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| 2019 RMAF Report by Dave of AZAVClub.com Cheers for the interesting, brief and comprehensive report! Interesting coincidence, I happened to listen to that MusiChi server playing through musical fidelity electronics & the big Proacs, and was similarly impressed with soundstage & d... | |
| Magnepans or...Martin Logan Given your budget, the music you listen to, and your country of residence, I second (or is that "third") the Maggies; the sound is good, they are simpler to operate & maintain, and they are cheaper. | |
| digital reclocker before Altmann Attraction dac? Using a reclocker has always helped me improve the sound, at little cost to boot. That said, I haven’t heard your dac, but have heard any number of devices ranging from a simple 2500$ to +30k (not mine, unfortunately) and they all benefited / impr... | |
| ATC SCM7 vs SCM11 ? Which one would you choose? What @helomech suggests. Or, if you stick to the home audio line, the 11s. | |
| FM Acoustics vs CH Precision First off, these are both amazingly revealing electronics, fast, musical, the best I have experienced by a large margin. At this level of performance, it really isn’t a matter of how much bass, treble, detail, dynamics etc they have -- they have i... | |
| A new turntable under 500-700euros A second-hand Technics 1200 is also a good choice (~300euro). The reason I proposed the particular belt-drive is that it sounds very punchy and crisp—like the typical DD. I second your idea to sell the Linn -- you can probably tweak the Thorens qu... | |
| Larsen speakers: 4.2 or 6.2??. Has anyone heard or own them?? I have listened to the 6 & the 8, but I didn’t compare them to the other models you mention (and I don't own them).Having said that, onto the experience: they were both very conveniently placed against the front wall (we still played with smal... | |
| A new turntable under 500-700euros Hello, you might also consider a Clearaudio package (a "Concept" or similar). AFAIK it’s delivered with tonearm & MM cartridge for about 700 euro. It’s actually quite good - ok, it won’t set the world on fire, but you’re not looking for that :... | |
| What was your first big eye opener with regard to audio? Can't remember the actual first, so here are a small number of things that were totally unexpected (for me). Here are some, in no order:a) using a hi-performance dac; suddenly my music files became fascinatingly listenable; b) after-market power c... | |
| JBL 4350's These are epic speakers! I don't have to tell you, but do try every trick in the trade to keep them... | |
| Decisions on standmounts: ATC, Dynaudio, ProAc, Sonus Faber I think I understand. I listen to (noisy) vintage recordings from time to time; speaker designs like the ATC are very good at helping me enjoy the performance because they are good at separating the music from the noise. The Spendors provide a big... | |
| Tannoy 611 MK1 vs JM Lab Focal Daline 3.1 From a pure performance point of view, I would recommend the Focal. They are well-balanced and reasonably flat down to around 60-70 Hz (I think) which is not bad. The Tannoys are finicky and lack bass (at least I never managed to get it out of the... | |
| Decisions on standmounts: ATC, Dynaudio, ProAc, Sonus Faber OK, let me suggest an easy one: try comparing the Sonetto with the ATC 20s, failing that the ATC 19s. The 20s are better than the 19s, but both are very dynamic, engaging, and neutral---overal, very pleasant to listen to.If you listen to classical... | |
| Need a preamp? We use a preamp in order to drive the amp adequately, as well as for attenuation & switching between sources. One of the problems that may arise without a pre is that the source device does not have a powerful enough output to drive the amp. B... | |
| Daedolous Muse V2 ATC SCM20 or 19 are dynamic and nice, i.e., they image superbly, the frequency extension is very good with expected limitations in the bass, clarity and realism. The 20 are easily are more realistic and more dynamic than your SP1s (which are nice ... |