hilde45
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| Sound, neutrality and the pursuit of everything +1 @bkeske. When you eat a good meal, how do you decide whether or not it lives up to reality? You don’t, because it IS reality. And you are enjoying it. Above and beyond that there’s not much I can add to the good comments above. There is no way ... | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) Fair enough! | |
| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? Just because technology continues to expand doesn’t necessarily mean it is going to sound better.Perceptive point, especially given that "technology" includes any number of different elements -- some which have progressed much more than others in ... | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) @aburn -- thanks a lot! I do have to say, I am getting pretty exhausted with marketing hype. From the Vanatoo copy for $359 dollar desk speakers: "The speakers reproduce music exactly the way it was recorded, with solid bass, clear midrange, and s... | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) The one question raised for me about speakers like the ELAC B 6.2 is whether they'd be much of an improvement over my old Pinnacle PN5+. Indeed, reading about them makes me wonder whether I've been wasting everyone's time here -- don't flame me fo... | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) Thanks for the many additional ideas. I like the idea of a very efficient speaker, if only because I’d be curious to try driving it with a small tube amp someday rather than my Adcom. I agree about the Atoms. Dull. The JBL and that Vanatoos still ... | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) Very tempting! Have to think on it, b limo! | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) Adam and Eve, eh? What -- no Noah or Job or Methuselah speakers? | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) Johnblue sounds intriguing | |
| Node 2i use with external DAC I heard a real difference when I compared the Node 2i's own DAC with my MHDT Orchid R2R tube DAC (about $1200). Makes sense, right? Node 2i is just $500 and only a small fraction spent on their DAC. | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) I don't see LS50 for less than 700 dollars...will look at Monitor. | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) Thanks so much. I'm not ambitious to build for desktop. I am open to de-cluttering. The idea of a bi-amped speaker for desktop was something I would have thought overly- fancy for that application, but there you go! | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) Clairaudients are awful...well, that might explain why they can be found for $450 or $550 online.Would love to find Rogers, Spendor, Harbeth in this price range...a bit of a challenge! And KLH, too!So, let me let one small confession slip... I pre... | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) Lots more good suggestions. No one has tried the Ascend speakers? Hmmm.One thing is certain — I really am hoping for a real speaker, not just a "computer speaker." It seems that's possible, but there are a number of computer speakers thrown into t... | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) I have to add -- reading the reviews of the AudioEngine and thinking more about some suggestions here to clean up the desk area -- the Audioengines are enticing. I could be persuaded to give that Adcom stuff to my kid... |