james633
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| What is the most important component to consider while building a new system? 50% room, 40% speakers, 9% amp/pre, 1% everything else. A good amp and pre amp is normally good on everything unless you have some type of specialty speaker (horns etc). If you get the speakers right to taste you don’t need to chase amps to tune t... | |
| focal 1038be or sopra 2 Old thread…. But yes the price hike is ridiculous! I was thinking about buying the Sopra 2 when it came out as I really like the house sound (neutral with some bedazzle) but I have totally moved on and don’t even look at the brand now. I have foun... | |
| Are the Paradigm Founder Series really, really good speakers? My point is their $2000 dollar stand mount could not outperform a $600 stand mount. They were not good at any price and no way a giant killer the marketing would lead you to believe. They had JL subs running with them. Revel, focal, Kef, B&w, ... | |
| Speaker placement Can’t help with a high ceiling as I have never had to deal with it. The kicker is it is a fixed distance. Hopefully you don’t have cubed dimensions. To get a little more scientific. you can look at 1/4 wave lengths. 1/4 length cancel because by th... | |
| Are the Paradigm Founder Series really, really good speakers? I only heard the stand mount model and I thought it was pretty bad honesty. Not the best room but on electronics costing well over $15,000. The highs seemed wrong (unnatural) to me and the bass was pretty meh for me. I would honestly take a pair o... | |
| Class D Purifi Eigentakt / Mark Levinson 333 / Benchmark AHB2 - Listening & Conclusion Nice write up. I have not heard these exact amps but your thoughts align with mine having owned A/B, class D, and benchmark equipment in the past. I currently am using big power AB and don’t see myself changing for a long time. | |
| Should I switch to a larger room? Yes it would be well worth it to get your speakers away from the walls. 10x12 is simply too small for good sound in absolute terms. Does not mean a 10x12’ room will not sound enjoyable to you. | |
| Toslink S/PDIF Cable Length Normally optical signals are all or none with dropouts. Is the cracking sound possibly signal dropouts. A higher quality (thicker gauge) could and should allow a longer run. I have use pricy ones and super cheap 15’ runs and both sounded the same ... | |
| Best Preamp and Amp combination, interesting finding!!! Good write up. The volume control has one of the biggest potentials to mess up your sound. This is the critical part of the preamp. I have found amps don’t really pull away from cheaper amps until the $6000+ range. $10,000 amps sound a lot better ... | |
| Is using an Apple Computer a weak link...? Not imo. Tidal, and roon will be the weak link. If you have a current Mac give apples new high Rez a try. https://youtu.be/bRDGh4Ph6ok | |
| Bowers and Wilkins 800 Series Discontinued? I was at a local dealer a month ago and in a casual conversation they expected the new 800 line to be out this year. | |
| Less than satisfying sound with non-audiophile recordings Some simple toe out might fox your issue too. | |
| Bowers and Wilkins 800 Series Discontinued? I wonder if they will finally shelve down the highs. I bet there is a zero % chance lol. | |
| Revel F36 vs. Elac 247.4 Too bad to hear about the Revel support. I assume it is because they import finished products and parts. Where companies that assemble in the US would have parts. Sad state of things these days. | |
| Revel Performa F228 Be speaker... thoughts? Well if you don’t want comments you will not get any…. Buy some and see if you like them… they have no real flaw and multiple measurements back that up. Does not mean you will like them if you like some coloration. I like wilsons better even thou... |