helomech
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| Do larger planar speakers produce more accurate sound? The next room size is 16x20x8 I have Magnepan .7s in a larger room than that and the bass is plentiful for my needs/taste. They don’t extend below 45Hz or so but still deeper than most bookshelf-type speakers and even some towers. This is the o... | |
| Do larger planar speakers produce more accurate sound? What is Interference filtering? AKA comb-filtering. | |
| Do larger planar speakers produce more accurate sound? The smaller planar diaphragm has less mass to contend with. Also, since planars behave as an imperfect line-source in practicality, the larger panel will have a greater total of interference filtering. I haven’t compared measurements of say, the ... | |
| Are Harbeth the only warm and euphonic speakers in town ? And I lucked out big time! The resonance of the room and the speaker output is a great marriage . Also got a pair of EPOS Epic 2- unreal! When I compared my departed Epic 2s to the C7ES3s, the former were the clear winners, even if only for the... | |
| Are Harbeth the only warm and euphonic speakers in town ? Stirling Broadcast are far and away the best value going among that speaker class. They cost less than Harbeth but can play much louder without strain. Just a better built speaker all-around. The old Epos Mi series is a great value also, though n... | |
| Schiit Freya + Class A in Stereophile The Freya is good as a passive preamp but mediocre in its tube mode. Definitely doesn’t compete with top-tier tube pres. | |
| Maggie 1.7i's lack detail. Ideas? To be clear, my Maggies are true ribbon models. Perhaps the QR versions are less detailed, I would not know. But I would not generalize on all Magnepans regarding this issue. I did note a difference between the quasi and true-ribbon model... | |
| Speakers with a slightly warm midrange Many suggestions here that tend toward brightness rather than warmth. Spendor Classics are yet the best combination of warmth and detail I’ve heard. The midrange is completely effortless and natural with enough detail to keep you engaged and tak... | |
| Maggie 1.7i's lack detail. Ideas? I’d keep extolling the virtues but I have to head to the ear doctor for an upgrade in my hearing aids. What honey? That’s tomorrow? I can’t hear you? What? If you find those Maggies are as detailed as your Focals then you likely need a he... | |
| Maggie 1.7i's lack detail. Ideas? Magnepans without the true-ribbon tweeters, such as your 1.7is, do lack some detail in the highs. Doesn’t matter what amp you pair with them, they will always lack some amount of treble detail compared to good dynamic cone speakers. Even when pair... | |
| Let me end the Premp/Amplifier sound debate ... The only amps that don't have a sound are those that are turned off. …and Benchmark’s amps. | |
| Thinking of taking the plunge. Since you already own a good DAC there is no reason to get anything costlier than the Bluesound Node. | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? 12:14pm For those that say they are overpriced I would be interested in which less expensive speakers sounded better to you. Vandersteen 1Cis and Magnepan .7s are two speakers I would much rather own than the 3X costlier C7ES3s. The Vandys wit... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? @avanti1960 Harbeth woofers struggling to keep up and becoming compressed seems to be online urban legend rather than how they truly sound in practice- at least the latest versions. I have to disagree on the urban legend notion, unless Har... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? Putting it in perspective, Harbeth is a tiny company with 15 employees. Here is their UK business filing (link). Their budget is shockingly small to me (but I work in the tech industry). Hardly what I would call a "powerhouse in marketing". I t... |