jjss49
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| Low Level Listening and Distortion interesting thread when listening with intent (not background music etc etc) i am listening in the 75-85 db range (avg-peak) at my listening position, with speakers in a 11-12 ft triangle... i haven’t considered what the amps do at very low volumes | |
| Are Harbeth the only warm and euphonic speakers in town ? proac tablette 2000 or response 2 spendor sp1/2 or sp2/3 stirling ls3/6 graham ls5/9 older sonus fabers like concertino domus or guarneri passive buchardts wharfedale linton heritage (bit lower quality than the ones above) you can also talk... | |
| Is Tidal messing up for you? Would you Choose Amazon over it? tidal and qobuz are clearly a cut above spotify, amazon, deezer, etc etc in sound quality in their higher res feeds the delta between tidal and qobuz is more subtle, there are other recent threads describing the sonic differences tidal has the m... | |
| Anyone using a LAN isolator? in principle, the lan isolation is best and most critically applied at the ethernet inlet to the audio streamer where the signal is created to be sent to the dac/renderer -- sometimes the streamer and dac coupled in the same unit... | |
| Totally overwhelmed (speakers under $5k) Magnepan 1.7i or 3.7i with a Accuphase E-5000 and your done ! Best Kept Secret based on maggie’s lasting commercial success and continual improvement, i would hardly say they are a ’best kept secret’... that said, many a high end audiophile... | |
| Is Tidal messing up for you? Would you Choose Amazon over it? Is Tidal messing up for you? Would you Choose Amazon over it? for me, no and no | |
| What are you streaming tonight? shawn colvin uncovered | |
| Wilson Alexia - speaker placement question https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOI8py0DAC8 from the man himself... | |
| which amp for bedroom system with harbeth 7es-3 XD hi paul, most tube amps i have used seem to me to have too tubby bass when driving the big harbeths, i would say only audio research ref series tube amps (i have ref75 and ref110) approach the neighborhood of acceptability in that aspect... of cou... | |
| T+A Made in Germany imo taiwan has the best chinese food in the world, still very true to many regional styles, has been the case for some time hong kong is very good but more geared towards southern chinese styles, guangzhou, taishan, and so on, less credible for n... | |
| which amp for bedroom system with harbeth 7es-3 XD i am a big hegel fan, own/have owned many many of their units, up and down the line one of my favorite ss amps of all time is the h20 hegel has an ultra clean low distortion sound, dead silent ink black background... there is zero introduced sib... | |
| If you’ve heard an iFi Zen stream, anything better under $1k? @soix i have both here but have not had the time (nor motivation recently) to carefully set up a comparison... i was planning to a few months back but then started messing with roon and sonore opticalrendu and related power supplies i did not f... | |
| looking to match a new speaker to ARC REF75se you’re doing your excellent amp a disservice with $3000 speakers while respecting op’s stated budget, i very much agree with @soix on what he said the ref75se is roughly a 10 grand retail price unit, and still 6-7 grand used (and worth every p... | |
| looking to match a new speaker to ARC REF75se if you like the sound of your vandys stick to them, esp if you prefer to spend less the proacs will sound more incisive more intimate but still with warmth and magic to the voices, mid bass will be cleaner faster, deep bass maybe a touch better ... | |
| looking to match a new speaker to ARC REF75se worth consideration... within budget lovely synergy with ref75 https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649804268-pristine-pair-of-proac-response-25-cherry-speakers/ no affiliation so proceed with due caution and due diligence |