jfrmusic
Responses from jfrmusic
| Why don’t more members post their systems in their profile? Please let me know to do this?? | |
| Has a Power Conditioner Improved Your Sound? As the OP I wanted to let you know that I have been using a Shunyata Gemini 8 Passive Power Conditioner with a Gamma Power Cable since last year. I also compared it to the Denali but preferred the Gemini. I think this is because the Denali was an ... | |
| What decibel level do you listen at? What is ideal? I listen to large scale classical most of the time. In all cases my volume control is set and I never change it. Highest peak is 74db. Speakers are 7’ apart. I sit 8.5’ from them. At that level soundstage locks in and detail retrieval is excellen... | |
| Favorite Newly Discovered Female Vocalist Thanks to everyone who has contributed toward this topic/thread I started. It has been more successful than I could imagine. Thanks to all of you and Qobuz I have many new female artists to discover. It’s amazing how many of these artists I’ve nev... | |
| Battle of the affordables The Harbeth C7ES-XD! They disappear and deliver extremely good response for $4800 new. Most musically adept speaker I’ve ever owned. | |
| Favorite Newly Discovered Female Vocalist Katie Melua Beautiful Voice, Great Original Songs, Beautifully Recorded. Every Album a Gem. ( Except for me The House. An outlier) You will not be disappointed especially if you like a more soft, calm approach to songwriting and performing. ... | |
| Network Switches I connect my Internet to my Etherregen with a quality Blue Jeans Ethernet Cable. Then I connect the Etherregen to my Aurender N20 Streamer with a DH Labs Ethernet Cable. No need for additional switch. The sound is excellent. I have most of my ripp... | |
| Favorite Newly Discovered Female Vocalist Yes, as the OP I want to thank everyone for their contributions. It’s amazing how many female artists there are that many of us have never heard sing. Quite a lot of listening to be done. Thanks to streaming most of these artists can be easily fou... | |
| Well Recorded Classical Symphonic Recordings @celtic66 I agree Challenge Classics always produces dynamic andvbeautiful recordings. | |
| Recommendations for a new subwoofer? @mylogic Yes the same conclusion I had. The Harbeths don’t really need a sub. And if I wanted to add that octave between 20 and 30 I would need a sub with a crossover below 30 and a steep fall off that does not affect the upper bass and low ... | |
| Recommendations for a new subwoofer? I have struggled with integrating subs. I tried dual RELs with my previously owned ATC 11s with some success but had none with my new Harbeth C7ES-XDs. No matter what setting I experienced a loss of transparency, increased midrange warmth and a le... | |
| Why most $3000 and lower DAC’s sound almost identical Not just the Digital to Analog conversion that makes a difference but also how the Analog output of the DAC is implemented. IMHO up sampling contributes to a less transparent digital sound. Probably why most Ladder DACs sound more analog like. | |
| HOW can components be so expensive, and yet customer service is so bad. Accuphase distributor always responds to emails within a day or two Aurender and MSB Customer support is excellent. You can call and get phone help. | |
| Integrated Amp Pairing for Harbeth 30.2 Accuphase, Luxman, Hegel or MacIntosh. All are very compatible with Harbeth. I have Accuphase and it’s a perfect match. Stay away from bright clinical amps. They poison the Harbeth sound. | |
| New Accuphase Factory Tour From my experience it will continue to improve its sound. After 400 or so hours it really opens up least my P4600 did. Highs will get smoother with the sound having no grain and the bass will get tighter with the soundstage expanding. |