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| Class A integrated amp recommendations The Accuphase E-280 integrated is class-AB, not class-A. Accuphase currently make two class-A integrated amplifiers, the E-650 and E-800 with 30W/8R and 50W/8R respectively. | |
| Willsenton R8 Tube Amp with REL Subwoofer The amplifier does very well with a REL sub. I set mine up with the Neutrik cable to a T7i in my library/office room and a pair of Martin-Logan Motion 35XTs, a 2-way 92dB ported speaker with AMT tweeters. My speakers are on isolation stands on a c... | |
| Any Advice for those Listening to Youtube Reviewers? One site I look at is ASR. I know there are many people her who dislike Amir's approach. He has a take-no-prisoners approach and doesn't seem hesitant to pan gear that doesn't meet his particular testing standards. Those standards are open to deb... | |
| Any Advice for those Listening to Youtube Reviewers? I follow several reviewers regularly. Most of them indicate their particular interests and seem to tailor their sites to those interests. I wouldn't watch cheapaudioman for a review about a halo Sonos Faber floorstander, he isn't about that and do... | |
| Speaker with Modern Design "Sleek and modern" can be approached many ways. My benchmark for sleek and modern has pretty much always been Bang & Olufsen. Many frequenting this forum disparage the brand, but it usually has nothing to do with their styling or build quality... | |
| Have you upgraded from a Freya? The Freya+ is fun to use, but it lacks some of the usual features of a classic peamp. I still prefer good ergonomics in a preamp, meaning clear selector functionality, ideally a display with settings information or at least indicator lamps for sel... | |
| Good speaker match for Nuprime IDA-8? I have run a pair of Martin-Logan Motion 35XLs--2-way folded-ribbon-tweeter standmounts--and they do well with a Nuprime IDA-8 and an active REL sub (T7i). The NuPrimes are A/D topology and the MLs are 92dB. | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? Amphion Argon 3S. KEF LS50W2. Good quality monitor speakers placed as standmounts that don’t require fastidious room placement, understanding that a good subwoofer for low frequency support is almost always necessary. I suspect the field would wid... | |
| Vandersteen VLR (non CT), my opinion "It's difficult to give much weight to any of Amir's "reviews."" They call for no less skepticism than any other review that offers objective material in support of a subjective assessment: recommend for or against purchase and labeling with v... | |
| Vandersteen VLR (non CT), my opinion Re the ASR review of these (VLR "Wood", not VLR CT), Amir tested the speakers without the grilles in place, which is his standard practice for all speakers he tests using his Klippel Nearfield/Spinorama protocol. Unfortunately, the grilles are dif... | |
| Concerning high end audio names in new cars I wonder how many buyers elect the purchase of whatever option upgrade has the name audio system after A-B comparison to the model with the base system. Most seem like dressing for a multi-thousand dollar package that has more than the sound syste... | |
| Are Sales Down Overall, trends seem away from large home systems, fewer big floorstander speakers, more small standmounts with or without subwoofer reinforcement, fewer multi-box amplification installations and more integrated products that are room-friendly. Ge... | |
| Are Sales Down There seem to be sales on ebay that move, where pricing is reasonable. At brick-and-mortar shops, my take is that they are down. Just looking at the market, even among the survivors of the long term decline in the numbers of audio shops, the marke... |