helomech
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| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? Good disclose where. You keep acting like you’ve made this 25% off deal in store so give the facts on your deal - brand, model, dealer. Post your system with pictures while you’re act it so we have the proof. Dealers make 20-30% deals on lines t... | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? So again what $50K speakers have you gotten your 25%, opps 20% deal on. I happen to know where I could go get a pair of Acora SRC-2s for at least 30% off. It’s as though you guys don’t even peruse the ads dealers often place here on Audi... | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? Ya @helomech what speakers! I only got 10 percent off mine. 😢 Wilson, Rockport, Raidho, Sonus Faber, ATC, Focal, KEF, Magico….too many to list. Unless you’re buying a factory-direct brand, 10% is not a good deal I am sorry to say. Keep in ... | |
| Do high dollar mono blocks truly improve the Sound Quality over the mid tier amps A popular audiophilism is that the shorter the speaker cables the better. Do you think this is a significant issue? Thanks. IME that is true to an extent. For instance, using 8’ 16 gauge VS a 25’ 16 gauge cable. But a 10’ length of 14 gau... | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? ^ Just go to any dealer slinging $50K+ speakers and ask them their out-the-door price. If they don’t offer you a minimum discount of 20%, I highly suggest seeking out a different dealer. If you think paying full retail is the norm, they’re laughin... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions Being an owner of the X3s and having had several lengthy auditions with the Harbeth 40.2s in what is a better sorted room than my own (giving the Harbeths a field advantage) I have to vehemently disagree with your assessment, especially with regar... | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? Pre-owned $50K speakers for the price of $30K is likely not a good deal with the vast majority of brands. Consider that it’s not uncommon to get a >/=25% discount on brand-new pairs in that price range. Only chumps pay full retail on $50K speak... | |
| Do high dollar mono blocks truly improve the Sound Quality over the mid tier amps Mono blocks are only advantageous if you are switching to them from an amp that had high levels of crosstalk. A competently designed, high-power stereo amp can be just as good or superior. | |
| Bluesound I haven’t had any issues with any of the last half dozen updates. Can’t say the same for WiiM’s software. | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? I have simultaneously owned the Spendor SP2/3R2 and the Harbeth M30.2 Anniversary for about a year. My amplifier at the time was the Audio Analogue Maestro Anniversary integrated. My take (both speakers used without grills as I found the grills t... | |
| Revel 328Be owners...what do you think? The one thing that concerns me about the Borresen is that I typically do not like ribbon tweeters. I just find the integration between a ribbon and the traditional cones extremely difficult to master. My mind automatically goes to gaps or dynamic... | |
| Borresen X3 Funny enough, having auditioned the Yamaha NS-5000s with their TOTL separates, I can comfortably and confidently assert that they are not competitive, let alone superior, to the Borresen X series. That would even be true if the NS-5000s retailed f... | |
| Revel 328Be owners...what do you think? I have the opportunity to pick up a second hand pair of the 328s at a pretty good price, and am currently running the 228s paired with a big rel. What is a “pretty good price?” Personally, based on the performance I would not be tempted by 32... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response The best transient response I've ever heard, are ion plasma tweeters. It's hard to beat drivers with zero mass. Lansche and AvantGarde Acoustics both have very impressive transient response behavior. Next in line would probably be ribbo... | |
| Revel 328Be owners...what do you think? I was not impressed by the 328Be despite being a longtime Revel fan. IMO it is overpriced relative to Revel’s more entry-level products. I would rather own a pre-owned pair of Salon2s, or even get Performa F208s and spend the savings elsewhere. ... |