kennyc
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| Prospectives on Chi-Fi I don’t care which country the component is from, I only care about price, performance, sometimes a company’s longevity and product reliability. I don’t penalize people for the government they are ruled under, most are not democratically electe... | |
| Speaker recommendations :-) @lammjunkie Speaker preferences are highly subjective so it’s always best to audition yourself. Some speakers are musical like the Devore Orangutan O-96, while cutting edge Magico, Tidal generally sound neutral with Herculean efforts to stop c... | |
| Was I Expecting Too Much This discussion just seems to be a preference between the extremes of "the customer is treated as always right (reminds me of me Sears retail days) vs the seller can do whatever they want as they are not obligated to serve anyone (Seinfeld soup na... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! Dang, this thread is giving me a big itch to try a Magnepan. | |
| Modifying Crossovers The Volti Rival also allow crossover adjustments through resistor changes: https://voltiaudio.com/new-rival-crossover-adjustments/ looks like not necessarily improvements but rather adaptations to a room and/or user sonic preferences. | |
| What record cleaner is the most bang for the buck?? Best record cleaning method: Ultrasonic Best bang for buck ultrasonic: Kurmis Best automatic price/performance ultrasonic: Degritter | |
| What is the proper loudness for listening? "A whisper is about 30 dB, normal conversation is about 60 dB, and a motorcycle engine running is about 95 dB. Noise above 70 dB over a prolonged period of time may start to damage your hearing. Loud noise above 120 dB can cause immediate harm to ... | |
| Starting from scratch and say $5000 The “MoFi Source Point 10 speakers + HiFi Rose RS520 integrated amp/streamer/DAC” combo got a fantastic review in the TAS May/June 2023 issue as one of the top 5 systems at AXPONA 2023. | |
| Is a home theater even worth it or doable? Nakamichi Dragon 11.4.6 Home Surround System looks easily set-up and sonically very promising: https://dragon.nakamichi-usa.com/ | |
| speaker cables under 1k for Harbeth 30.2XD? Silversmith Fidelium. I surprised this wasn’t mentioned earlier as many on this forum have spoken very enthusiastically about this speaker cable so much so that this cable seemed to be a sonic bargain. Zenwave SCR14 - great price/performance | |
| Considering A 20-40 Watt Stereo SET Amp The Willsenton R800i looks like a sonic bargain at it's price point. Thanks for the tip. | |
| Starting from scratch and say $5000 also add: Odyssey Audio Khartago amplifiers - cutting edge top of the foodchain Magico speaker designer Alon Wolf occasionally uses it. An extremely rare sonic bargain | |
| Starting from scratch and say $5000 Demoing speakers yourself is best. I’ve demoed many speakers before purchasing recently. That being said, generally safe choices (based on common very popular reviews): +1 Hegel - both the H360 and H390 get great reviews, and the (optional?) D... | |
| Cartridge Advice Please Hana Umami Blue MC Cartridge 0.4mV at $2,499.99 looks promising. Likely a sonic bargain. Ortofon Cadenza Bronze a solid choice - often used in audio show demos. | |
| What can beat Wilson XVX for less money? MBL 101 X-treme |