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| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? Hard to answer that. I only heard 2 Harbeths: one was the 40.2 (at an audio show in a fairly large room). I loved the sound of it, but you can’t fit that one. My 30.1s are being used in a nearfield audio situation, which absolutely shouldn’t work... | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? Try the Harbeth 30.1s. Wonderful sounding large 2-ways. People rushed to the get the 30.2s, the the 30.2 XDs, but IMHO, the 30.1s are the keepers. Slightly warm & distinctly musical. | |
| Help with high end bookshelf speakers Whatever speakers you pursue, I recommend for a room that size that they be sealed/acoustic suspension. Speakers with that design interact less with one's (small) room, can be placed closer to the back wall if needed, and can be paired with a sub ... | |
| A Better Way to Buy Gear - Help Needed My advice is walk away. This seller is absolutely full of crap The "meta" factor here is that Paypal either has or has not yet implemented an IRS-mandated reporting mechanism to compel sellers who accept money via Paypal’s "Good and Services" fea... | |
| little big win Interesting story. It illustrates the mental power of preconceptions; also the power of sustained good will & persuasion to break through preconceptions. (using a speaker that doesn't sound like garbage) | |
| Subwoofer for music only ? The SVS SB1000 Pro would be the ticket, assuming it's sealed/acoustic suspension, like my SB1000. That's the type of sub you need in a 13' x 13' room (same dimensions as my home office). | |
| Seeking Bookshelf Recommendations In a small room you’ll get the best results/least room boundary interaction with a sealed/acoustic suspension speaker. They are few and far between, but well worth seeking out. I’ve had 4 or 5 pairs of sealed speakers in my small home office and g... | |
| My new review for The Absolute Sound comparing AGD GAN amps with BHK300’s On so many threads here, some audio hooligan shows up, bristling with self-appointed importance & "expertise," and proceeds to drag the thread into snark and recrimination. Always a bummer to encounter this stuff.... | |
| Buying Used Speakers I have repeatedly purchased used speakers in my life. The biggest was the first: a pair of Vandersteen’s then-TOTL, the Model 4. I bought them from a west coast seller via an intermediary firm that handled the money (kind of a broker, ensuring the... | |
| Could Class D really be that good? My nearfield desktop audio system is very crowded and had no space for an A/B or A amp of any kind when I switched to passive monitors ~6 years ago. Thus I was pushed into the alien (to me) world of class D amps. I did a ton of research, looking i... | |
| Example of a piece o’ crap, useless review I subscribed to TAS, STEREOPHILE, and any other audio mags I could get starting >40 years ago. And of course, I've read a ton of 1/2-baked reviews in that time. Rather than trash this or that reviewer, I'd rather talk about one who is far abov... | |
| New Class D amplifiers One of the two amps I’m about to mention is hardly new. But I thought my experience might be of interest to to those whose primary interest in class D is musical realism & ear-friendly tonality, not just accuracy and detail. I have a rather c... | |
| Dog pissed on speaker I have no suggestions but just want to express my gratitude for the resonant thread title. | |
| Paypal drastic changes This entire thing annoys me to no end. I researched it pretty thoroughly, and it looks like I'll never pay tax unless I profit on the sale, which I never ever do. So there's that. My return is already complicated. But this won't complicate it fur... | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love (uhmm, I think it's "Bach Partitas") To get back to the regret-drenched topic of this thread: some years ago I went through a long period of researching passive volume controllers. I had been using a very nice sounding, transformer based PVC from... |