jmbatkh
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| Speakers around 4K: Ascend vs Tekton vs Vapor At that price point, nothing will compare to the Selah Audio Tempestas for truthfullness and musicality. They are a speaker with no sonic compromises except for the lowest bass.After 44 years in the hobby and over 250 pairs of quality speakers, th... | |
| Magico VS Daedalus VS Marten VS Spendor Your electronics would work very well with the Daedalus. You probably know that Dan Wright uses them as his references. All these are fine speakers, but the Daedalus have all the detail, yet are very comfortable and... well, natural. The sound mor... | |
| Looking to replace my Platinum Audio Solo's I owned Solos, and AAD 2001s. My main speakers now are Selah Tempestas. They give the dynamics of the others, but are wider range, play louder, have even more detail, but are perfectly balanced. SOTA drivers and design. Base price, at $3300, makes... | |
| Big Step Up from Totem Hawks? 10k Speakers? I second Daedalus Athena, true works of audio art, but if you want to save half the $, the Selah Audio Tempesta Extreme is very close overall, albeit a bit different tonally. Both would work well with your room size and electronics. | |
| Monitors that play huge Selah Audio Tempesta Extreme. | |
| Top monitors 3K - 6K range Selah Audio Tempestas. Easily better than those models on your list that I've heard (and owned), C1, VL-2, 805, Usher, and Totem. A friend owns Vapor Cirrus and he prefers my Tempestas to those too. I've not heard the MMMicro. A great speaker by a... | |
| Perlite Speaker Stand Filler I've thought about this. To damp ringing in a metal structure, you need mass applied to the structure. Lightweight materials simply won't have much effect on this. Gravel, because of the space between granules, is lighter than sand but does very e... | |
| Perlite Speaker Stand Filler I like pea gravel. It is not as messy to work with as sand, is cheap, and has good damping properties. | |
| Seeking thoughts on Apogee Caliber Ribbon speakers Apogees don't just need power, they need lots of current. Make sure your amp is rated for 2 ohm loads and you should be fine. A 4 ohm rated amp often doen't have the current drive. Icepower amps such as PS Audio or Wyred4Sound are reasonably price... | |
| Accuton based speaker list? Selah Audio | |
| Amazing Speakers-Aurum Cantus I've not heard the Magic Flutes, but I own AC Leisure 3 which have a very similar mid driver (which the Eficion also uses), with the AC G3si tweeter. It is a very refined sounding speaker that should get more respect stateside. Looking at the magi... | |
| What’s hot in monitors from $2K to $3K in 2012? Selah Audio Tempestas in stock cabinets. $3.3k gets sound that is SOTA in many ways. | |
| Acou Zen vs Anaysis Plus vs Cardas Clear Sp. Cable I use AZ Satori Shotguns and in my high-rez system they do all the things you specify, plus adding a slam and focus to the bottom end like no other I've tried, and I've tried lots of cables. Can't comment on the others, but the AZ are spot on, IMO... | |
| Soliloquy 6.5 speaker They are great speakers, reviewed in S'Phile a number of years ago. I doubt there are any of those drivers around. I think they may have been designed by Phil Jones. As a long shot you could try contacting him through Phil Jones Pure Sound and ask... | |
| Devore Nines and Daedalus Athena comparison? RE: the tweeter. In shows and in short listens it may note be as flashy as most, but in my friend's system, powered by Shindo amps, the high end is truly wonderful for long term listening. It doesn't call attention to itself, but ALL the detail, n... |