helomech
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| So Hard to Decide on an Amp I have the AHB2 and find it’s sound quality is heavily dictated by the preamp it’s paired with. If you like the overall character of your Vincent integrated, the AHB2 could be a worthwhile upgrade path. If you have power hungry speakers, the Paras... | |
| Topping Dacs D-50, DX-7, and DX7s If it's not the pro then it's not the top ESS saber chip. The top chip is the 9038 pro. And it's incredible sounding very analog, I have it in my wyred for sound 10th anniversary dac. It's very difficult to work with so I don't know if the Chinese... | |
| Compression Titanium Worlds finest tweet ever engineered Spatial Audio employed a sort of anodized-titanium compression driver in their discontinued M3 and M4 Turbo models. It sounded surprisingly similar to a good beryllium tweeter. | |
| Quality of construction on some speakers- namely Harbeth Here is a link to a video of Spendor cabinets being crafted. The cabinets or Harbeths and some others are made in the same factory.https://youtu.be/3DrOmtu3L8M | |
| Quality of construction on some speakers- namely Harbeth Separation?? I haven’t noticed any speakers exhibiting this issue in all my browsing of dozens of listings. Nor have I read of anyone experiencing this problem in all my years on the forums. I suspect you’re mistaking pics of chipped corners for s... | |
| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? I recently added a Gustard X26 Pro to my Benchmark HPA4 | AHB2 mono. It replaced the Benchmark DAC3B (still keeping it). The sound of my system was transformed to that of the Gustard. The HPA4 and AHB2 do not seem to add any flavor.It’s the ultima... | |
| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? The Benchmark is as smooth or smoother than any class A amp I’ve heard...IF it’s paired with a good class A preamp. There is no point in owning a low distortion amplifier if the preamp is a weak link. In my mind there are absolutely no reasons to ... | |
| Budget Hunter: Spendor S8e vs Totem Hawk Spendor all day, just not that pair.The S8e requires a more substantial amp than most Spendors just FYI. These are nice:https://www.ebay.com/itm/Spendor-SP2-3E-Standmount-Bookshelf-Speakers-British-Monitor-Audiophile-/353424567332?_trksid=p2349624... | |
| Audio Companies with Integrity?? QuicksilverParasound Van AlstineSpatialFritzBenchmark | |
| Audio Companies with Integrity?? I have two; Klaus Bunge at Odyssey Audio shipped out a new amp without hesitation when the first one arrived destroyed by UPS. I was prepared to file a complaint and let that drag out but Klaus argued that would be a lot of trouble and just shippe... | |
| Anyone Successfully Go from Floor Standers to Bookshelf Monitors w/ Subs? The advantage with subs (depending on sub quality), is you can place the bass drivers where they perform best in your room, which is usually somewhere other than where the mid and treble speakers perform best. Subs and monitors take more effort to... | |
| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? The lowest distortion amp in existence is class AB. The problem with this amp is it doesn’t have any low-order harmonics to help mask any inadequacies in upstream gear or the recording. | |
| Now I am in a Delimma The Heresys are not fatiguing if paired with the right amplification and volume level is kept in check. At higher SPLs the horns start to overtake the woofers. However, there is no better speaker for listening at lower levels and still getting sub... | |
| "Amplifier Noise Floor" and hum acceptable? Is the hum present with the subs disconnected? | |
| Most rooms don’t need acoustical treatment. False. Panels can help greatly, even in cluttered rooms. |