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| Speakers that image best from corners 12' apart Finsup, interesting recommendation. I saw a pair of these set-up at a dealers in Ohio once, but didn't listen to them (outside of the fact that they were playing music in general).How is the performance level? Strengths and weaknesses? What type o... | |
| The Best Audiophile Earphones headphones and Amp Second headfi site, it is an exceptional resource, like Agon. Everything swampwalker said is accurate and great information. Headphones and amps are even more pesronal, IMO, that regular systems. Use Headfi and find somebody close to you and visit... | |
| Speakers that image best from corners 12' apart I would be tempted to try "bookshelf" speakers that can go in or on your wall unit. | |
| How can anyone afford this ? I do not earn a huge income by any stretch of the imagination; however, I am moderately comfortable. I think the first thing to affording this hobby is to live life financially smart. I don't live in debt. I only use credit cards for making on-lin... | |
| Most effective Room Treatment for slap echo, etc I went the auralex route and was not overly impressed by it. While it did produce results, you really needed a lot to equal some of the other items available (or even DIY). I did not glue mine to the wall, I glues a small strip of thin wood to the... | |
| What CD Palyer There are a lot of good "universal" players available, some used at really good prices. Clarify where you need HDMI or not.I would suggest looking into the Ayre unit that sold for quite a bit new, but used is really very reasonable. Another consid... | |
| Tube Preamp with adjustable gain FYI - sorry about the Gamut reference as it is not tube based. | |
| Tube Preamp with adjustable gain I agree with Mds who offered up the Calypso as fitting this bill. Though its adjustable gain is set to two choices and is performed internally with jumper pins (which is a piece of cake to change since the top cover is velcro'd into place). But be... | |
| Krell Evolution or Pass XA.5 series Pete, I do not own the XA.5 series. I owned the 150.5 (and prior to that a straight 150 for a short time) and an Aleph 5 (which I bought specifically for my Gemme speakers but also have listened to it with W/Ps). I have heard the XA.5 series and I... | |
| Best speakers for my system I like them and think you should get rid of them by sending them to me!You are well ahead of most by recognizing that the room is just as important as any component. It is hard to make even the best speaker in the world sound good in a room with r... | |
| Krell Evolution or Pass XA.5 series I would love to see more comments on this post. I am considering an Evolution 302 or 402 (not the "e" version $$). I own a Pass amp and have owned others in the past. I think the Pass amps do best when in Class A mode and suffer when they move out... | |
| Best speakers for my system Phaelon, I agree with you that the OP must listen himself. I see his inquiry and the responses to it more of a direction than a blanket statement that speaker A is what he needs.By providing us with a bit of information about his system, his taste... | |
| Gemme Tanto V2- any thoughts? The bass is definately not wooly nor does the speaker ever feel slow. I tried to convey this above. My experience with somewhat "forgiving" speakers is that they often exhibit this sense of slowness - or rounding edges off. I don't like a "slow" s... | |
| Best speakers for my system Geoch, thanks for that follow-up. I think of the amps you list (at least those that I am familiar with), the Pass (depending on model) is more close to the ML amp (with the Pass possibly being a bit smoother - when in Class A operation at least). ... | |
| Gemme Tanto V2- any thoughts? I have a pair of Gemme Katana speakers (version 2). I have not heard the Tanto's, but from reading reviews and talking to others, I get the impression there are a lot of similarities. I am currently running them (I switch between the Gemme's and W... |