helomech
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| KEF LS50, B&W 805D2, B&W 805S opinions wanted It reads as though you have LS50s in your home but you auditioned 805D3s in Best Buy’s highly treated room. If that’s the case, you really can’t draw any useful conclusions as to which performs better regarding imaging and soundstage. Unfortunatel... | |
| Human Loudspeaker Review Thread Was Removed @craigsubHelomech ... that was going to be the gist of the review: are they a great value or a speaker ideal whose time has come and gone? I don't do this for anything other than love of the hobby. Just a guess that they're a great value based on ... | |
| Tool fan needs help with speakers (and electronics) Look into the Spatial Audio M3 Turbo S.After experiencing what their smaller siblings can do for the price, I will never again consider the common suspect brands when speaker shopping (B&W, Focal, Monitor Audio, Paradigm, etc). It's not that t... | |
| Recommendation for DAC under$1k with Luxman integrated and Harbeth 30.1 Unless you plan to play hi-res files, the Pro-Ject DAC BoxS FL is an excellent DAC - very analog-like. A cheap way to test whether the Filterless/Non-oversampling sound is to your taste. | |
| Human Loudspeaker Review Thread Was Removed Probably some resident dealer doesn't like that Human sells U.S. made speakers for <$600/pair that can embarrass others costing many times more. | |
| Bookshelf Recommendations What's the sensitivity on that Madisound kit?Pretty low IIRC. I believe it's something like 84db, though that shouldn't be a problem in the OP's small room. | |
| Bookshelf Recommendations A lot of great options mentioned. I suggest you audition before purchase if able. There are great deals to be had on the used market but I’d avoid going that route unless it’s quite obvious the speakers can be easily flipped. In theory, your squar... | |
| Yamaha integrated amp as3000 vs Pass integrated I’ve yet to encounter a SS amplifier that better mimics all the good traits of tubes than the MOSFET Yamahas. Their sound is like that of what you’d expect to get with a SS/tube hybrid amp (if you didn’t know that hybrid amps typically sound nothi... | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) It was mentioned before but its worth repeating - prob some 3 way design in which one driver handles only the midrange. Sure there may or may not be integration / crossover issues but you can't get a purer midrange than that.My experience has been... | |
| The most important factor in soundstage imaging Moving them away from the walls usually goes a long way toward improving imaging, especially soundstage depth. | |
| Easy to drive, outstandingly natural sound from 40-50 Hz up.....AN-E, O/96, others? Take a serious look into the Spatial Audio speakers. Their entry models have a coaxial compression driver (midwoofer functions as horn like Tannoys) with 93db sensitivity. Zero horn "honk." The nominal impedance of their Triode Master M3s/M4s is 1... | |
| Best audio companies and dealers Brands with which I've experienced excellent support and/or correspondence:Spatial AudioParasound OmegaSpendorRogue AudioYamaha (pretty good for a large corporation)PS AudioDB Systems Schiit Revel | |
| KEF LS50 or Harbeth P3ESR for desktop system? I prefer the KEFs to the P3s, the latter of which have a cooler tone without being any more detailed (that's speaking of the non-anniversary edition)I find the Spendor house sound is a little more natural than either. | |
| Technology in speakers.... Tough question with many variables. If concerning only maximum attainable SQ, I don't think speakers have advanced much at all in the past couple decades. Consider that most exotic driver types have been around for 20+ years now. Still, some of th... | |
| Easy to drive, outstandingly natural sound from 40-50 Hz up.....AN-E, O/96, others? Another vote for Spatial Audio |