james633
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| B&W speakers sounding very harsh? I owned the 702s in college a looong time ago lol. They have a nasty upper midrange peak. They worm my ears out quick. On the perfect music it was kind of magical with it’s upper mid range peak but most of the time I just wore me out. Look for ste... | |
| Sound Stage Review Coming on the Vivid Audio Kaya S12's ! I trust audiogon members opinions more than reviews… | |
| Pairing B&W 804S with Power amp I have a Rotel RB-1072 I used a long time ago on a pair of B&W 703s. Now I use it as a rear channel amp in my surround sound system. I also own a McIntosh MC462. When I was between amps (benchmark and McIntosh) I used the Rotel for a few month... | |
| Sopra 2 Bass Izjjzi,Interesting information on the different taps. Looking at the impedance graph of the Sopra 2 it looks like the 4ohm tap would be the right one. You want to match the lowest point of the impedance to the tap and the Sopra dips to 3.7-ish aro... | |
| Sopra 2 Bass The right tap is the one you like best. The impedance curve of the Sopra is pretty wild (but most modern speakers are) so no tap is 100% the best. You can gleam some insight into the Sopra 2 by looking at the impedance curve vs frequency (link bl... | |
| An ideal (minimal) 2.1 setup The QLED abs oled are pretty comparable unless you are a video nut. In a normal room the bright lee QLED will be better. In a dark room the oled pulls way with deeper colors and blacks. But in a dark room you should movie to a projector for the re... | |
| Sopra 2 Bass Really the Mac is fine, more than fine. The output transformers don’t work like a tube amp (opposite actually) In tube amps the transformers are used to couple the low impedance of the speaker to high impedance tubes. In Mac solid state amps the ... | |
| Sopra 2 Bass Assuming the acoustic center of the Sopra 2 is 18” off the floor (guessing, two woofers + port) then a 7.5’ ceiling would make a dip at 47ish hertz but one you sum in all the other boundaries (floor, front wall, side wall, back wall) it will fill ... | |
| Sopra 2 Bass The MA9000 is more than enough. Don’t let people tell you different. McIntosh is the red headed step child on this forum but their current line is excellent agents pretty much anything. The Mac is a great combo with Focal. The Sopras dips to 3 ohm... | |
| An ideal (minimal) 2.1 setup When you say movies do you want the loud theater type of sound? If so I think the kefs hight run out of steam even crossed at 80hz. Or at least struggle to keep up with the subs output at high levels. As for the Kef sound. The kefs have a very wid... | |
| Focal sopra 2/Gryphon Diablo 300 not good match Interesting comments on the Qobuz vs Tidal. I have never tried Qobuz but have found Apple Music to also sound better than Tidal. Streaming options are pretty limited to air play so you would need a Mac computer over USB to access high-Rez. They ha... | |
| focal 1038be or sopra 2 I can respect the opinion. I think it just comes down to taste as the two brands are tuned a little different. The be tweeter really classes up the revels and the ceramic drivers are much different too. No long term experience with either just dem... | |
| Magico A1 vs KEF Reference 1 (META) vs KEF LS50 + KEF KC62 Go with the Kef subs always subs lol. But really subs for the win every time. One of the powered Kef speakers will integrate with the sub as it has a highpass crossover built in. This video goes over them. https://youtu.be/Y2Lc8oOinOYAre you agent... | |
| Why has focal raised their prices so much on Sopra line I read an article or comment online so take that for what it is…. That they were priced cheaper over here to compete with domestic US brands. I think once they got a good reputation they adjusted that price to cover international costs and keep t... | |
| How are you getting your surround sound? Generally for best quality (especially audio) you still need blu rays. There are some fancy specialty download services. But normal streaming from Amazon, Hulu, Netflix is pretty terrible. Apple and Disney are a little better but still way behind ... |