donquichotte
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| 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 ... | |
| Power cords: does length matter? Yes, the length does matter. I have directly compared a 1m and a 2m long Lessloss C-marc power cords, both previously burned in. The shorter cable had an audibly different tonal balance, more tilted towards treble. I also own 2 OCC copper power ca... | |
| Back to the DAC I must second the MSB recommendation. I have the Analog Dac with the upgraded power supply (Analog Power Base). Extremely smooth, great detail, separation, wide and deep soundstage, luxurious sound. You said you are OK with buying used and this da... | |
| MSB for (very) long term? Thank you. In the end I bought an Analog Dac. | |
| Solid State Low powered Amplifiers I'll add a less known contender. I've recently heard and was extremely impressed (for the money) by a Lavardin integrated amplifier. It is incredibly liquid sounding with very detailed mids and, iirc, very good highs. Bass is not the star of the s... | |
| Any one heard Audio Analogue ABsolute I haven’t heard the ABsolute, but I owned the Maestro Anniversary. It had it’s strengths, such as a wide, holographic soundstage, good detail and bass authority, but I was not excited by it’s treble (enough lower treble but not extended enough, sp... | |
| Thoughts and perceptions on the sound quality of Accuphase Digital Products @jafant : Sorry, I missed your question. It's a long (at least 2.5m I think) DIY OFC copper cable I have received as a gift. I installed the connectors myself: a Furutech FI-38 (G) schuko plug and a Furutech FI-11 (Cu) IEC plug. | |
| Experience with adding super tweeter? Soundstage became more expansive and enveloping, in particular with the dipole supertweeter, which was really nice. On the other hand, the precision of the imaging decreased iirc (not 100% sure on this one). There was a pervasive sense of diminish... | |
| Experience with adding super tweeter? I tried the dual firing Aperion and another front firing one, the PTS I think, both with my Spendors (SP2/3R2) and Martin Logans (11A). Conclusions: 1. The dual firing one is much better built and sounding. If you like what a the supertweeter doe... |