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| Audioquest Firebird Zero WOW, what a ride. New update:I basically have sold all my cables and cords. I have a 2m Hurricane and 2m Basic power cord and Niagara 1000 that I'll soon put up for sale I think (unless I use it in my second system).New set up is as follows:Niag... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Reverendo, if you are serious about the DaVinci MK2, I know someone who is about to sell. Feel free to DM me if you have interest. He's got two of the best DAC's money can buy in the house. One is the larger Davinci that was just redone I believ... | |
| Thiel Owners JFANTctsoonerGood to see you as always. Thank You for addressing Vandy subwoofer(s) and their application in audio systems. I enjoyed reading about M.I.T. and Transparent cabling as well. I hope you are ready for Spring.Happy Listening!First off,... | |
| What To Replace A Pair Of Lamm Ml2 Monoblocks With? Need More Power Since you have Vandersteen 5's already, I'd look at one place to start and that's Richard's M5-HPA's. I just got a pair and am floored by how great they sound. As others have said, you need to match the speakers and the amps to get the best perf... | |
| Would you Upgrade? if you want a speaker that makes any recording sound 'better', then you need a proper analog EQ. If you want your speaker to make a poor recording sound better, then you don't want a revealing speaker or components. Better components amplify the... | |
| Chord Dave or Ayre QX5 Twenty DAC??? Wow, an old thread. Not sure what post was removed, but would love to have seen it, lol. Update. I sold my QX5/20 and am using The Memory Player serve/streamer/Roon/DAC and analog volume control. It's funny as the player has been constantly upg... | |
| Thiel Owners I'm really enjoying this long thread guys. Thanks for letting it meander a bit. I just read about 'why' Vandersteen subs. Being a Vandersteen owner (I still love other speakers too and have owned more than a few, but rarely change my main spea... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I've heard a lot of the top DAC's and some were chips and some were ladder types. Every top designer I've spoken with have played with both and feel that the newer chips, if implemented properly will perform better than the ladder types. That sa... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? When we were setting up my dual purpose room for audio and video (only overlap being the main speakers) using some very nice computer analytics as well as our ears, we found that my main speakers (*large Wilsons) nailed the centre image even bette... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? Like Richard Vandersteen said, most narrow baffle speakers have good off axis radiation patterns so using an omnidirectional speaker is one way to diffuse the direct sound with reflected sound (homogenization) for a larger “sweet spot” albeit les... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? I wanted to share what Richard Vandersteen thinks about sweet spot. This is a direct quote:Most speakers today especially those with narrow baffles have a wide dispersion pattern and therefore will have a decent stereo image off axis. Having not... | |
| Vandersteen 3A sigs, whats wrong here. It could easily be a phase situation, but it may be something else. Teh cable isn't going to make THAT large a difference based on how bad it seems to be. AS others have said, go to the Vandersteen home page and join the fourms. It's just all a... | |
| Replacement for 802 D3s I too would look at the Vandersteen Kento's. It's the newest design for Vandersteen. Some special bass set up, plus using ta powered internal sub frees up the main amp to sound better as it only has auto power 200hz on up (100 hz up in his other ... | |
| Speaker Upgrade Recommendation for Current Analog System - under $10,000 Budget The Golden Ear speakers to my ears are very colored and as someone pointed out, they are better for home video use. There are a lot of great speakers in this range. I'm a Vandersteen fan like many above and owned the Treo CT's and now have the Qu... | |
| Would you Upgrade? I always want to hear how well a speaker upscales. Then I need to hear how it sounds with my own gear. One place that needs to be looked at is your room and your set up. Those are two areas that can be inexpensive to tighten up as long as you a... |