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| Peachtree Reliability issues? YES normal, that is the Switch Mode Power Supply booting up,welcome to digital amplification.. | |
| $1500 to spend... Plug the HUGE port with foam & play around with distance from back & side walls...If you do upgrade speakers move AWAY from big floorstanders to a good stand mounted monitor..Your $1500.00 + sell the 10.7's will move you into VERY serious ... | |
| Headphones .......... Huh? Now that you've had a taste when your ready to FEAST get yourself a pair of HiFiMan "Deva" w/BT Module..Superb sound & comfort for $300.00,like having a Magnaplanar speaker on your head... | |
| Very humble beginnings............and yours? Defied my preacher father when I was 14 & took a summer job,passing on beating on doors hawking bibles,then icing on the cake was spending my earnings my first Radio Shack receiver & 2 way bookshelf speakers...Blasting out Rush,Bad Co.,Led... | |
| Thoughts on a system upgrade. Not a single mention of ROOM ACOUSTICS,from OP or repliers...If the room acoustics isn't balanced no tweak or component upgrade will matter... | |
| What is missing here? If you had told me the price up front I could have quoted the ending pretty much word for word without ever reading the review,though it is missing the comparison to an even more expensive amp that was much better overall... | |
| Arcam A85 integrated receiver speaker match I don't know where you been reading the S40's are hard to drive because that is ABSOLUTE CRAP! They are EXTREMELY easy to drive,6 ohm nominal,NEVER drop below 6 ohms & are impedance corrected so as to have almost linear impedance phase...Your ... | |
| JBL 43xx va Harbeth 40.x EVERYTHING you like about the JBL is EXACTLY WHY they shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as the Harbeth M40.2's(never heard 40.1's)..The JBL is designed to impress in a short demo.Bass has slam but tonal purity & definition are NON... | |
| Which speaker wire does this hook up to? OP since you'll have a multi meter you'll need a tube amp to bias hahahaha.... | |
| Which speaker wire does this hook up to? ^^^That is a Tone Generator which requires a transmitter & receiver,YES works great BUT more $,more batteries,less usefulness compared to a Multi Meter... | |
| Dynaudio Special 40 The S40 is a very easy speaker to drive..The impedance never drops below 6 ohms & it is Phase corrected so its an easy load on any amp..As you have moderate listening levels & if your room is medium/ish 85wpc.is plenty of power..That said ... | |
| Which speaker wire does this hook up to? $10.00 Electrical multi meter with continuity test mode. You short 2 conductors together,measure at the other end & if you have a continuous circuit(the same wire)from end to end you get a test BEEP... | |
| Integrated brand choice -- Simaudio, Hegel or Mark Levinson? Not long ago I had a good long demo of the SimAudio 340iX & the Hegel 590 driving Harbeth M40.2 speakers in a dedicated room..I was NOT impressed with either.The Simaudio WAYYY too much plastic for so much $ & the headphone circuit was HOR... | |
| Has anyone heard a Sugden ANV-50? and advice on upgrading. I have not heard the AVN-50 but I recently spent 2 glorious weeks with the A21Signature(base 22wpc.version),driving my Harbeth M30.1’s...I am CONVERTED from tubes now because of this amp.Those who say M30.1 has no bass should hear them driven by t... | |
| Want to Upgrade Speakers from Paradigm So I've been reading up on your amplifier.On paper it should provide excellent low volume listening..One thing comes to mind is that it's distortion levels are non existent & the amp may come off as very dry sounding,which is not a good match ... |