davide256
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| My Caladan Impressons Finally got my pair in March, took about 13 months from order to shipping. They are replacing original Magnepan 1.7 speakers. Maggies tend to sweeten and round the sound but the Caladan are brutally honest, good recordings sound better than the 1.... | |
| Anyone have experience with using Paradigm home theater speakers in a 5.1 / 7.1 setup? Made a decision, will go with the Focal Sib Evo 5.1.2 system. 90 db efficiency, easy to wall mount rear/center speakers, not obtrusive and I like the Focal products I’ve auditioned. Will need to add a 100 watt stereo class AB amp for the .2 heigh... | |
| Best amp options between $2k-$4 to power Magnepan 1.7? @kennyc the orchard audio GAN monos had fixed OPAMPS, the Apollon amps allow OPAMP rolling. The stock OPAMPS on the Apollon sounded a little cold in comparison to the OA GAN amps but the Sparkos OPAMPS were a worthwhile upgrade, a softer and warme... | |
| Best amp options between $2k-$4 to power Magnepan 1.7? I ended up last year upgrading to a Apollon Hypex NCx500 DM Dual Mono Stereo Amplifier with the Sparkos Labs OP Amps. With 700 watts into 4/2 ohms I have no lack of slam and no worries about THD rise at the 2 ohm tweeter resistance. | |
| Atmos speaker recommendations for a Magneplanar surround set up? While I have two pairs of Maggies ( 1.7’s and 1b’s) I could use, I doubt that it makes sense to use Maggies for most people in MCH home theater…. They don’t have the treble dispersion required for 2 or more people to be in the sweet spot. | |
| Solutions for converting vinyl to 256 DSD? @snowdog57 thanks, there's a germ of an idea there. I'd prefer to do native DSD conversion but I would consider doing PGGB DSD up-sampling if the source files were HiRes. The Art USB Phono Plus is limited to 48/16, I'll look around for options tha... | |
| Solutions for converting vinyl to 256 DSD? @mikelavigne The albums I want to rip either aren't available via streaming or the digital version is poor compared to the original vinyl. At this point my local digital library is all PGGB up-sampled to DSD256 as I find PCM at any speed lacking ... | |
| It is December 1, 2024 - Do you know where your Caladans are???? I ordered my pair of Caladans mid January 2024,they are finally on this months build list. Clayton disclosed around June of last year that his solid wood supplier for the speaker frame could not handle the volume of orders and was able to get a di... | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? Clayton just sent out an update that he has contracted with an Amish wood counter manufacturer that can scale to his baffle needs. So hopefully in about 60 days there will be a big jump from the 22 speaker pairs he was able to ship last month | |
| My Caladan Impressons So, no joy with Caladan delivery, now being told my 1/14 order wont happen until mid August. Prospective purchasers, beware as the web site when l last looked had been changed to stating 90 days for new orders, clearly untrue at this point. | |
| My Caladan Impressons @terrapin77 I heard a similar story saying mid to late June. What I am looking for is to hear from someone who recently received their speakers how long ago they ordered. | |
| My Caladan Impressons Can anyone comment on how long it took them to get their Caladans? I ordered mine mid January and am still waiting for a shipped notice. | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? There is fairly good discussion on Audiophile style, top contenders mentioned were Boxem and Apollon. Besides build quality, input circuit design was mentioned as critical | |
| Gustard R26 - good but not the one The thing to remember about Chord is that its an oversampling DAC and its built in oversampling is pretty good. To do a real side by side comparison for full potential of an R2R DAC like Gustard R26 one should use HQPlayer at the internal 705/768 ... | |
| Gustard R26 - good but not the one IMO any attempt to review Qutest vs other DAC's is incomplete if up-sampling isn't a major part of the comparison. |