julie_priest
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| upgrade Dynaudio Special 40 to Kef Reference 1 Lose the amp and other paraphernalia, and listen to Dynaudio Core 59 or Genelec 8351B in your space. Both are active pro-grade models, and excellent at what they do. For modern living rooms or bedrooms in apartments, these will be hard to beat, at... | |
| Considering moving to separates with a tube preamp-appreciate recommendations Hegel 390 is an excellent integrated. Your issue, as has been pointed out, is Dynaudio Evoke 50. That's their second from bottom lineup. Stop trying to fix the preamp etc and adding more clutter in pursuit of a delusion. Look at better speakers, i... | |
| WHEN DID YOU FINALLY STOP... With a simple speaker system that brings joy to my ears. Dynaudio Focus 30, with Limetree Lindemann streamer. | |
| Name 3 songs where audio quality and song quality completely align Si tu me laisses - Nicolas Michaux Booth Love - Umphrey's McGee Mumbo Jumbo - Brent Lewis | |
| Accuphase and T+A T+A is excellent, but with a frustratingly sparse dealer network. If something happens, you're in for a painful exercise. Accuphase is far more established.. and yes, that tube like warmer sound is magic. | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused Can’t win this religious battle on rationality alone. "Powered speakers will fail and then what will I do" is the most idiotic refrain I’ve ever heard. My Dynaudio Focus 20XD are still perfectly fine with daily use for both music and TV after ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Be Alright by BRTHR … a surprisingly cool folk music band. Beautiful arrangements like with the song “when the waters come”. | |
| How did 70s rock music transition into 80s music? So much nonsense in this thread, esp from people who think 80s was a waste. They clearly have heard one or two Best Of 80s CDs, the pop crap that's consistent across decades (except 70s, when pop was in fact excellent music) and made their ill-inf... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @boxer12 your pointers are stellar. I've discovered some superb music thanks to your posts! THANK YOU! | |
| DAC comparison Get an RME ADE2 and get a pro quality transparent, solid build quality, no nonsense German component. It lives up to DACs five times its price that have "audiophile" fanfare etc. | |
| For those that have separate Streamers & DACS Lindemann Limetree Bridge... going into RME ADE2. Both German. Both no-nonsense and great build quality. Tried Lumin etc, sent back. No major improvement in quality to my ears (speakers are Dynaudio Focus XD... pretty decent quality powered spe... | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? @richopp "This is TOTAL HERESY, and I apologize to one of my favorite vocalists, but Linda Ronstadt's ARRANGEMENT of Smokey Robinson's "Ooo, Baby, Baby" is really good." Have you heard Seal's version from the Soul 2 album? | |
| Best value IEM phones for travel use from Android. If you could get your hands on Onkyo E700M, they have been a spectacular hidden deal. Brilliant smooth transparent sound and tighter cleaner bass than most earphones I've ever heard even at 500 bucks. Because Onkyo stopped production of these, the... | |
| Point of diminishing returns for a Network Streamers? @lalitk "Given your rest of your system, I am not at all surprised by the very small improvement from U1 Mini. " You mean my humble system? 🤣 Well when I can afford Genelec 8351B some day, I’ll invest in a Lumin setup... for now the Lindemann... | |
| Point of diminishing returns for a Network Streamers? I don't care what audiophile reviewers say or what ASR type of fanatic websites "measure". I trust my years, so this is my personal take, based on my gear. I heard a very clear upgrade in sound going from Bluesound Node (2021... which I think w... |