itzhak1969
Responses from itzhak1969
| Focal Sopra 2 vs Sopra 3? I heard the Olympica 2’s with Audio Reaserch and I found then anemic too.Too much silky and soft to my taste, overall I was disappointed from every Sonus Faber speakers I listened to.Overtime I learned to prefer speakers that have more professiona... | |
| Recommend a budget floor standing speaker less than $1,000 The best options I can think of :Q Acoustics 3050Wharfedale Diamond 230Cambridge Audio Aero 6Monitor Audio Bronze 5 | |
| Speaker Break In Question - going from single wired to bi-wired I do believe bi-wiring is a voodoo thing ,it's better to invest on good jumpers or biamp with 2 identical stereo amps as @sfall suggested for a real sound improvement. | |
| strengths and weaknesses Focal sopra 2 has Much more intresting sound. Sonus Faber is too silky and soft for my taste. | |
| Speaker Break In Question - going from single wired to bi-wired Yes.every part needs break in. | |
| Please Critique my Setup and Recommend Upgrade(s) @proudio529 you bought low/mid end system and that’s the sound level that you’ll get .not more and not less. If you really want a big improvement you will need to upgrade your system .I can recommend one of the British speakers ATC,Proac,Harbeth o... | |
| XLR interconnects The Rotel RSP 1582 has XLR inputs and outputs but it's not really balanced unless you have very "noisy" environment I really don't think the XLR cable will make any difference. | |
| Best speakers under $500? Fire away! @wim1983 I owned some Wharfedale speakers in the past and I know their speakers very well they are not bad for their price and if the budget is limited the Danton can be a good option ,However after hearing many speakers cost under $500 I can’t sa... | |
| Best speakers under $500? Fire away! Your NAD 3020 can drive any reasonable bookshelf speakers easily , you don't have to be worry about the speaker's rated sensitivity .Wharfedale and Q Aaoustics are fine for its cost but not great speakers .not bad sound at all but certainly not o... | |
| Yamaha BD-A1060 Blu-Ray player with a CD function to reduce RPM speed? Blu ray / DVD needs higher speed than CD, What Yamaha did is forcing the transportto speed closely as possible to pure CD transport ,very nice feature. In general Yamaha has outstanding blu ray players for its price. | |
| Cables for Focal 1008be2 The legendary British Tellurium Black speaker cables.https://www.telluriumq.com/black-speaker-cable/ | |
| How long does a DAC take to burn in? There are burn-in CDs that can help for example :https://www.telluriumq.com/system-disc/ | |
| Moving up from B&W CM9 Yes there is something wrong with the CM9 its sound is lean, bright and artificial the only positive thing I can say about the CM9 is its impressive looking ,very nice "furniture" indeed. | |
| Best speakers under $500? Fire away! Under $ 500 MA Bronze 2 is one of the best of the best with sensitivity 90 db / impedance 8ohm making it very efficient and easy to drive, speaker of the year on What Hi Fi .http://www.whathifi.com/monitor-audio/bronze-2/review | |
| Best speakers under $500? Fire away! I can give a personal example the McIntosh integrated amp MA6700 has a power output of 200W ,my McIntosh MC152 power amp has only 150W theoretically my power amp should be less powerful than the MA6700 but it’s not !I heard them both my amp is muc... |