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| 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... | |
| Don't do anything! What this forum needs is more click-bait thread titles. | |
| Do No Harm ... well the least harm anyway The only way to do it with least detriment is digitally. And even then you’ll need to carefully choose the product. | |
| Help me build out my first system Buy pre-owned gear | |
| A Sanely Priced Power Conditioner That Actually Works - OnFilter PDU The only type of power conditioner that actually does something is a DC blocker. All others are designed to drain the wallets of the gullible. | |
| Preamp or DAC You already have a top-flight DAC. The Coda pres are not nearly as good as their amps. As such, I think you’re better off going with a new preamp. | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? Hmmm….the only time I’ve heard Harbeth do vocals “exceedingly well” was when I hadn’t yet experienced lower distortion, higher resolution speakers. In more recent years I simply fail to hear what all the fuss is about with regard to their purporte... | |
| Borresen X3."Hi Fi" or High End as in natural realistic sound ? Yeah in my audition the Axxess integrated produced some of those typical Class D traits, especially the roll-off of the lowest two octaves. Class D is leaps better than it was decades ago but I’ve still yet to encounter an amp of that topology tha... | |
| Borresen X3."Hi Fi" or High End as in natural realistic sound ? The X3s are some of the most natural sounding speakers I’ve encountered if they are setup well and driven with decent (not necessarily expensive or esoteric) equipment. Both their midrange and treble is more refined than you’ll get from any of the... | |
| My new Borresen X3's The X3’s have two woofers, the two drivers under the tweeter. The one above the tweeter is a mid-range driver. You probably read in the PTA review that the X3s are a 3-way speaker. That is incorrect however, they are 2.5-way, so the top ... |