jimman2
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| What’s really hurting the audio hobby? Elizabeth - without thinking too long name 10 great pop/rock songs that have been released and played on the radio in the past 5 years - I can but none of them can be heard on the radio. I assume our youth buy their music based on what is played ... | |
| Under $3K streaming dac suggestions, Roon Ready? The Nativ Wave is their DAC | |
| Under $3K streaming dac suggestions, Roon Ready? @audiotroy - I always enjoy your knowledgeable posts and I don’t find you to come across as a salesman at all - you tend to show a lot of restraint in light of the negativity thrown your way and provide some very very useful first hand information... | |
| Rogue Audio vs Vincent Audio If you didn’t hear much difference between your Denon and the Vincent and then not much difference between the Vincent and the Rogue then why change? Both the Rogue and Vincent should clearly outperform the Denon and it should be noticeable or ... | |
| looking for a tube preamps that doesn't sound like SS I have read the 2002-2019 thread on the Supratek preamps and am very tempted to buy one. I would read through the thread | |
| The best speaker for a small room...at any price point. KEF LS-50 with a SVS SB-1000 is excellent in a small room @ about $2K. My room is about the same size as what OP proposed. I compared to my Pioneer S2EX ($6K) and the KEF system is much much better at least in my small room. I recently bought... | |
| Used vs New vs Vintage vs Floorstanding vs Bookshelf vs ..... OMG! Several years ago I went to a somewhat local hi-fi store that had a nice selection of vintage used speakers to upgrade my speakers. My budget was intended to be in the $800 range. I listened to a few different mid sized speakers and after so the... | |
| What are the best speakers you have ever owned and why? I’m spaced constrained and have Pioneer S2EX, KEF LS50 and Tekton Impact Monitor - hands down the Tektons NAD M22McIntosh C40Cary DMC 600Nativ Vita | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? sfcfran - have you had the chance to listen to the KEF LS50 and if so how do they compare to the Paradigm Signature S2? The KEFs seem to share most if not all of the characteristics you mention for the Paradigm, other than the cost. I think bo... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? yo +1 - KEF LS50 without a subwoofer - at normal 60yo I am wondering if natural hearing loss at higher frequencies would thereby accentuate sensitivity to lower/bass frequencies (seems that would be the case). The KEF LS50 to me is the little spe... | |
| Magico A3 vs. Focal Kanta 2 Congrats but good golly those are massive speakers and I have no idea how they were wife approved, which was in your initial criteria (has she been sainted?). I would have been really tempted to try the risk free audition of the Tekton Ulfberht i... | |
| What's happened to the used high end market recently?? Sales are tough....:0( elizabeth... I've used some real price examples and don't think the stuff I've tried to sell has been overpriced (not that you are implicating me). If something has sold several times on eBay at $1900 I think I should be able to reasonably expect... | |
| What's happened to the used high end market recently?? Sales are tough....:0( I have a small retail business for past 2 years - I am still not sure if the economy all that good despite the stock market - lol. There are at least 2 types of high end audio equipment buyers (and this mimics our society) - those that have enoug... | |
| What's happened to the used high end market recently?? Sales are tough....:0( sfcfran - I totally agree. I had higher expectations mostly because the Vega is still currently sold/produced, and although the retail price is still $3495 it is always on sale now for $2799. My asking price point was about 1/3 lower than the cur... | |
| What's happened to the used high end market recently?? Sales are tough....:0( I had an Auralic Vega listed recently here for $1950 (it had an original price of $3495). It was less than a year old and almost mint. 2 sold on on eBay for about/above my asking price. Most of the offers I received (here) were in the $950 to ... |