kahlenz
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| Decisive moments your your audio journey When I tossed my Realistic Receiver in the bin and built a Dynaco ST70 (paired with a PAS 3x I bought used). I bought these components because they were cheap and I saved money by soldering it up myself. When I turned it on, I cried. Even throu... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? weakest things of harbeths are these.Far away from natural drum set, cymbal shimmer, bowed bass I respectfully disagree. Just got done listening to Zuill Bailey's most recent attempt at the Bach cello suites (Octave Records OCT-0008), and ... | |
| What phono cartridge is suited for metal and heavy rock? Why not try out an MC cart? They tend to show a bit more detail. I wouldn't go much above the aforementioned Dynavector. For your table and arm a Sumiko Bluepoint would be a good fit, or a Hana EL (or EH, whatever matched best with the M1 LPS).... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? I've been in this hobby since the 60's and I've heard everything known to man. I've owned horns, electrostatics and a range of dynamic speakers. I've listened to every kind of music in every kind of room. I'm older and wiser now. I have a modes... | |
| What a pile of Schiit I have bought a number of Schiit items. They were all good values and performed better than expected. One of the reasons they are good values is the relative lack of customer service. It makes no sense chat up an inexpensive piece of equipment. ... | |
| Why Are People So Concerned About How Others Spend Their Money? In a double-blind A/B test at normal listening levels most people would have a hard time distinguishing between LS50s and speakers that cost 100x as much. They would, however, immediately be able to tell the difference between the LS50s and lapt... | |
| Why Are People So Concerned About How Others Spend Their Money? "Having owned Grado60s and LS-50s, I can tell you there is an audio world out there that is a quantum leap past that level of gear. But I do agree with what you were trying to say. " I would venture to say that the difference between the LS 50w s... | |
| Why Are People So Concerned About How Others Spend Their Money? @larsman I would stongly recommend using a subwoofer system with the LS 50s. I another recent post on another thread I recommended a Rythmik sub for the Kefs, but there are many out there that will fill the bill, including distributed bass arrays... | |
| Why Are People So Concerned About How Others Spend Their Money? I like pointing out you can get a whole lot of audio without spending a whole lot of money. Most of the time my posts are honest assessments, sometimes they are intended as humor. I appreciate the fact that some people spend a lot of money on gear... | |
| Looking for suggestions on speakers and an integrated amp for a second system. If I were starting from scratch with that budget I would look at Kef LS50 wireless speakers and mate them with a Rythmik Audio F12 sub (or maybe look into REL or even Kef's own subs but I think the Rythmik will give you more bang for the buck). I... | |
| Harbeth again…or other speakers for acoustic music? While you are trying to figure this out buy a pair of P3s to listen to in the meantime. Might save you some money in the long run. | |
| Introspective of this forum: "Does the Audiophile Community Have a Promlem?" I Say yes!!! Duking it out over whether Pepe's is better than Sally's is like arguing over whether speaker cables should be the same length – it depends on where you are. | |
| Short list of musical subwoofers lanx0003 OP -"used correctly"? Who sez? I set up my REL sub as they recommend in the manual and it sounds great. You might be using your equipment incorrectly and I suggest reading the manual. | |
| Introspective of this forum: "Does the Audiophile Community Have a Promlem?" I Say yes!!! I enjoy the rants and baiting. It's like watching a soap opera with a stereo equipment theme. The snarkier the better! I certainly hope nobody is actually getting upset by this. "Riled up" is fine, though. If you want to see an active toxic fo... | |
| Finally Learned: Subs serve much larger role than adding more low bass oldhvymec Once you learn how to integrate a sub properly you will appreciate the qualities REL brings to their speaker line. Plenty of good information in this thread (and some bad). |