donquichotte
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| ???Compare-Contrast & Comment???5 Pairs Large Monitors You can find my take on the Spendor SP2/3R2 against the Harbeth M30.2 Anniversary here: https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2700741 I have found the Spendor Classic 100 (same series as the 3/1 you are inquiring about) to sound even more colorful tha... | |
| JA Pulsars vs Harbeth 30.2 I am familiar with a friend's B&W 705s and have owned the Harbeth 30.2 for about an year. They are very different to the B&Ws. The bass is not better IMO, just a different take on it (less punchy / tight, different timbre, probably somewha... | |
| Relaxed/Analog sounding DAC for under $10k (used or new) 1. Leaning more musical/analog sounding, with a focus on laid back sound that is non-fatiguing; 2. wide soundstage and fantastic imaging; 3. Optimized for PCM streaming audio + USB input; 4. Ideally under $10k (new or used); 5. Black chassis opti... | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? @larryi +1 We two hear the same. | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? I suppose that tendency for sibilance in the upper mids is another way of describing what I heard in the 30.2’s (and also in some 40.2’s I’ve heard in a friend’s system). But sibilance is too hard a word, I think. A shade of sibilance, No such thi... | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better @riie Thanks.I can see you didn’t cheap out on those electronics. Perhaps this is one reason why your passives sound better than the actives? I don’t think the plate amps in the actives can be compared with the much more expensive Mcintosh power... | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better @riie That's very interesting! Are you talking about equivalent models? Which ones? What preamplifier and amplifier, respectively, did you use? | |
| Free Tip for Jumpers I have biwire (4 x 13 AWG) OCC copper speaker cables and a pair of Spendor SP2/3R2 biwirable speakers. I have tried all the possible permutations (except for high quality, pricey jumpers) and my preferred method of connecting the speakers is as fo... | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? @stuartk You're welcome! The extensive research conducted by the BBC engineers in the 70"s, iirc, concluded, among other things, that a perfectly flat frequency response isn't actually very desirable,, i.e. it sound bad. They stated that a good ... | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? I have simultaneously owned the Spendor SP2/3R2 and the Harbeth M30.2 Anniversary for about a year. My amplifier at the time was the Audio Analogue Maestro Anniversary integrated. My take (both speakers used without grills as I found the grills to... | |
| New Accuphase Amplifier Experience @lalitk Thank you. Of these three recommendations, I might be able to audition Zavfino. | |
| New Accuphase Amplifier Experience @jfrmusic Thank you. @lalitk wow, that is a seriously expensive power cord! Any "second best" option you could recommend at half the price or less? | |
| New Accuphase Amplifier Experience Congratulations! I own the E470 integrated, I love it and I agree with your description of the Accuphase house sound. How does that stock power cord look like? | |
| Power cords: does length matter? He didn't miss any. He was Beatless.🙂 | |
| Power cords: does length matter? @jeffreyw : Of course, you are entitled to have your own opinion. I'm just reporting what I'm hearing. I also think my opinion makes more sense than your opinion - not that all the audio findings (mine and others') make a lot of logical sense. In ... |