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| Borresen X3 Funny enough, having auditioned the Yamaha NS-5000s with their TOTL separates, I can comfortably and confidently assert that they are not competitive, let alone superior, to the Borresen X series. That would even be true if the NS-5000s retailed f... | |
| Revel 328Be owners...what do you think? I have the opportunity to pick up a second hand pair of the 328s at a pretty good price, and am currently running the 228s paired with a big rel. What is a “pretty good price?” Personally, based on the performance I would not be tempted by 32... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response The best transient response I've ever heard, are ion plasma tweeters. It's hard to beat drivers with zero mass. Lansche and AvantGarde Acoustics both have very impressive transient response behavior. Next in line would probably be ribbo... | |
| Revel 328Be owners...what do you think? I was not impressed by the 328Be despite being a longtime Revel fan. IMO it is overpriced relative to Revel’s more entry-level products. I would rather own a pre-owned pair of Salon2s, or even get Performa F208s and spend the savings elsewhere. ... | |
| Upgrading to a stand alone DAC soix, not to be too generic, I am looking to increase soundstage and to pull out more details A better DAC could very well extract more detail (of an incremental level), especially if it’s one that has a very low noise floor. It could also expa... | |
| Upgrading to a stand alone DAC Do you really find the E70 Velvet to be better than the Qutest? I have a Qutest but am looking for a DAC with balanced outs. Maybe I should give one a try. Yes, I wouldn’t have stated that were it not my experience. I actually owned the Qutest... | |
| Upgrading to a stand alone DAC I recently sold a Stereophile “Class A” rated DAC that retailed for $3000 just a few years ago, because I prefer the $500 Topping E70 Velvet. The Topping is somewhat unique in that one of its filter modes is actually no filter at all, thus, it som... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response Transients are impulse responses in relation to steady state and it can be measured. Impulse response is to a specific input from base level. It is used to check time alinement. It is not related to distortion but most systems with good transien... | |
| Aftermarket fuse to tame a bright system? A couple beers will solve your problem more than will any fuse or cables. | |
| AI-Written Stereophile Articles They are not AI generated, but might as well be, considering the personalities of the authors. | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response What is a transient response? I have not heard of that term before. It’s really just a synonym for low distortion. The reason people conflate these notions is that many speakers are equipped with low distortion midrange or treble drivers, but n... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response I’ve heard or owned many of the aforementioned speakers and most of them don’t remotely match the Borresen X series for what you seek, be it treble, midrange, or bass. They are the closest to “perfection” I’ve encountered from any somewhat afforda... | |
| Technics SL 1200 GR The GR is the best sounding table I’ve encountered anywhere near the <$3K price point. You really must step up to a $5K^ belt-drive table or the 1200G to get a worthwhile improvement. Even with a $5K belt drive you might have to sacrifice som... | |
| A Sanely Priced Power Conditioner That Actually Works - OnFilter PDU One needs to measure the DC on the mains to really know if DC blockers is actually needed. If it's not sufficiently large then it's not a problem. Whereas EMI is a real problem. Given that we have LEDs all over the house then Washing Machines,... | |
| A Sanely Priced Power Conditioner That Actually Works - OnFilter PDU helomech - surge protection is real. My furnace died b/c of the surge. Now I have surge protection for it and the entire house. EMI? Not really, IMO. We don’t do critical listening in an industrial environment... Surge protection is an entirely... |