ghdprentice
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| Sonus Faber Amati vs. Wilson Sasha V (and perhaps vs. Focal n3) Well, as usual, @soix +1. I love Sonus Faber speakers, but would never pair with Mac… on the other hand, if I had Mac (I would not choose this either), would pair with Wilson. I am also not a Focal fan. Many people love all these brands. Find ... | |
| Sonus Faber Electa Amator III vs. the Bowers and Wilkins 805 D4? I think the change in Sonus Faber house sound (to be more neutral less warm) was about fifteen years ago? I think. So I used an AI. The output must be verified… it’s usually good.. but can be very wrong. 1. Guarneri Homage: This iconic speake... | |
| Watts! How many do we need? From my experience with solid state, current was the primary determinant if the amp was up to the task, the more the better. From my tube amp experience, it is far, far less important. So I went from high current 350 wpc solid state to 70 wpc tube... | |
| Double up on speaker cables Interesting idea. Give it a try in all permutations and tell us what you conclude. | |
| New preamp or up grade my cartridge and or phono amp? I personally would prefer a small dedicated audio room for my system than the enormous compromises made for a common room. Some of the most amazing systems I have heard have been in tiny rooms. The great thing is that you can purchase higher quali... | |
| Sonus Faber Question Sonus Faber needs power if you are using solid state. They are easily driven by tube amps. I am using 70 wpc with my Audio Research Ref 160s (triode mode). They sound fantastic at low volumes and can play without compression or loss of dynamics to... | |
| Wish to Upgrade Phono Stage and Cart So, you liked the sound of the Yamaha cR820 with your front end better than the Allinic? If so, I would stop at this point and analyze what is going on. If I read the situation correctly you like lower resolution warm sound of the old Yamaha. In t... | |
| New preamp or up grade my cartridge and or phono amp? @soix +1 Given your current selection, I would start with a good quality preamp, then move to a better phonostage. | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? Personally I really don’t belong to either / any, because it all matters. The generality of the speakers matter most is a good rule of thumb for the folks fairly new to pursuit of the high end… but it holds best when one has appropriate portioned ... | |
| Eversolo DMP-A8 vs iPhone plugged directly to integrated amp - why no difference? @1happyman I did not proffer that opinion. | |
| A day in the life of an audiophile I guess you are right. I frequently used go into the bedroom and clasp my hands over my ears because the offense of the old (though expensive when purchased) sound bar. We replaced it with an Sennheiser Amber… natural sound invoices. Iphone sp... | |
| Eversolo DMP-A8 vs iPhone plugged directly to integrated amp - why no difference? @macg19 “Or, the Eversolo is great on paper but poorly executed.” Unfortunately, that is another possibility. | |
| Help, my system seem to have slowly gotten " bright" It would be very helpful to know all of your components and the venue would not hurt. Irdeally you could put some photos in a virtual system (under your user ID) so we could make a real assessment. | |
| Sonus Faber Question I am a fan of Sonus Faber for the same reason you are. I am on my third set. I started with used Cremona -> Olympica 3 -> Amati Traditional. Very good question. I think you will find Olympica 3 a very large jump up. The Olympica 3 has been ... | |
| Eversolo DMP-A8 vs iPhone plugged directly to integrated amp - why no difference? I agree with others, something is wrong somewhere. What service are you using and how? There are frequently so many ways to configure these things you could be using a very low res source or transmission method. |