duckworp
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| Speaker Recommendation: 20K range Last month I wrote a review of 15 different high-end speakers, most in this price bracket. Here's the link (toward the bottom of the comments I state the price of each):https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/a-brief-review-of-15-high-end-speakers-... | |
| Advice on buying good CD player that will outperform my Primare cd31 Opera Consonance Droplet valve cdp is an interesting player and very distinctive in looks and sound. They don’t come up much second hand, and are much sought after so good luck in a hunt for one. http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/droplet/cdp5.html | |
| CDs Vs LPs Both CD and LP are capable of extraordinary performance. And attheir best, they sound very much more alike than different.@cleeds - thank you for that perfect voice of reason. You are absolutely right. The mastering is not a factor - I work with m... | |
| Can you live with your current speaker until you die? I enjoyed reading your post @shkong78. Yes I have definitely found my life-speaker. Funnily enough I too got through 15 speakers to get there. The difference being I did it in 15 months rather than 40 years! I recount the experience here: https://... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? @Sciencecop - your posts often contain a confrontational tone, frequently belittling anyone who doesn’t love Magicos above all else. Take a breath and relax. You are a Magico Fanboy, we get it. I’m a Boenicke Fanboy and proud to admit it and don’t... | |
| Where to put one's best power cords?? I have a Vitus integrated amp and separate CD player. The biggest effect was on the CD player. A huge difference on some power cords (Shunyata especially). On the amp the power cords had less effect, many had no effect at all. An improvement i... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? I recently went on the search for the perfect speaker, and the ability to capture the natural rich sound (timbre) of an acoustic instrument was one of my priorities. I home auditioned 15 speakers (review here: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussion... | |
| In search for speakers of "natural" sound I too was searching for a natural sounding speaker. I wrote a review of 15 different speakers I home demoed. I ended up with Boenicke speakers. The designer seems to spend much time recording concerts and as far as I understand it always aims to... | |
| A brief review of 15 high-end speakers on home demo including B&W, Boenicke, Magico,Wilson Thanks for all your positive comments. This is the first discussion or review I have posted on Audiogon so it is pleasing that it has had positive feedback. | |
| A brief review of 15 high-end speakers on home demo including B&W, Boenicke, Magico,Wilson It would be nice if you could give the amount in Sterling how much each of the speakers cost. Thanks.@gawdbless - from memory, and rounded a little they are as follows:Audio Physic Codex £10,000Avalon Idea£9000Avalon Transcendent£18,000B&W 804... | |
| A brief review of 15 high-end speakers on home demo including B&W, Boenicke, Magico,Wilson @prof - yes I was surprised as I heard an Audio Physic speaker in Munich and they impressed me with their soundstaging. It must be that they were not optimized in my room, as they were placed close to the rear wall, which for whatever reason the B... | |
| A brief review of 15 high-end speakers on home demo including B&W, Boenicke, Magico,Wilson @kot - thanks for your post. We may have different tastes as the Boenicke room in Munich was my best all-round room (though there was a room with 300k euro horn speakers which blew my mind - but I’m not counting that!). Eminent Tech 8bs are ele... | |
| A brief review of 15 high-end speakers on home demo including B&W, Boenicke, Magico,Wilson I wonder how your choices would have been effected if your system had DSP available for all of the speakers you heard. I did not want to get anything in the way of the wonderful Vitus - and the DSP boxes seem to work as pre-amps. The boom on ... | |
| Stillpoints - snake oil? In a recent Hi-Fi+ magazine article the journalist interviews and follows a Hi-Fi consultant. This consultant is employed by people to come over to their home and he spends time aligning the system: speakers, racks, cables etc. Under each compon... | |
| Boenicke I demoed 15 speakers in the last year and ended up with Boenicke. I wrote a review of them all here:http://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/a-brief-review-of-15-high-end-speakers-on-home-demo-including... |