goldenways
Responses from goldenways
| New Integrated amp recommendation @gemoody +1 Except last sentence could be age dependent. | |
| Love getting new equipment, hate the break-in When I bought my new Pass Labs monos, I was told there would be a five-day break in period. Fired it up and it sounded terrible, miserable and just could not recognize instrument or voices. Every morning I’d wake up only to find the same sound. I ... | |
| Hello Audiogon... The word that comes to mind - diatribe | |
| New house, wife reveals she hates my Maggies- looking for stand mount speaker suggestions @ericsch ”I think the SHL would be too much of a good thing” Well said. 10x10 seems to be near field. @meiatflask I’d review the thought of P3esr. Was that in your current system you heard them? Sterophile has a 2024 write up on the XD | |
| New house, wife reveals she hates my Maggies- looking for stand mount speaker suggestions There are very capable of playing loud. Well beyond 80db. I suspect you will notice that your eardrums go before the sound distorts. I’ll go into peaks of low 80s without any issues. Near field - sound very pleasurable in the 60s. | |
| New house, wife reveals she hates my Maggies- looking for stand mount speaker suggestions Had detail info then lost it. I’ve had this happen to me before. On IPad switching to something and or walking away for the moment lost it all. Harbeth Super HL5+ XD Be careful of model numbers for there are variations over the years. Very eas... | |
| New house, wife reveals she hates my Maggies- looking for stand mount speaker suggestions Please your ears- Harbeths Please the wife- with Rosewood finish | |
| Suggested upgrade paths With my Harbeth Super HL5+ XD, the singer is close to live. Voice clear. Mid range I do not see an issue. Of course it's system dependent but they are capable of putting out a full range. Having a well produced recordings helps to evaluate. Helps ... | |
| Suggested upgrade paths Looking at the specs of all your equipment, you should have no issues unless something is defective, even in an 80+dB territory. You should cruise in the 70s with no problems. Your speakers not sure. The amp should be good for 10-20+ years. Rotel ... | |
| Suggested upgrade paths Used Harbeth Super HL5+ XD. Be careful on model number easy to mess up for they has updated over the years. $5k plus or minus. Audiogon, The Music Room and US Audio Mart has them. I bought a used pair of Rosewood and I’m very happy with them. Th... | |
| Suggested upgrade paths Just thought about my statement. If it's not the room, you're going to find the source by starting to change out the equipment. @pmm is most likely right. i had Klipschs Heresy IV, and I found the highs were fatiguing. After about an hour, that wa... | |
| Suggested upgrade paths "shrill" I'd nail down the source before I made any move. | |
| HELP FedEx Mangles Speakers - Refuses Claim What better way to promote yourself. 1st post. Picking your own driver to deliver your amp from let’s say from New York to Washington state for about the same price as UPS? | |
| Is there such thing as a test lab/escrow service for selling/buying audio gear? To make the test lab/escrow business work, you need to add 1- 2 extra digits to the dollar amount of the transaction. Meaning the odds of it happening is near zero. | |
| Is there such thing as a test lab/escrow service for selling/buying audio gear? Agree with @g9taylor and @larsman and others. My interactions with TMR have been flawless. They do a lot of the work that I do not want to do. As I’m typing this, I’m thinking I need to get off my butt and sell some gear I’m not using. TMR make... |