing, no. Definitive upgrade, yes. More to the upgrade than just two more chips. Best of luck... | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw rocks at every dog that barks. Winston S. Churchill Rinse and repeat. Cheers | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better Shouldn't some of you just get a room? Reminds me of pointless religious diatribe. While you guys were engaging in pseudo-intellectual combat, I was enjoying my system which at this point just sings and celebrating enormous talent. More time enj... | |
| Weiss 501 DAC upgrade? This is my submission: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/weiss-501-4-channel-upgrade Now that it's broken in, it's very real. Not life changing, but definite improvement in all areas. Tom of Big Ear Stereo did the tech work. Thanks Tom. | |
| Used tube preamp $2-3K De Havilland Mercury 3 preamplifier Kara Chaffee, designer, sent me a new set of tubes. I installed and well....great. Still didn't like the bass. A bit muddled for my tastes. She then suggested replacement of the rectifier tube. Eve... | |
| If you had to choose... Well, the Elfa are of course less than optimal, but it is what you are forced to use in this situation. I do not believe upgrading speakers will necessarily upgrade the overall sound as long as status quo is maintained. That will be a fight for ... | |
| If you had to choose... Carefully again read through your setup. No mention of what these are ‘sitting on’. Stands, pucks on a desk, wooden crates, appropriate height Sound Anchor stands with Herbies’ Fat Dots? Proper height placement on proper stands allows optimal pe... | |
| Decware ZTPRE v2 Sorry, no experience with those Decware products, have owned lots of other product from them and it should be awesome. Altec Lansing with 101db efficiency. You must have land around you, because that is going to be really loud. Have a blast. | |
| Your greatest high end audio purchase!!! HeathKit aa-15 integrated amp. Yes, I built it at 13 years old on the kitchen table. It did not initially work. I sent it back with a check to cover their set repair charge plus return shipping. It was stunningly good. I was king! Turntabl... | |
| Warm, yet detailed tube preamp Manley Jumbo Shrimp. Ran one for years with Manley Mahi Mahi monoblocks. Both are quite fast for tube gear eschewing the fat lush romantic tube sound. I moved on only because of XLR active speakers. Good luck on your adventure. | |
| Power filtering – Furutech or Puritan Audio? Ah yes, Audio Science Review. The head Fred is from ‘that’ place. I lived and worked in ‘that’ city for a dozen years. It carries with it an imbalance of hubris. Of course not everyone is that way, but certainly a weighted demographic. Upon t... |