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Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions
@brotw I bought the Impact monitors (3 of them for L/C/R) and loved them... best midrange I’ve ever heard in my house (In this house I’ve had MartinLogan, Maggie 2.6, B&W’s) I placed the L+R on top of my 15" HSU sealed subs... as shown here:... 
What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound?
@panzrwagn  right, I'm not saying it was apples to apples with the OP's question, but impressive a/b considering they likely weren't using zip-wire from Bestbuy  before the swap. When my system was more basic (Parasound pushing B&W 6xx, or QS... 
What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound?
@panzrwagn  this video reports that this mastering studio gained 10dB of SnR with a wholesale (pre/post) swap of Shunyata products     First time I've seen a measurable figure shown...  
ISO - grit, texture, decay, life from snares and bass drums
your listed front runners appear to be stand mount speakers, yet you have pricing approaching $3k.   have you considered https://tektondesign.com/product/full-range-speakers/full-towers/double-impact/ ?  * amazing midrange * nearly 99dB sensiti... 
Equalizer in a Hi Fi system
I used to be 'against it', then when building folded horn subs 15-20 years ago, became reliant on EQ for LP and correction. Now, I have a pair of much smaller sealed HSU ULS15's and still use EQ in a narrow way (pun intended)... Even after treat... 
Who is excited about Capital Audiofest 2023?
I went today... Caladans: wasn’t my music choice, sounded a bit thin lacked lower end gravitas.. but nice and tight, fast, and great tone in the mids and decent highs. a lot of speaker for the price Easiest to listen to: NSMT (monitors+bandpas... 
LIST ALL YHE SPEAKERS YOU HAVE OWNED THEN TILL NOW!
Fisher- part of a department store set up in high school DBX - mail order behemoths in college A/D/S Sat 6- late college, and still have them now with new scanspeak mid/bass drivers They are now mine desktop speakers. B&W 602- still have ... 
Rules of Thumb when spending on speakers and amps
There’s a chance the traditional price ratio equation is being up ended now with class D …. Combined with direct to consumer sales model. I listen to a wide variety of music, and my speakers are quite efficient - so my recommendation for somethin... 
Who is excited about Capital Audiofest 2023?
I Purchased the BACCH4Mac earlier this week, not the universal, but the one step up so that I can use the optional in ear mics… 3-4 week lead time.  I plan on visiting booth 549.     The rest of my system is solid, and I’m very happy with the sou... 
Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound?
Boomieness happens when someone hasn’t run REW on their system and confirmed the (size/dimension driven) room modes - and corrected for them. The reason big speakers appear to produce them, when smaller, speakers don’t in the same room- is it a s...