helomech
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| Best products and process to polish piano black KEF speakers Blask No.9 followed by some Blask No.13 ceramic spray polish. Not cheap, but products from the likes of Griots don’t come remotely close to as good IME. | |
| Have some fun with bookshelf monitors!! For $5K, you’d be remiss to not consider the Epos ES-7N or ES-14N. They were engineered by one of the best designers in the biz, Karl Fink. | |
| Battle of the affordables Anything from Tyler Acoustics will outperform most speakers on your list. Same for Philharmonic’s BMR speakers. Then there are DIY options that are even better values, like the SB Acoustics Sasandu TX, that’ll make most on your list sound like... | |
| Seeking Advice to Improve My Audio System ($1000 Budget) Try to find a used pair of Tyler Acoustics or Fritz speakers within your budget. Tylers are often available used for less than $1200 and they will smoke any $1000 speaker from a big name like KEF. https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650165989-... | |
| Any modern rock recommendations? Try giving-- Nothing but Thieves -- a listen . Although I like all four of their albums . The first ( self titled )and their newest one Dead Club City . I feel are the best . Give them some time though . I second this rec. Nothing But... | |
| Recommendations for a new subwoofer? Yeah unfortunately, almost no one does bass definition better than REL other than DIY open-baffle. Their carbon subs are even higher speed and definition. | |
| PMC Twenty 22 standmount (discontinued) vs Dynaudio Contour 20 standmount (discontinued) The original Contour 20s are NOT smooth. Of many dozens of speakers I have owned, the Contour 20s had one of the most oppressive tweeters that bordered on grainy. The $60 Seas tweeters in my Stirling Broadcasts were significantly smoother and mor... | |
| Finally heard Accuphase Most likely it was the speakers—many models of high cost but mediocre performance out there. The room and speakers account for 75%+ of the sound of most systems. | |
| Need a solid surge protector that’s non-current limiting. My bad, I get what you’re saying now. You need a power strip with surge protection. Many good ones out there, Brickwall comes to mind. I have a Furman that works just fine but I will defer to others on that request. | |
| Need a solid surge protector that’s non-current limiting. @aj523 It protects every appliance and component in the house. Doesn’t involve any current limiting of those components. | |
| Need a solid surge protector that’s non-current limiting. Better to get a whole house surge protector that connects directly to your breaker box. This will avoid the protector from being in series with your components’ power line. | |
| Cayin, Line Magnetic, and Willsenton with 805 Feedback I should also add that the Cayin A88T is the quietest tube product I have ever encountered, that goes for amps and preamps alike. Thing was dead, dead quiet. Can’t even say that about some solid state preamps I’ve owned. | |
| What happened to Yamaha electronics? The current crop of Yamaha HiFi components are quite good, easily competitive with alternative options in their respective price classes. The A-S2200 and 2100 are a couple of the best sounding integrateds I have heard regardless of price. Their ... | |
| Cayin, Line Magnetic, and Willsenton with 805 Feedback Can’t speak for LM or Willsenton, but Cayins are indeed excellent. In fact I wouldn’t hesitate to pit Cayin performance against the likes of VAC and Audio Research. I had an original Cayin A88T that was built in 2006. I was at least its second o... | |
| Darko Audio: Let's End the Cost Videos I can’t comprehend how anyone likes Darko’s personality. But then he probably wouldn’t like me either. Oh well, horses of course. |