helomech
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| What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had? Considering the company here, I would say the Tekton Lore Reference Be speakers ($1870) qualify. They contend for best speaker bargain I’ve encountered and fair well against most $5-6K/pair speakers available from the B&M dealers. What is real... | |
| Transients hurting my ears on hifi solid state amps It is highly likely that power level is your problem. Even at low volumes, moderately efficient speakers can benefit from higher power and it can significantly reduce fatigue. I recommend looking into separates. Pre-owned Parasound A21 amps can b... | |
| Weak Link in chain as I upgrade from mid-fi? Get decently efficient speakers (high sensitivity and moderate impedance/phase angles) that will allow use of a wide range of amplifiers. Then upgrade the rest from there. Good examples are the DeVore Orangutan 0/93 or 0/96, or Spendor D7.2. D... | |
| Need help. I need recomendations for amp, or amp/preamp You can’t really go wrong with the original Parasound Halo A21 amplifier. I like it more than the newer A21+. They have a meaty sound that isn’t achieved at the sacrifice of resolution, and can drive nearly any speaker with ease. Pair one with... | |
| Which arms share the Rega Geometry? Some of the Acoustic Signature arms have Rega geometry. | |
| Need help. I need recomendations for amp, or amp/preamp Based on the design type alone you’re going to want a solid-state amp of 100 WPC minimum. | |
| tube pre & ss amp integrated Forget the Mac. Get one of the lower powered class A Pass amps. They’re in an entirely different league. Then you could even get away with using a nice SS preamp. | |
| Canary Audio Preamps Any Good? @roxy54 Thanks for the reply. | |
| Canary Audio Preamps Any Good? Bueller? | |
| Spendor SP100R2 still a relevant speaker? The original SP100s outperform the 100R2s, but the latter should still be very good. The upside to the R2 variants is they won’t suffer the driver surround hardening problem of the earlier models. I would be happy to own a pair of 100R2s driven by... | |
| Tekton ultimate crossover upgrade Depending on the quantity of parts, $1800 might be a steep price for what you’re getting. | |
| Looking for a preamp with XLR connections Bel Canto PRE5. All analog. Dead quiet. True balanced. Dynamic Range 125dB. $2,300 The Pre5 is a very nice preamp (I’ve owned it) but for $300 more the Benchmark LA4 is audibly higher in resolution, quieter, and lower in distortion. It... | |
| recommendations for buying used balanced integrated or power amp 2k range? Try the original Parasound A21. Great value. I recently tried a nearly 20-year-old A21 against the new A21+. The original is clearly better. Even from the listening chair the old design is audibly lower in noise and distortion, despite what the sp... | |
| Purely analog pre or intergrated amps You might be surprised to learn that most amps and integrateds are still fully analog. “Class D” is an amplifier topology. The “D” does not stand for digital, and does not indicate any conversion of the incoming signal to 1s and 0s. Some class D a... | |
| Looking for a preamp with XLR connections To the OP, Be wary of what you read on the ASR forum. It’s quite apparent that many, if not most of them have little experience with high quality/audiophile-grade components. They like to hang their hat on SNR, THD and IMD specs because doing so ... |