duckworp
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| B&W vs. Sonus Faber I demoed SF top of range floor stander (£22k) and stand mounted top of the range. I own B&W 804d. SF floor stander was demoed with McKintosh amps. SF sounded absolutely fantastic with classical music, completely mesmerising, with great depth o... | |
| Speakers good for close to wall placement In Europe we generally have smaller rooms than in the US so many of our European speakers are designed for close-to-wall placement. One of the best higher end for being up against the wall are the B&W 804D floorstanders. They are medium sensi... | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? It is unfortunately true that most reviews are entirely positive.It is important to learn to read them by omission and by working out language that is actually disguised negativity. | |
| High end Class D amps? The Japanese company Spec design very well regarded Class D amps that are apparently very valve-like in tone, though they are not the mega-watt things that a lot of people seem to use Class D for.I have 300W Class D amps in each of my semi-active ... | |
| What’s your top 5 Christmas albums ? @biketony - do you have more info on Aguanko - Latin Jazz Holiday in Havana? I cannot find the artist or an album of this name. | |
| Where are the cheap home streamers? Pro-ject Streambox S2 is around £250 in the UK. It does what you ask though no DAC included. https://www.project-audio.com/en/product/stream-box-s2/The S2 Streambox ultra is more expensive and more popular with audiophiles. The cheaper basic versi... | |
| Buying a DAC when you can't try it first I think the streamer element of the Chromecast Audio is amazing, but it needs to be run through software like Roon rather than casting to it. Casting to CCA is not so good. Remember they made these in their millions so the costs were stripped bac... | |
| *WHITE PAPER* The Sound of Music - How & Why the Speaker Cable Matters Interesting reading. I have the author's Townshend F1 Fractal speaker cable in my system and it is, without a doubt, by far the best speaker cable I have heard. Good to read the science behind why it sounds so good. | |
| Warm romantic & detailed The ribbon tweeter in the Proac K-series is beautifully smooth. The speaker is also an impressive all-rounder. Works with rock well too. I home demoed the K-6 and was very very tempted. The Avalon Ideal is also a wonderful speaker, rich and non-fa... | |
| More power for moderate listening levels? There is nothing inherent in the design of an amp which will mean a higher powered amp will sound less good at low volumes than a low powered amp. The Pass Labs Int 250 may sound better or worse at low volume to your ears through your Harbeths tha... | |
| New system, large room, low listening level Larry, what is her budget? I live in the uk in an Edwardian high-ceiling home, though not quite to the height of those magnificent Georgian homes your daughter lives in. They are beautiful houses and the rooms so light and airy with their tall s... | |
| Why so obsessed with bass? Sub-woofers are an interesting phenomena in that they are relatively rare in 2 channel systems in Europe, where they are found mainly in AV theatre systems. They are, rightly or wrongly, often perceived as unnecessary to a pure 2 ch system. The th... | |
| DSP TO TAME THE BASS IN HARBETH SPEAKERS Roon has the ability to run DSP through the output. By all accounts this works very well, and at the price that Roon is, it is a very cost-effective solution. Of course that won't solve vinyl issues. And with CD would require the ripping and s... | |
| Tweaks you got rid of because they were not effective (enough)? @hilde45 Re below: I am talking floor standing speakers. So it’s speaker, Gaia feet, granite. @duckworp -- thanks. If I’m understanding, from the top down it’s:speakergranite chopping boardsGaia feettop of the speaker standthen....what underneath ... | |
| Have you changed your mind about a brand? Was it you, or them? I had a deep love affair with Naim, as many British hifi-enthusiasts do. Naim have a very cleverly marketed upgrade path where power supplies and separate components can be upgraded to the next up the chain. It is an addictive process. However I l... |