daveyf
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| The best speaker for a small room...at any price point. @keithr I think the little Gamut Rs3's are interesting, although i suspect they would NOT be a good match with my tube amps. A friend used to own the larger floorstanding model, it was a bear to drive and required a hefty ss amp. The Stenheim's s... | |
| Nordost fans Big fan here! I use the Tyr Phono and interconnect and the Frey speaker cables. Large upgrade over my prior cable looms. I recently added a pair of the Black Cat Coppertone ic's into the mix...from my digital front end. While the Black Cat's are N... | |
| The best speaker for a small room...at any price point. One other thought, and that is to acquire a pair of stacked Quads...the original versions. To my ears, these speakers are some of the purest transducers in the critical midrange of anything that I have ever heard...not sure if they would work in a... | |
| The best speaker for a small room...at any price point. @perazzi28. I have always liked the Wilson Benesch speakers I have heard in the past. I will try and hear a smaller stand mount in their Geometry series, although they too seem to have few dealers here in Calif. | |
| The best speaker for a small room...at any price point. @keithr I will put the Stenheim’s onto my audition list. I thought the larger model 3’s were ok at Long Beach, but not in any way ground breaking or “lust worthy”. Nonetheless, their room was a factor ( as was everyone else’s that day) and the spe... | |
| The best speaker for a small room...at any price point. @keithr Unfortunately, i wasn’t that impressed with anything at the show (particularly suitable for a small room).The Magico M2’s were ok, but I suspect too difficult to drive with the kind of amps I prefer. | |
| The best speaker for a small room...at any price point. @firsnot. In the area that I live, a speaker, basically any speaker, is a mere fraction of the price of the room. Therefore, the budget for a speaker (any speaker) that would work in a small room is nothing compared to what a large room will cost ... | |
| The best speaker for a small room...at any price point. @yyzsantabarbara I am also in S.Calif, so listening to the Vimburg's isn't an option yet either. The TAD's would seem to be an option, but also difficult to source for a listen. Plus, I am not sure i would cotton to the hard beryllium tweeter! ... | |
| The best speaker for a small room...at any price point. @yyzsantabarbara They do look interesting, has anyone heard these? Their small floor stander may also be a candidate. | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? @larrykell I think there are a number of very competent ss amps from that period that present a good (great?) value today, among them are the fore mentioned Rowland amps, several from Mark Levinson, Symphonic line, Pass labs, the Coda amps and a f... | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? @larrykell I think a ss amp from the 70’s is a very different animal from one dating back twenty years! There did seem to be some major improvements made between the seventies and the turn of the century in this area. Therefore, it doesn’t surpris... | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? @ttbolad You like Class D and are here to tell us that it is the next coming, LOL.Everyone has to agree with you...otherwise they have a liking of ’euphonic concoctions’...SERIOUSLY!! LMAO!!I guess you have never heard of the phrase.... IN MY HU... | |
| Black Cat Cable's/Coppertone wires are amazing good! I have heard the Coppertone cables, they are as everyone is saying...superb cables at very reasonable prices.There are a couple of rave reviews here: http://fairhedon.com/2019/01/16/black-cat-cable-coppertone-interconnects-and-speaker-cable%EF%BB%BF/ | |
| Answer me this... @millercarbon. Regardless of the stamper, if the recording isn’t that great to begin with...ie the master tape is poor, or the recording engineer screwed up somehow, then the SQ is going to suffer, IME. | |
| Answer me this... @cleeds Interesting that you think that there are good sounding pressings of BOTW, I have never heard one. I think I must have heard this LP on numerous occasions with different gear and different pressings, none to my ears was anything but a ma... |