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Dynaudio C1 II vs Focal Micro BE vs Harbeth SHL5
I think that SHL5 is perfect shot between focal and dynaudio,has bass similar to C1 and clarity similar to focals 
krell kct, pass labs xp 10 or 2.5, spectral?
great price for KCT 2800eu ,you will loose nothing ,in case you don't like you can sell for 3200eu.Just saw somebody selling for 3800eu on ebay.de 
What's your view on blind testing?
very bad,because normally short memory of human brain remembers only fraction of information which was played.And long term memory remembers only those moments which impressed very much during listening,lets say tonaly,imaging 
Best older Krell integrated amp that sounds good?
paid $2000 at that time, now i think will be around 1700-1800,not so many appears for sale ,means this quite a good amp.If you will be lucky may be you can get for 1500 
Best older Krell integrated amp that sounds good?
second Krell kav500i.own for 5 years already,the cheapest way dip into audiophile waters:) 
Best Speakers for Nearfield Listening $4k or Less?
harbeth the way to go,many members stated that they are getting the best sound when they lean towards speakers untill 1meter listening distance is reached 
Int amp and Dynaudios
Not poor,very good,especially with confidence ,anyway I saw krell offering new int amp s550i :) what I wanted to say,ears of human accepts diffrent sound approach in some period of time . 
Int amp and Dynaudios
Krell kav500i,just later bought dynaudio contour s1.4 and confidence c1.Why? because dyns were known like not harsh sounding speakers and demanding power.Better say powerfull sounding amplifier which makes dyns rock.For example driving contour s1.... 
Dynaudio Confidence C2 II anniversary editio
depends on how much people want them for atractive price which lower than new 
Which USB Cable do you like using
I read (computeraudiophile)that some people could not listen platinum starlight usb cables,they were unlistenable in their systems,too much atention to upper midrange and high freqeuncies.At first sight yes they provide as it looks quite jump over... 
Music Fidelity M1 DAC compared to Bryston BDA-1
In my opinion it is worth extra money.It provides more balanced sound while M1 dac has anomalies in high freqeuncies responce.This is the cause why so many used of them appears on ebay. But for the price it is good dac. 
Dynaudio Contour 1.3SE vs. Contour 140
lovely speakers s1.4 ,depending on amplifier can reproduce very big sound image,impressive bass and highs .And they don't require top hi-end amps to sound the best.Right now I'm listening them connected to oldy goldy technics a700mk2 amp connected... 
Room Acoustics and Speaker interaction.
You can can make room look like kings bed around usind some linen curtains around room ,it would help avoid booming bass :) 
Why do Harbeth speakers have such a cult following
But it's all a matter of tasteyes,but there is one but---matter of taste has one particular feature,it likes fluctuate.I can listen harbeth for 3 weeks everyday with diffrent stereo sets,but sometimes I can listen other speakers(dynaudio) for 2 we... 
When does non-delivery become a crime?
when the seller(local shop) asked deposit for dynaudio c1 speakers and 2 weeks of waiting,I decided not to mess with seller.It looked stranged,because ealier I had bad experience on ebay when I won dynaudio c2 speakers from the guy in France and h...