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| Esoteric S-05 compared to the Esoteric F-03a (Bump) Anyone? | |
| Accuphase E600 or Esoteric F-03A @smoffatt Are you still enjoying the F-03a, and what ARC separates did it replace? I am strongly considering the Esoteric myself, and I have a lot of experience with ARC Ref 3 and 5 and Ref 75. Thanks | |
| Esoteric S-05 30 watt Class A Amp Just wanted to check back in. The amp warms up and sounds very good at about 35 mins and I can’t make out any further improvements after about 45mins warm up. Leaving it on all the time does nothing for the sound for me. It sounds the same if b... | |
| Help Building an Audio Room I figured I would check in on this to share some 'results'. I ended up having the builders frame the 15x15' room 14x13.5x10h' room and added the sound/fire insulation between the drywall and the poured concrete walls. Also, there is low-pile ca... | |
| Esoteric S-05 30 watt Class A Amp Checking in to share some observations with my "leave it on" experiment. At 20-hours of on time I checked in and was impressed by further transparency, texture/inner detail, a greatly reduced sibilance, and firmer bass at the expense of nothing.... | |
| Esoteric S-05 30 watt Class A Amp Thanks everyone. @bigtwin yeah. I did that, but it seemed to be a full off. It took I would say 30mins to sound pretty good and 45-60 to seem fully warm. I can live with the 20-30mins, that matches a good decanting window much of the time. ;... | |
| Esoteric S-05 30 watt Class A Amp Thank you for sharing. Does yours have a standby mode? | |
| Focal Sopra 3 vs Wilson Audio Sasha W/P (series 1) Thanks, Dave and Troy. I know you all take a lot of 'punches' here, and I've never been able to figure out why. You are always forthright in disclosing you are a dealer. I couldn't shake the Diablos. They were just shades of different and be... | |
| Focal Sopra 3 vs Wilson Audio Sasha W/P (series 1) @alfa100 This is testing memory, but hopefully helpful. Generally I have found Focal Sopra 1, 2, 3 (but NOT Diablo EVO...more later) to be fundamentally - house sound - different than Wilson Audio in the following ways. (Note: these observations... | |
| Focal Diablo EVO vs Prior Gen(s) @mtbiker29 @simplystereo I actually have had both Sopra 1 (and 2 and 3) and Diablo EVO. I had Sopra 1 right before Diablo in the same room and system. PrimaLuna Evo 400 separates Nordost Heimdal 2 xlr and speaker Lumin A1. I found the S... | |
| Focal Diablo EVO vs Prior Gen(s) @simplystereo thats good news. I’ve had EVO and loved them. Im hoping to go with Sopra new or used Diablo in previous Gen. Thank you. | |
| Help Building an Audio Room Thank you all so much! I really am overwhelmed by the community, ideas, and support on here. You all are awesome! I’m going to go with 13x15x9 and mobile in-room sound treatment. It’s not a forever home. If it turns out to be a forever home, when... | |
| Help Building an Audio Room Per the tool, looks like 13x15 x 9H is fairly decent and (barely) within the Bolt Area. That might a a good starting place. To create the 15' wall, just leave as normal. The 13' wall could be built with bookshelves in most of it. E.g. like th... | |
| Help Building an Audio Room Thanks @mesch and @dlcockrum I really appreciate the thoughtful input and sharing. I'm stuck with the 15x15' max size, and of course I don't want to turn a medium/small room into a small/tiny room. 😁 I'm trying to balance it. I'll play with... | |
| Help Building an Audio Room Just ordered the book. Thanks for the recommendation. |