helomech
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| Spendor D7, D9 but no love Classic 100? there was something in particular about the D7 treble range that made me uncomfortableI’ve encountered this same criticism a few times, even from a Spendor dealer. I was told the D-line is Spendor’s interpretation of a modern studio monitor. I hav... | |
| Axpona reviewers perceptions and reality Individual percerptions are individual reality. Everyone hears a bit different. Some even hear voices that aren't there.The reality is that your opinion is about as valid as that of any other who walked the rooms of Axpona. | |
| Looking for an integrated tube amp under $2500 @helomech and gillatghI contacted Brent Jessee and he recommended a NOS Mullard based on my preferencesI doubt you can go wrong with an NOS Mullard. I just find excellent value in the old RCA 12au7s, both the black plates and clear tops. Please re... | |
| Forever turntable under $2000 Some outside the box options: MoFi UltradeckOracle OriginVinyl Nirvana TD-160 SuperFunk Firm Little Super DeckSoon to be released (allegedly) Schiit SOLAny number of pre-owned $4K tables being sold for <$2K | |
| Looking for an integrated tube amp under $2500 Looking forward to having my CMII upgraded to the III, mostly for the lower noise floor. For a very smooth treble with great bass, swap the preamp tube for an RCA 5814 triple-mica black plate. | |
| Looking for an integrated tube amp under $2500 I actually had a Rogue Cronus magnum with kt -120 tubes which I really liked but it didn’t control the bass, was to loose. Went to the Hegel h100 which I liked but didn’t have enough power so I bought a h300. I then bought a new pair of large Ushe... | |
| PRIMA LUNA AMPLIFIERS My Cayin was manufactured in 06' and performs as well as the day it was new. Hasn't needed servicing of any sort despite a couple tube failures. It's been more reliable than my American-made gear. Anyhow, both brands (PL, Cayin) are built like tan... | |
| What is an Audiophile? Here's the list for newbies. An audiophile is a closet Stereophile & TAS reader.An audiophile is always passing judgment on the speakers at the local bar or restaurant. An audiophile tells the spouse "it was a good deal" even though the cost was more than her ring.An audi... | |
| Considering Vandersteen 3a Signatures I have Vandy 3A Sigs. Would never think to call the tweeter sibilant, but I suppose there's plenty of room for subjectivity in that call.I just noted a bit of grain and spit with some recordings that I don't hear in some other speakers. It's plen... | |
| Graduating to separates need help With that budget, you need to give a call to Odyssey Audio. You could likely get a very good package deal for not much over $2K. | |
| Considering Vandersteen 3a Signatures I agree that you won't get any worthwhile improvement in clarity/detail. The Vandy tweeter is a bit sibilant compared to the Spatial's compression driver IME. Where the Vandys excel, and panels/open baffles are lacking, is in pinpoint imaging. The... | |
| Non-Oversampling (NOS) vs, An upsampling and filtered DAC will measure much better on paper. That's indisputable. My experience is that either type can sound good, however, my non-oversampling, filterless DAC sounds more like analog - less fatiguing and less "glare" at the ... | |
| Bias adjustment on solid state amplifiers Ideally, SS amp bias would be set according to the average voltage coming in on your mains. | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 Yeah...Magico’s using those cheap drivers with their under hung speaker designs. Anything to help lower distortion is a good thing in my book.I didn't say their drivers are cheap, just that the use of underhung voicecoils is not remotely uncommon ... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 One of the benefits in the Magico design is the use of underhung voice coils to lower the distortion..expensive..but worth the cost!Nothing special, rare or expensive about an underhung voicecoil. It's quite common, even among some relatively che... |