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| A list of efficient speakers at ~$5K a pair. Why 92dB? You’re better off choosing a speaker by how it sounds in your room rather than any spec. IME, most speakers with over 90dB sensitivity have significant drawbacks in other areas, such as low maximum output or very truncated bass extens... | |
| Other High End Audio Forums What’s Best Forum is good. https://www.whatsbestforum.com/ | |
| Integrated Amplifier Recommendations Needed Around $2K on the used market, the Denon PMA A110 and Yamaha A-S2100 are hard to beat. IME, both are competitive with integrateds in the $6K-$8K range from other brands. As an example, both have a lower noise floor than the Luxman 507z. The Yamaha... | |
| Speakers for low-level listening Borresen speakers are designed to compensate for our ear’s lack of sensitivity at lower volumes. They measure poorly by textbook standards but they sound dynamic and satisfying at the loudness levels most listeners prefer. The primary complaint ... | |
| 2-way design vs. 3-way design means ? The problem with questions like these is that not all 2-ways and 3-ways are created equal. There are high end 2 and 2.5-way speakers that can do everything better than 3-ways employing lower quality parts and materials. Some 2-ways like the afore... | |
| Seeking speakers under $3K for 10x12 ft room and driven by 20wpc tube amp Used or closeout Spendor A4s. Sound phenomenal with tubes. | |
| Current or Previous Harbeth Owners… Spendor or Graham. I like both better than the Harbeths. The Graham 5/8 is probably the best of the three to my ears. IMHO, there are brands that employ more advanced materials/tech that sound better than any of the thin-wall, BBC derivatives. S... | |
| Borresen X3 measurements It doesn’t matter...it is a 2.5way crossed into a ribbon. For every lower bass octave you force a driver into, you force 4 times the driver motion, not the greatest thing when it also has to multitask with the upper octaves, You also create a ... | |
| Bose buys McIntosh I've said for years that McIntosh is what certain people bought after they found out that Bose was consumer junk. The Mcintosh of the last century simply is no more and quite frankly the silly blue meters and green lights are just a tired and ov... | |
| Borresen X3 measurements Ultimately, I still preferred the Harbeth 40.2 because of better midrange, refinement and transparency. That seemed to offend a lot of folks though. Somehow, folks equate cool technology/drivers, buzzwords, etc. with better sound. That’s not alwa... | |
| Borresen X3 measurements Some of the Spatial open baffle speakers, lots of lovers, lots of haters. And it’s worth noting we do see a lot of these pop up on the used market, along with many Revels, KEFs and Harbeths. Apparently there are some for whom a flat line is not... | |
| Borresen X3 measurements The biggest problem with measurements like those conducted by Erin, is they don’t take into account room modes and reflections, and don’t reveal what a listener will actually hear at their seat. The upper bass boost is probably intended to offset ... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? I would say I really like your system and that I have been really stupid to spend so much money on my system and here you have a really nice system. I just wanna listen to music and enjoy that after all. I wish I was smart as you. And then th... | |
| Help Deciding On New Speakers For Small Room, $10k budget The Borresen X1s are head and shoulders above many of the aforementioned recommendations, especially from the typical catalogue brands. And don’t be deterred by the 5.5” woofer. The woofer has a strong motor and good excursion, and can easily put ... | |
| Coda 11, Schiit Tyr, JC5 or ??? I had a terrible experience with Odyssey Audio and would avoid them like a plague. Without question it was the worst experience I’ve had in this hobby among the many dozens of products and brands. If you miss the gutsy/meaty Parasound signat... |