helomech
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| Seeking Bookshelf Recommendations You might contact Ty of Tyler Acoustics and inquire as whether he could build you a pair of his older Taylo Reference Monitors—the version with the Seas Millennium tweeters. They are essentially a slightly larger Joseph Pulsar, and very well built... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? The audiophiles who denounce the merit of measurements tend to be those who cannot or do not understand them. Coincidence? | |
| AXPONA 2024 Without wanting to hijack this great thread: "And yet the U.S. is home to most of the world’s best comedians. Funny how that happens. " US humour is very different to that in the rest of the world. Correct. U.S. humor is actually funny! Probab... | |
| Red Dragon Audio, Still in business? Since you like Parasound amps and want to save some coin, I highly recommend seeking out an original Halo A21 amplifier, preferably one of the later production units so it’s no more than a few years old (a serial number in the six thousand range).... | |
| Are You a Swifty? Her latest album is a blatant rip off of Lana Del Rey’s sound and style. So much so that it’s downright pathetic. | |
| Red Dragon Audio, Still in business? Last I knew, they had shut down a long while ago. But their website does show a 2024 copyright. Have you ever lived with a high “power” class D amplifier? I ask because 500 WpC of Class D will tend to perform more like 100 WpC of class AB in prac... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? If it measures badly and sounds good, it is good. If it measures good and sounds bad, it is bad. Wow, what incredible and original insight! Haven’t heard that one before. 🙄 | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? If it measures “really badly,” then it’s not a high end speaker IME. All the absolute best speakers I’ve heard and owned measure exceptionally well. I have zero doubt that these days I would be able to quickly hear the issues with that Alta speak... | |
| Benchmark Media Systems. Right or wrong Throughout my years in this hobby, having owned dozens of sources, amplifiers and speakers, it has generally been my experience that lower noise and distortion leads to better sound. There have been a handful of cases when I preferred a compon... | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... You don’t want an omnidirectional speaker. Your dipoles are as good as you’re going to get for both imaging and spaciousness (artificial) without cabinet coloration. Otherwise, look for speakers with incredibly well damped cabinets, controlled di... | |
| AXPONA 2024 I have always been told that Americans do not understand sarcasm. The above post proves it. And yet the U.S. is home to most of the world’s best comedians. Funny how that happens. | |
| Should Speaker Manufactures provide a Frequency Response Graph? I have never been able to discern the voicing of a speaker from performance specs. From manufacturer specs? That makes sense. However, it is not difficult to do with thorough third-party measurements. It merely requires an understanding of how... | |
| Should Speaker Manufactures provide a Frequency Response Graph? They should at least make them available upon request. | |
| Buying Used Speakers I’ve owned 35+ pairs of speakers over the last 11 years. About half were either pre-owned or dealer demos. I’ve had both positive and negative experiences buying used, but also a couple bad experiences with new speakers as well. One thing I’ve c... | |
| Aurender n200, talk me out of signing on the dotted line An amplifier upgrade would be a far better improvement in my mind. Regardless, Spotify and internet radio both sound terrible compared to Qobuz and the like. Maybe start there. |