justanotherhifiguy

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Best bookshelf speakers
How do you guys feel about Coherent speakers? 
Big speakers in small room at moderate volume levels
I’ve decided to get Coherent gr12 speaker. They will mate wonderfully with low watt tube amplification. 
Buchardt S400s
I would get coherent speakers over these, I think. 
Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K)
Bo1962, you act like you know more than everyone and there is a smug sense of superiority to your posts. It’s quite arrogant and I can see how it rubs people the wrong way. I am not “making it personal” I am calling as I see it. 
Speakers for a very small room
Budget: like to keep it under $5,000. I am happy to buy used.for the record I have tried the following speakers in my room and was less than impressed with the sound which makes me think that my room was just too small for these speakers.kef ls50 ... 
Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs)
I wonder how the PRE would sound with some paper in oil caps? It only uses two so it wouldn’t be that hard of a mod? 
Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs)
i think isreal uses his top of the line statement cabling inside throughout for his PRE i dont think youd need to upgrade the wiring inside. dont know about the caps. 
Coherent speakers from Canada
@br3098 May I ask what size your room is? 
Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs)
Have you thought about using paper in oil caps? 
Is this the end of HEA?
I dont think high end audio is going to go away. The pricing is just going to get worse. I expect in 10 years time things will be even more expensive.  
Coherent speakers from Canada
Very big room,  no doubt any wel made speaker would sound excellent in it.. 
Coherent speakers from Canada
How large is your room? @whoopycat  
Big speakers in small room at moderate volume levels
@tomic601 that hasn’t been my experience. I had JBL Synthesis and they suggested 16” minimum from side boundaries. Indeed I did set them up 16” and they sounded great. So it seems to be that depending on the design of the speaker the manual will s... 
Big speakers in small room at moderate volume levels
That’s the gr15  
Big speakers in small room at moderate volume levels
I took a look through the user manual for the reference series and it shows in the setup guide 3 meters recommended distance from the side boundaries. i deduced thatthe kef ref 1/3/5 all require a room of at least 15 feet on the wall they are to b...