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| Benefits of an external DAC You should be able to discern a difference with the Jolida tube DAC if it's a good design. IME, all solid state DACs sound the same except for extremely minute differences that are probably attributable to psychoacoustics. I finally heard an hones... | |
| Downsizing Speakers in Main Listening Room - Your Feedback on Some options I doubt moving to a smaller bookshelf speaker will give the results you seek, as most are of rather low efficiency. Also, speaker size does not dictate quality of low volume listening.What you want is a high efficiency speaker with either a sealed... | |
| speaker recommendation Yes, the McIntosh has 4 ohm speaker post taps for use with lower impedance speakers. In a 20×18' space, if you go with 4 ohm speakers, you should look for a sensitivity spec of at least 89 db and benign phase angles at low impedance (for this you'... | |
| Is it possible to buy a decent tube amplifier in the $2000-3000 range? $2K to $3K is plenty for a decent tube integrated. Raven, Rogue, Line Magnetic, Melody, Prima Luna and Cayin all make competent products.IMO, Cayin amps are the real sleepers. Performance wise, these amps are basically on par, if not better than t... | |
| Which Budget Friendly Floorstanders Next? There's a newly listed pair of Revel Performa F208s on the site for $2950. Those would be a worthwhile upgrade, and you could probably get most of your coin back if you didn't like them. | |
| what speakers to buy Well, from the patterns I've noticed, more listeners end their search and upgraditis with the British monitor brands and Vandys. Of course it's all personal, and everyone here is tooting the horns of their favorite brands. I simply jumped on that ... | |
| what speakers to buy I’ll settle down for the long haul anytime with a hot and wild babe. Same for my Golden Ear Triton Reference. I really shouldn't have included GE on that list. For me, they don't even fall into the fun category.I auditioned the GE Triton 1s and fo... | |
| Which Budget Friendly Floorstanders Next? What is it about the MA silvers that you’d really wish to improve upon? I think the $2k range will just lead you in circles, especially with the ubiquitous 2.5 way floor standers from the usual suspects. Long term, you’ll be much better off saving... | |
| Missing shipment That’s why USPS is only good for insured or certified mail. I’m sorry to say you’re probably SOL. The burden of proof will likely be on you, but try contacting your local postmaster. Who knows..maybe they have an employee who they’ve been suspecti... | |
| Disappointed w/ Klipsch Heresy III. Now what? Yeah, funny how so many assume they know the character and capabilities of Heresys simply from what they read on the web, or their recollection of a 5 minute audition of H1s, twenty years ago. The Heresy IIIs respond very well to system changes, m... | |
| what speakers to buy If you're wanting speakers with textbook measurements, and all the typical audiophile wow factors, Revel, Focal Utopia, B&W 800s and the like will deliver as good as any. If you want end game speakers that you won't grow tired of 3 years from ... | |
| Disappointed w/ Klipsch Heresy III. Now what? Heresys won’t give you much below 50 Hz, that’s correct.The claim that they don’t open up at low volume is compete bull. They accomplish that feat better than almost any modern design. They’re also far more revealing of amp differences than many o... | |
| Lets talk tubes in Pharaoh Integrated @albers89,The Parasound works really well with Maggies. I used it with 1.7s for a couple months. I ended up selling the Maggies because they simply lack dynamics at low volume IMO. I’ve since auditioned a few more amplifiers in the <$3k range a... | |
| Disappointed w/ Klipsch Heresy III. Now what? @macnut5,Yes, I do own Heresy IIIs. My pair is about 4 months old. I have them only 8" from the forward wall and their bass is deep enough for most types of music. 58 Hz is the -4db roll off point according to Klipsch, and based on my listening I'... | |
| Is it the beer or do speakers/electronics really need some extended warm-up period? I think it depends on both the beer and the gear. Drink enough and you're basically rolling off the high freqs. This becomes especially noticeable after 3 or 4.SS class A or tube amps do seem to improve within the first hour while they stabilize. ... |