helomech
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| Spendor D9.2 vs. Harbeth super hl5 plus xd + REL Stentor III vs. Spendor Classic 100? Classic 100s if you can allow enough real-estate. If they sound at least as good as the older SP100s, then you’d have one of the best speakers ever designed, regardless of price. | |
| Sonus Faber speakers I have not owned these two models but I did have a back-to-back demo of the Sonetto Vs and Olympica Nova IIs in the same room, with the same gear.Based on that demo, I felt the price of the Olympica IIs would be very difficult to justify, consider... | |
| Sota or Technics I’m normally a fan of belt-drive tables, however, I recently acquired a 1210GR and am very impressed with the sound quality it produces. I’ve owned quite a few turntables including a handful of vintage direct-drive tables. This is the first table ... | |
| Speaker Upgrade Recommendation for Current Analog System - under $10,000 Budget Spatial Audio M3 Sapphires or X3s would be at the top of my list. Their predecessors could wipe the floor with many of the aforementioned speakers. | |
| Class AB Amp great at transient response, timing & low volume needed up to 5K The Benchmark AHB2 fits those criteria.A good choice if you want an amp that produces everything upstream unadulterated. That can be a blessing or curse depending on the quality of upstream components. Even though the amp is a lightweight and of o... | |
| Your thoughts on my plans.. Don’t be deterred by some of the pretentious personalities here. Some of them probably can’t hear their doorbell ring, yet they’ll pass judgement on hifi systems. The Motion40s are one of my favorite small tower speakers, regardless of price. You’... | |
| Speaker Upgrade Recommendation for Current Analog System - under $10,000 Budget Do not buy GoldenEar without an audition. Some folks like them, others not so much+1 | |
| Disappointment with Pass Labs - I'm looking for something else Get a KT88-powered tube amp. | |
| Schiit customer service seems poor I’ve made a few inquiries to them over the years. Only once was their response delayed and took about a week. One time I sent them an email on a Saturday night and received a reply at about 2 a.m. that morning. How’s that for fast?! At no time did... | |
| Best integrated for my purposes - help me choose 1 of 3! @helomech Parasound HINT Halo-Integrated thus the Hint6 is in the Halo line.I understand that, but they don’t use the same quality of parts throughout the entire Halo line. As you go higher up WITHIN the Halo line, the parts quality improves. The ... | |
| Best integrated for my purposes - help me choose 1 of 3! https://hifiheaven.net/shop/Yamaha-A-S2100-Integrated-Amplifier-Silver?language=en¤cy=USD&gclid=Cj0KCQiA962BBhCzARIsAIpWEL2mlpPbk86LcfIx7dyy0fRwTeGeIIxoVGAGpaf4oH6_sXjDoVSUDTEaAmhxEALw_wcB | |
| Best integrated for my purposes - help me choose 1 of 3! Interesting views on the Yamaha vs Parasound. The Yamaha is a stellar choice but as someone mentioned the transformer change in this model year... I know from the amp building that this is a major foundational aspect of the design. Not sure any... | |
| Best integrated for my purposes - help me choose 1 of 3! Hardly true in the yamaha argument parasound uses very high quality parts and they are designed by John cure a genius in circuit design It is indeed true. The Yamahas employ Nichicon and Chemi-Con caps. The Hint has cheap Taiwanese caps. Parasound... | |
| Seas A26 - Anyone heard them? I have a pair of A26s with the Madisound-supplied cabinets (actually they’re built by Source Technologies out of CT) I deviated from the original design some by lining the insides with No-Rez material from GR Research, and used brass machine screw... | |
| Clearaudio vs EAT turntables Not likely to sound world’s apart when fitted with the same cartridge. They all have a similar design philosophy in that they’re non-suspended belt-drive tables. I’d send an email inquiry to each company as a test of their customer support. I’d wa... |