helomech
Responses from helomech
| Putting Together my First System - Naim Uniti + Spendor or Naim? Some dealers will negotiate, others will only give price breaks when one is spending large sums. Some will only offer discounts to repeat customers. I’ve found that most are willing to offer 10% with no hassle.I’m a big Spendor fan and I’ve heard ... | |
| Epos @roberjerman,Too many monkey-coffin boxes that look and sound alike! Remember Tangent? Good sounding British speakers that failed in the marketplace!I don't know anything about Tangent, but all the British brands I've heard have a unique sound. IM... | |
| Dealer recommendation for Yamaha, Elac, Metrum Acoustics, Auralic, VPI Prime I use Spendor SP2/3s bi-wired to an A-S1100 and I think they have great synergy. Other than the EDM, I think they'd work great for your genre preferences. I imagine KEF's reference series might pair well also. These amps sound great with KEF LS50s... | |
| Good Sounding Vintage SS Receiver or Amps Yamaha for the reason you noted. Their new amps have a similar sound. | |
| Epos ^ I think they missed the mark with the newer K series. Definitley not the route I would have gone. I had the Epos Epic 2s and thought they punched way above their price. I almost bought a pair of Elan 15s recently. IMO, Epos speakers possess an e... | |
| Epos It almost appears that way, but I recall seeing a rather recent blog/news update on their website. It would be one brand I'd be interested in buying if it ever came up for sale. It seems their active modules for the K series speakers never took of... | |
| Dealer recommendation for Yamaha, Elac, Metrum Acoustics, Auralic, VPI Prime Music Direct carries Yamaha, VPI, and Elac. Have you heard all these components together? System synergy is crucial to getting the best sound within a given budget. I love Yamaha amps, but from the little I've heard of the Adantes, I think there's... | |
| Disappointed w/ Klipsch Heresy III. Now what? @willland My experience with the RF/RP series was that they were competitive with other floorstanders in their price range such as Polks and B&Ws. Their bass extension was better than some of the competition, but their upper frequency performa... | |
| Weakest link? I wouldn't say any of your current gear is an obvious weak link. The Freya seems like a very respectable design. I have LS50s in one of my three systems. Even through they're inexpensive, their midrange and coherency is tough to beat IME. Speakers... | |
| System Dissatisfaction - My Own Fault @mceljo My speakers are not a weakness to my ear, but I know they are a polarizing sound that many don’t appreciate.Fair enough. I don’t know of any affordable SS integrateds that truly mimic tube sound. I’d suggest the Croft Phono Integrated but ... | |
| Terminals spade type loosening the binding posts If the AQ spades are brass, switch to copper. Adding a washer won't have any detrimental effect either. | |
| calling all Guru;s, Ideas on audiophyle high effeiciency speakers solicited Is your SPL meter measuring with "C" weighting? Most quality 4 ohm amps can handle 2 ohm impedance dips. The Rogue will be fine in that regard. From personal experience with that amp, I can tell you that it doesn’t sound anything like a full tube ... | |
| Disappointed w/ Klipsch Heresy III. Now what? The RP and RF series speakers don’t hold a candle to the Heritage line with music playback (I’ve owned both). It’s not difficult to figure out why. The RP/RF series don’t possess the midrange horn. Their porting also sacrifices bass speed and defi... | |
| calling all Guru;s, Ideas on audiophyle high effeiciency speakers solicited You're speakers allegedly have 90db sensitivity with a nominal impedance of 8 ohms. In theory, that's fairly efficient by today's standards, and should work with a tube amp of about 50 watts. After all, B&W recommends a minimum of 50 watts. Ho... | |
| Speakers costing range of 2500-3500 per pair @audiozen Nothing against Ascend speakers. I haven’t heard them but from everything I’ve read, I have no doubt that they’re at least competitive with others mentioned here. Owners seem to love them. Do you own a pair? As far as materials are conce... |