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| trying to contact Albertsportis One more word in praise of Albert. I bought a pair of Focal Sopra 3’s from him in red a few years ago. They were in perfect condition in the original boxes. At the time it was the most expensive piece of audio equipment I’d ever purchased. He sold... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? The Last Werewolf by The Real Tuesday Weld. Amazon music CD quality. | |
| Emotiva not so good I think this is being unkind to Emotiva. I have 6 of their amps, ranging from XPA's (monoblock and 5 channel version), plus one of their low-cost BasX amps. Plus I have 3 of their XMC-1 processors. I also own their speakers and subwoofers (althoug... | |
| Anthem or Emotiva I'm going to go against the flow and say Emotiva :-).I standardized on the XMC-1 (I have three of them) and moved to them from the Pioneer SC-1222K. Couldn't be happier with the sound upgrade ! | |
| Emotiva T1 Towers - Audiophile Quality or Just Home Theatre Towers? The T2s weren't out when I bought my T1's (the whole 5 channel system was on offer for around $1100 so I didn't think I could go wrong, and I wasn't dissapointed). Yes the GoldenEar Triton Ones are better, I have them in a HT setup in the family r... | |
| Emotiva T1 Towers - Audiophile Quality or Just Home Theatre Towers? Well the Triton Ones are $5k, whereas the Emotiva T1's were $699. Getting 80% of the way there is pretty.damn good IMHO. I doubt most people could tell the difference. If I only had $1k to spend I'd happily buy the T1's and never look back. | |
| Emotiva T1 Towers - Audiophile Quality or Just Home Theatre Towers? I had a pair (part of their 5.1 deal) driven by their XMC-1 processor and BasX A500 five channel consumer amp. I was incredibly impressed. I would say they were 80% of my GoldenEar Triton Ones at a fraction of the price (with the Dirac room correc... | |
| Anyone have GoldenEar Triton I Speakers? What AMP driving them. I'm driving my 5.1 surround-sound system (GoldenEar Triton 1 left and right) with an Emotiva XPA-5 gen2 amp. Sounds fantastic ! | |
| Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range fast wrote:"Thanks everyone. Like many of you, I have to consider the WAF."I have the Focal Sopra 3's in Imperial Red, and the spouse considers them as a piece of art. Yeah, they're *that* beautiful.The fact they sound great is a bonus for her :-). | |
| Looking for speaker recommendations that I can purchase on Amazon.com The Emotiva's are good. Really good. I have a pair of the T1's and absolutely *love* them. My neighbor went out and bought an identical pair within a few hours of listening to mine.Emotiva also have a 30 day return no questions asked policy, so if... | |
| Goldenear Reference Vs. Focal Sopra #2.....pocket the $5k difference and don't look back? Sorry if anyone thought I was being disparaging about 'serious listening' and the GoldenEars. All I meant was when I decide to listen to music, I usually chose the room with the Focal Sopra 3's.I'm not saying anything bad about the GoldenEars with... | |
| Goldenear Reference Vs. Focal Sopra #2.....pocket the $5k difference and don't look back? I have the Focal Sopra 3's and the GoldenEar Triton ones. The Focals are better for music (I paired them with a GoldenEar xxl sub).I mostly use the GoldenEars in a 5.1 movie setup, and I love them, but when I want to do serious listening it's wit... | |
| Whats in your second system? Second system is a pair of GoldenEar Triton ones, driven by an Emotiva XMC-1 through an Emotiva XPA-5 (gen 2) with GoldenEar centre channel, surround and subwoofer.Tertiary system :-) is a pair of Focal Electra Be1027s, driven by an Emotiva XMC-1 ... | |
| Looking for a good DAC under $500 I really like the Chord Mojo which can be had for $500 or thereabouts. | |
| Soundstage and explosive dynamics? How about the GoldenEar Triton ones for $5k (or $8k if you want to spring for the new Triton reference).I have them in my living room, with the built in subs they have dynamic range, and they certainly seem to disappear from the soundstage to me. |