ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| Latest Absolute Sound Many years ago I sold high end equipment and was floored at some of the equipment which got glowing reviews in the rags at the time.It became clear that the reviewers WERE "under the influence", that is, would give glowing reviews when it was in t... | |
| New floor stand speakers I have been enjoying my new Focal Sopra No2's for about 10 weeks now, very detailed, very musical.I auditioned the Magico's and Wilson's before selecting the Focal's.Before auditioning the Magico's the salesman asked me if I prefer "analytic" or "... | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you After tormenting myself for several months, auditioning lots of floor standing speakers, I became smitten the first time I heard the new Focal Sopra No2's.I was lucky to order them just after they first became available in the U.S. and have been e... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Aolmrd1241,I have upgraded the firmware on my DirectStream DAC twice, since I purchased the unit new about a year ago.The easiest way to do the upgrade is to purchase the SD card directly from PS Audio (I'm not sure it takes the new HDSD or HDXC c... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC I've owned the PS Audio DirectStream DAC now for over a year and have the latest version of the firmware installed (Yale Final). I absolutely love the unit, especially the fact that the software updates improve the performance of the unit, not jus... | |
| Proper Room Dimensions/Designs/Acoustics Don't know him, but I'd agree, there are many ways to screw up a room.From what I've read the ideal dimensions would be some multiple of 1 x 1.625, with the latter (the "long wall") where the side speakers would be positioned.Having worked in a fe... | |
| Int. Amplifier with Focal 807W Speakers About a month ago my new Focal Sopra No2's arrived! I am smitten!My journey to select these speakers took me about six months, and I was careful to make sure my electronics were not at all shrill sounding, as I found the Focal line to be "musical"... | |
| Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's Cdj123,I ordered mine just after they started to ship to the U.S., glad I did, as my dealer says the wait for them is up to six months!I took his advice and slowly broke them in, not pumping more than a watt or so into them for the first 100 or so... | |
| Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's Bill_k,The room is 26'x26', with a 10'x10' alcove, wall to wall carpeting, very little glass.I moved my system down from the (much smaller) living room to the "man cave" and found my old Velodyne Optimum 10 sub woofer just could not fill the new r... | |
| TUBE AMP LOVERS - What SS amp makes you smile??? I searched for several months for a new set of speakers and found that the McIntosh C50 pre amp and MC452 power amp combination was one that seemed to make even the most "unforgiving" speakers sound great!I was fortunate to find on Audiogon that p... | |
| Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's Jafant,My system:PS Audio P10 Power PlanPS Audio DirectStream DACAutonomic MMS-5A Music Server (with all hi res AIFF files)McIntosh C50 PreampMcIntosh MC452 Power AmpWireworld CablingJL Audio F113V2 Sub Woofers (2)Focal Sopra No2 SpeakersSennheise... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? I completed my quest for a new set of speakers, a week ago received my new Focal Sopra No2's.During my search, one audio salesman asked me if I prefer speakers which were "analytic" or ones that were "musical". He characterized the Wilson & Ma... | |
| Want seperates and have an integrated Mcintosh I recently snagged a C50/MC452 on Audiogon, replacing a MAC6700 I really enjoyed, selling it to someone on Audiogon who loves his new McIntosh.I moved my system to a room that was more than double the size and the extra power and the improvement i... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? After nearly a year of auditioning a whole host of speakers to replace the one's I have, I kept hearing great musicality with (now don't have a heart attack when you read this), a McIntosh C50 pre amp/MC452 power amp combination. I recently spent ... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I've enjoyed a pair of Totem Element Fire monitors (with a subwoofer) for 4+ years.I had the hots to see if another speaker would catch my ear, after getting permission from "the boss" to move the audio system down to our family room (now referred... |