helomech
Responses from helomech
| High value, giant killer speakers? Spatial is releasing their M5 Sapphire speaker ($3K) that I'd be very tempted to try. | |
| TRL WON'T GIVE ME MY AMP Your HO/renters insurance may cover this type of theft even though the item wasn't taken during a burglary. It is probably the cheapest resolution outside of a Small Claims Court win (and the defendant actually pays as ordered).It's likely that Gr... | |
| High value, giant killer speakers? @helomech How do you like bigger Mags? 3.7i or 20.7 ?The 3.7is are too bright for my taste and lack coherence compared to the .7s. I haven't heard the 20.7s, but of the more affordable Maggies, the .7s are the best to my ears; they're actually cap... | |
| My “Dream” system needs a preamp At this price point I almost went with the Don Sachs preamp but chose the Audio by Van Alstine Fet Valve CFR for its relay-switched inputs. That and I feel you take a larger gamble at getting future service with those one-man operations. | |
| Some Love for the Spatial Lumina L2 Spatial makes some great speakers. | |
| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. For playing EDM with a small, spouse-friendly form factor, try a stereo pair of Devialet Phantoms. They can play deeper than any stand-mount speaker mentioned thus far and remarkably, without any enclosure resonance. They're not as well-suited to ... | |
| Odyssey integrated opinions? Not to mention Odyssey's customer service sucks @$$. | |
| Tube Amps With Good Bass Qualities The Rogue Stereo 100 produced the deepest, most articulate bass I've heard in my system - better than any SS amp I've owned including some rated at 2x the power. | |
| Using a regulated power supply with a Pro ject Pre Box S2 Based on Stereophiles measurements of this DAC, I highly doubt you'll get any worthwhile improvement from a linear power supply, nothing that's audible anyhow. A cell-phone charger is essentially the same thing as the wall-wart that comes with it.... | |
| High value, giant killer speakers? Vandersteens - all of them. I honestly prefer the 2s to the 3s, even though the 3s are more accurate, and the 2s with a pair of the subs over the 5s, for the same reason.Funny, I prefer the 1s over the 2s. | |
| Tool Fear Inoculum impressions @helomech ...you say you listened to it three times and you find little worth celebrating. Then you say you love 10,000 days. Just goes to show you... I listened to 10,000 days when it came out and couldn't stand it. I've listened to it on and of... | |
| Tool Fear Inoculum impressions I agree with uberwaltz. Many Tool fans have a hard time accepting anything after Aenima, which I fully understand. It’s really interesting to hear the progression that the band has made over the years. With each album you can see how they get more... | |
| Tool Fear Inoculum impressions It’s a shame how compressed the new album is. Also sad how compressed the remasters for download are. Looking at the DR DB it’s easy to see the affect of the Loudness Wars; Tool CDs released in the 90s have lower compression, thus better dynamic r... | |
| High value, giant killer speakers? Magnepan are my absolute favorite for the money. I just upgraded from 1.7i to 3.7i and couldn’t be happier! The sound is really hard to believe. Unfortunately, unless you have a truly powerful good quality amp, you will be very disappointed. My ... | |
| I like my music systems like I like my baths ... Did you have the cabinets built by Taylor Speakers, like the ones in the link? |