hilde45
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| Pass Labs XA-25 vs XA-30.8 amplifier Additional comments about my Pass XA-25: The bass is not woolly or fuzzy. Across speakers from 87db to 97 db sensitivity. The amp is not clinical. The amp sounds different with a tube preamp vs. a solid state preamp in front of it, but it never... | |
| Seeking Advice to Improve My Audio System ($1000 Budget) I agree on the idea of better speakers. Even inexpensive integrated amps can, these days, do a great job powering speakers until you can upgrade them. Consider buying used and maybe local if you can. Saves on shipping cost and damage. One way t... | |
| Footers under new speakers @buellrider97 Not sure if Townshend has spikes but I don't have them and I don't need them with my podiums. There's an interesting theory relevant here called the "Theory of More Stuff" It basically simplifies vibration isolation abd posits tha... | |
| Footers under new speakers I'm using the oem spikes which sit on isolation discs. Basically, two machined discs with carbon ball bearings between them. My floor is carpet on concrete. I would guess that the discs prevent a lot of bass from going into the floor. In the... | |
| Footers under new speakers I know there is a fundamental debate between using traditional spikes and advanced isolation platforms like Townshend Podiums. While spikes have long been a common solution, aiming to "couple" the speaker rigidly to the floor, the podiums offer a ... | |
| Pass Labs XA-25 vs XA-30.8 amplifier From amp designers I know, the XA25 has some of the finesse and sweetness of the First Watt line Pass makes, but no other Pass amp does this (except in the SIT series). Here’s something relevant: "Based on actual comparisons, it’s thus fair to ... | |
| Pass Labs XA-25 vs XA-30.8 amplifier I had the same question for other speakers and there was a lot who really think the XA-25 is a very special amp. I love mine and you should read about it. The only question I have for your speakers is what the impedance curve looks like; if it nee... | |
| Footers under new speakers +100 on the Townshend platforms. I have a 30 year audiophile buddy who had the Gaia footers and he did a bunch of A/B with the Townshends and they won the day. I have used the podiums with both floorstanders and bookshelves – under the stands. The... | |
| Darko Audio: Let's End the Cost Videos 22,941 views Sep 12, 2020 Jay has left us to go back to University of Toronto to do his Masters in Engineering and Sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYTK0g7DS-E&t=428s&ab_channel=AudioExcellenceCanada So... almost 5 years ago he w... | |
| Darko Audio: Let's End the Cost Videos You do realize Jay Iyagi is a kid, right? I doubt he had even turned 20 when he started his channel. Um, I believe he's well into his 20's and is a graduate student at least after having spent years learning in high end audio shop. So, that's ... | |
| Make speakers disappear. Simple, cheap I close my eyes | |
| Darko Audio: Let's End the Cost Videos Both of these guys are new to me. I watched a few videos from each and you can keep them both. I'd take A British Audiophile or Hans Beekhuyzen any day of the week, instead. I like Sean at Zero Fidelity, too. I used to like Jay of Jay's Iyagi ... | |
| Darko Audio: Let's End the Cost Videos I gained respect for Darko when he started doing deep dives on acoustic treatments. That seemed a bit too tied in with a company for my liking, but he was at least getting into actual, critical details of what contributes to the character of audio... | |
| Can't decide I know this isn't the question, but I'd go with Fritz Carbon 7 Mk. II SE's. Search around about them. | |
| Sellers Beware Someone makes an inquiry, then ghosts. It happens. Sellers beware sounds a bit hyperbolic for what happened, especially if made into a general thread. Just my two cents. |