itzhak1969

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Speaker Specs Reform
Bryston doing this with their speakers with great results I heard the Mini T and the bass is astonishing massive and deep without beeing overhang, I too don’t understand why new speaker designs don’t implement this maybe because it’s a cheaper way... 
Is it the beer or do speakers/electronics really need some extended warm-up period?
There are warmup dedicated CD's I use the bellow :https://telluriumq.com/system-disc/ 
Speaker recommendation for mc452 and C2600
What is your budget for the speakers ?This Monitor Audio are amazing for classical music :http://www.monitoraudio.co.uk/products/platinum-ii/pl300-ii The Proac Response D48R are really stunning speakers for any kind of music with its ribbon tweete... 
Speaker recommendation for mc452 and C2600
Your new Mac gear needs at least 100 to 200 hours run in period before breaking in to its optimum, my Mac pre/dac sounded horrible at the first weeks very bright and harsh .Maybe Mac and Vienna Acoustics are not a match from heaven but if I were y... 
Your thoughts about ATC loudspeakers
ATC speakers in general are not easy to drive (unless you’re buying their active version ) buying their pasive speakers can get you to a serious problem because hungry wats speakers require powerfull amplification and this cost money, a lot of mon... 
Your thoughts about ATC loudspeakers
"ATC are Power Hungry Speakers due to the crossover they use."dragon_vibeIt’s true.ATC are excellent speakers which I considered in the past but needs a lots of quality power to perform properly this fact convinced me to buy Proac speakers which a... 
SF Olympica llls
To anounce that Mac amplification is slow and un-natural is really odd to me, Mac gear do need good cables to perforn at its best maybe your cables were not good enough , your sources or other components at your system were weak I don’t know... th... 
SF Olympica llls
Slow/fast amplifier is wrong definition, In MHO the correct term to use is transparent vs. blur amplification. 
SF Olympica llls
I am not sure that the MA5200 has enough power to drive the SF Olympica llls ,I agree that the MA6700 is really the minimum for this speakers or other pre/power options of Mac gear .As a Mac proudly owner stuff I don’t agree with audiotroy comment... 
CD players = dead?
In this days you have pure CD transports that can be connected to an external DAC with amazing results now you don't have to be depend on the internal dac built in the CDP (usually not great ones ) and you can choose any dac you want based on your... 
Speaker jumpers
My own experience: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/bi-wires-links-for-speakers 
Help my Rotel RCD 1072 make music
Rotel products in general are detailed but unfortunately flat, sterile, dry and bright.I owned in the past Rotel CD,pre and power for 2 years till I couldn't hear my system anymore its sound was cold as ice and boring ,so decided to change my syst... 
DSD vs. PCM vs. MQA - Group listening experiment
We need to be careful when criticising hi-fi gear. Sometimes suppirier component build to reproduce the most neutral/natural sound can be mistakenly consider to be 'dry', while a component that design to make a manipulation on the sound might mist... 
What speaker cable made a major difference in the sound quality of your speakers??
Tellurium Q Ultra Black speaker cables and jumpers ,the impact was huge took my system to a completely differnt leauge.  
New Release CD Players $1000 - $1500
Cambridge Audio Azur 851C a great CD with DAC and volume control.