dazzdax
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| wilson vs competitor battle demo If it is true that the competitor's speakers were B&W 800 Signatures then it is more surprising that the combination of B&W reference speakers with Krell electronics sounds inferior to the Wilsons with Parasound amp and an Appel iPod. This... | |
| beryllium vs diamond To Gregm: I was just curious what is the general opinion of the people here at audiogon forum regarding those high-tech (and ultra expensive) tweeters. I know several very good (dynamic) speakers don't use Be or diamond tweeters. Sonus Faber Strad... | |
| "Power hungry" speakers Both of you (Sean and Bemopti) mentioned the use of complex crossovers that are consuming the Watts. As far as I'm informed, the crossover in the Sonus Faber Extrema is very simple. It is in fact a design without capacitors in the signalpath. How ... | |
| listener fatigue? go analogue. A good and musical CD-player (like Accuphase or Linn CD-12) sounds in many cases more realistic than analog. I can for example refer to the Decca recording of Brahms' first Pianoconcerto op. 15 with Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Royal Concertgebouw O... | |
| One or two subwoofers? I have a pair of Dunlavy SC-IV speakers, which are supposed to go as low as 30 Hz. I had a REL Stentor III for home trial. I dialed the setting for the high pass filter in at 25 Hz., so it has to be low enough to be non directional. Does anyone ha... | |
| Won't preamps become obsolete? Why is it that each and everytime I bypass the preamplifier the sound becomes thin and sterile. It is true that there seems less "garbage" in the sound (less noise, less distortion), but there is also loss of bloom and spaciousness, which to me ar... | |
| subwoofers: the bigger the better? First I would like to thank u for your responses to this thread. J. Gordon Holt, a well known audio guru and multi channel audio enthousiast once said that one subwoofer is much more preferable than two, because u have to deal with room placement ... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? Hi guys, I personally don't believe in tweaks. An audio system is inherently musical or it is not and there is no tweak on earth that can correct an flawed system. In my opinion it's better to invest more in higher grade source or amplification th... | |
| grainy sounding high end system Hi folks, something quite shocking has happened! As you know my preamplifier (the former designer's reference Conrad-Johnson Premier 7b) went to the dealer for tube replacement, so I got the idea to use my NAD C350 integrated amplifier as preampli... | |
| Hi end audio who cares Hi, I think the abovementioned situation is quite recognizable. Personally, I only fire up my audio system when people (visitors) are asking for it. The positive point is that people who are not familiar with so called high end audio and home musi... | |
| grainy sounding high end system Hi folks, thx for your response. I started this thread before I decided to get my preamp tubes replaced. Tube aging might be the culprit of the problem. The system sounds not only grainy and dynamically compressed but there is also a higher than n... | |
| high-end vs. ultra high-end amplifiers Hi Kirian, While the so called high-end amplifiers are sounding quite nice, I think the most natural sound comes from the very expensive ones (from the ultra high-end companies like Boulder, FM Acoustics and Accuphase). I know that these amplifier... |