jimmy2615
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| Bookshelf Speakers for Luxman 590axii? In a small room that amp will be fine for most speakers. I owned it in a 21 x 14 foot room and ran YG Carmels and Harbeth 30.2 just fine. For reference, I listen mostly in the 80dB’s level at the most. If you’re looking to go a lot louder perha... | |
| Discerning a difference between streamers is difficult...only me or common for all? No, you’re not insane. Differences with digital equipment can be quite subtle. I find the recording used to hear differences can be important. A good solo piano recording often helps to reveal differences. And with a streamer, it may not be in the... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? If you’re sticking with USB, a newer DAC may be better depending on its USB implementation and interior clock. Ideally, what you would want to do to compare apples to apples, is get a really good streamer like an Aurender N20, then plug its SPDIF... | |
| Current or Previous Harbeth Owners… I found YG Carmels were more enjoyable/musical than M30.2s in a medium sized room powered by Luxman L-590 AXii. Not by much though, and they’re 3 x more expensive. Harbeths are hard to beat, depending on what you listen to. In the same room I pref... | |
| Amp for Sopra No. 1 I own Kantas, and kept hearing all the hoopla about synergy with Naim. I’ve never owned or heard anything from Naim. I tried a demo Supernait 3 from TMR, and liked it so much I sent it back in and got a NAP250. What I like about the combo is th... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? Every system can sound good if set up right, even a Bose. If you appreciate music, and appreciate even more what someone can do with ‘low-Fi” you can find something to like in every system nearly. Now, if they have it set up poorly, I would say it... | |
| Tube amps with Magico a3 speakers? I now have Focal Kanta 3 speakers, and one Primaluna Evo300 stereo amp at 35 w/ch sounds great on them. | |
| Tube amps with Magico a3 speakers? I had the A3s with Primaluna dialogue HP monoblocks running KT120s (150 w/ ch). It sounded slow and boring. I later tried a Luxman L509x and the speakers came alive. Technically, at 4 ohms the Luxman has a bit more power (70 w/ch more if I rem... | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? The BP17 is great with the 2.5, best match I had with those amps. There is a brand synergy there for sure. I haven’t heard the BP19 or BR20. The Benchmark LA4 is one of the best preamps I’ve ever had, especially as far as neutrality goes. It is a ... | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? @kevemaher thats why I recommend not using them as monoblocks, which is what Bryston is talking about. In this case they are bridged and each amp becomes one channel and doubles the power into 8 ohms. Try to find specs though on what they put into... | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? Agree with YYZ I would not use the 2.5s in mono, but as I recommended in my post if you use them to vertically biamp your speakers (since they are biwirable) there are many advantages to that over a larger stereo amp. | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? By the way, the advice on looking at preamps may be good also if yours is truly a ‘softer’ sounding unit. I preferred the Bryston amps with a Bryston preamp, it provided a certain jump factor that was very much missing with other preamps I tried, ... | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? Instead of a bigger Bryston get another 2.5B and vertically biamp. I did this to good effect when I had Revel 228 Be. Don’t run them mono, but use each channel of one amp to power the highs and lows of one speaker, or horizontally one amp the high... | |
| Time For a CD Player Upgrade Another vote for Marantz SA-10 (or Ruby) - very smooth high frequencies. | |
| Upgrade from Revel 228be? I went from the 228Be to Focal Kanta 3 which was a big improvement for the things I value. The Focals (especially using Gaia footers) image much better. Even though their cabinets are less inert than the Revels, they sound like speakers with heavy... |