havocman

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Class D amps seem poised to take over. Then what?
Class d has come a long way but it's still not as good as the best class a and class a b amps. 
New Topping D90SE DAC
And the one that beats these for the most analog sound is the Wyred for sound 10th anniversary dac. These other dacs here are not even in the same league. 
Speaker suggestions please - going to the BIG city
I would listen to the monitor audio platinum 300s, Gen2, Robert Deutsch who is a reviewer for stereophile after listening to them chose them as his new reference he said they were that good. 
PS auido Direct stream Dac
Check out the wyred for sound 10th anniversary dac, it's $2,000 cheaper than the PS audio direct stream and the reviewer that tested it said it was way better than the PS audio direct stream. 
Old Amps that can still Kick Butt
The Sim audio w5 was an unbelievably good sounding amp especially for the money it was $5,000 Canadian. 
Speaker size and soundstage
The monitor audio gold generation 5 and platinum generation 2 both have incredibly huge three-dimensional sound stages. 
Help selecting a power cord.
Get power cords that are made with OCC single crystal wire you'll be amazed at how much better things will sound and do everything. 
Why did you choose the components and speakers that are in your system?
Get rid of those crappy transparent speaker cables those resistor networks screw up everything if you really want to try a good speaker wire that just lets everything good or bad through switch to OCC single crystal wire it has been proven now for... 
Stratospheric audio gear prices
I totally agree the law of diminishing your turns how do you justify charging $75,000 for an amplifier or even worse like audio note 115,000 for a DAC when companies like wired for sound are using the same high quality parts like 1% vishay resisto... 
High Frequency Oscillation hurt resistors in Magico A5 crossovers
That's monitor audio platinum Gen 2 
High Frequency Oscillation hurt resistors in Magico A5 crossovers
You should have bought the monitor out of your platinums LOL much better than Magico. 
Mágico M6 vs Big Wilson speakers
I've listened to magico and I find that beryllium tweeter bright but that's just me I really love the monitor audio platinums that AMT tweeter is so sweet and natural sounding and as far as I'm concerned the monitor audio platinum are better than ... 
Speaker upgrade for classical music
I think you need to upgrade all the other equipment before you think of speakers,that's not very audiophile quality equipment. 
Speaker recommendation $10-20K (with some requirements!)
Also your brightness and edginess could be coming from your interconnects and speaker wire. Check out OCC single crystal wire that's the best wire on the market for audio. Acoustic Zen has very reasonable prices everyone else is much more expensive 
Speaker recommendation $10-20K (with some requirements!)
I love the audio vector speakers but I do find them a little bit edgy and bright not much though. I finally settled on the monitor audio Platinum 200s ll, the speakers are very neutral natural and warm sounding and that AMT tweeter is very sweet, ...