daveyf
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| Toe in is crucial This subject is on my mind right now. For years, I was listening in my room with no toe-in. About two years ago, i decided to toe in my speakers to see what, if anything, i might be missing. At the time, the toe-in I achieved allowed me to 'improv... | |
| How Is This Possible? Must be Counterfeits One of the brands that seems to be copied extensively is Furutech. The Chinese knock offs are not that easy to spot, plus they duplicate the plugs well. Unfortunately, there are loads of Furutech cables out there that are being sold as legit, when... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions As an owner of some great Sonus Faber’s, i can say that i truly enjoy listening to the Harbeth models, particularly the 40’s. In the right room, I have heard the 40.2’s absolutely sing. They require a larger room than most folks can easily accommo... | |
| Any Experience with Furutech Unfiltered Power Distributors I use a Furutech ETP-66G, it replaced a more expensive power strip. The Furutech is excellent. I like the fact that is allows for six outlets, is easy to place and is essentially neutral when it comes to SQ. The price is also attractive. | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions @helomech At the THE show this year, I asked the rep and distributor in the Borresen room as to the source of their cabinets, as I was under the same impression that you have, that being only the X series is not made in Denmark. I was told that a... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions In some ways, the choice between the Harbeths and the Borresens could be attributed to the consumers budget. The majority of the Borresen line is priced far in excess of the Harbeths. What I hear when we go up in price with the Borresens is a more... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions @macg19 +100 | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions As an ex pro studio musician, I really have a hard time with folk who profess to know exactly what a musical instrument sounds like, and therefore, others don’t. In the pro music world, particularly in the studio area, we know that the sound of a... | |
| Is the "tray error" issue on an Esoteric X-03 CD player worth fixing? The Esoteric D-03 DAC is a very nice DAC. Like your dealer pointed out, far superior to the Blue Sound DAC. I use an Esoteric DV60 player as a transport and an Esoteric D-05 DAC, the pairing sounds amazing. I would suggest that you have your nic... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions OP, thank you for this very interesting and informative thread. I am a fan of both the Harbeth sound and of the Borresen sound. I have also listened extensively to both the speakers in your thread. I basically agree with everything you state about... | |
| Chinese fake cables How fake, how good? @deep_333 Why do you think the Chinese manufacturer's do not give their fake goods a different name than the originals? I ask this, as it seems to me that the intent here is not to make a product that is an 'Chinese expression' like you mention, ... | |
| Chinese fake cables How fake, how good? The big problem I see with these knock-off cables is this... many times either the vendor or the consumer has no knowledge of the fact that they are fake! ( much worse if the vendor does actually know, and tries to pass them off as real!) This si... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? @mikhailark, you make some very good points. I agree with what you say. The most expensive system I ever heard in a private setting was housed in a multi million dollar room, all glass and overlooking the ocean. No acoustic treatments. | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? @mikhailark This brings about my point in the OP. Looking at my new copy of 'The Absolute Sound', there are many speaker manufacturer's who are now supplying speakers with pricing in the same league ( and many times much more) than a new Porsc... | |
| Best LP edition of Jazz at the Pawnshop? I also have two of the these. One is the Audiosource pressed 7778/7779, which as Mike L states above is better sounding than the later pressing and I have a 7778 Prophone, which is the German pressing...and not quite as great as the 7778/7779; alt... |