iseland

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$15,000 Floor-Standing Speaker Selection and Advice
They are quite costly but in room that size they would really come alive.  And in Europe you can easily find a pair for $15k US .  
$15,000 Floor-Standing Speaker Selection and Advice
My vote goes to Avant-garde.  A couple of used duo should do it ..  
I bought 4 subwoofers and I'm absolutely not doing a DBA! Hah!
Me personally,  there are plenty of excellent amps without plates in already made boxes I would buy instead of making my own. And don't get me wrong,  I love my hypex plate amp ! But if I  didn't had the need for convenient space saving solution ... 
Chinese DAC's
Personally I've haven't yet heard anything coming from China sounding better than anything I have before me . My tip would be to buy a dac from boulder or ps audio or any other colorado based audio manufacturer , they seem to make great quality pr... 
I bought 4 subwoofers and I'm absolutely not doing a DBA! Hah!
Well , if it's not in the cabinet it's usually just called an amp 🙄   
I bought 4 subwoofers and I'm absolutely not doing a DBA! Hah!
Would it might be the FA502 you have on order 🤔  Have that one and it's great..  
Need advice from the gurus.
https://youtu.be/gRMqDb-t9oo?si=4zTnrm0kY9tyoJ_B Have a look at this.   
Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby?
I'm currently on idle .   
Speakers sound too bright.
As someone once said " shiit in shiit out " or something like that.  Someone else mentioned esl15a as a comparison and I would highly recommend that speaker instead of what you have,  on the other hand it's a bit more expensive 😉   
Need to learn about Audio Research
I still have a LS25 mk1 made in 1998 from what I see , it's still rocking 😎  Got all new capacitors about 4 years ago, and voltage regulators . Great preamp!  
Soul Note DACs
If it makes any sense,  the clock makes the room bigger and you get better separation between instruments . And that's very good to begin with, it just gets better with the external clock.   
Soul Note DACs
@bluethinker  I saw your pm , unfortunately I'm not trusted with the ability to reply on pm so I'm gonna post some of my impressions of the very excellent soulnote d-2 dac with the external clock x-3 ! As you all can see on my system page I did ... 
WHO IS ATTENDING SOUTHWEST AUDIOFEST SWAF IN DALLAS THIS WEEKEND!
Maybe about 4 years from now , if the planet is habital still 🤔   
Upcoming Trip
Valco vmk25  Excellent value   
Vinyl sounds better (shots fired)
Vinyl sound different