kiddman
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| Preamp for Pass Labs X150.5 or X250.5 I've a lot of experience with Pass and unless you are willing to spend a LOT more money than the Pass preamps go with Pass. And in the cases of spending a LOT more money even most of those won't be as good. | |
| Turntable with stable speed. Basis turntables are incredibly speed stable. | |
| Focal 1038be or Revel Ultima Salon 2? You guys are wrong about the metal drivers. These speakers do NOT sound metallic. Don't look at drivers and mentally project the sound you expect them to make. Just listen.The Salon 2 are one of the finest speakers ever made, period. They have ext... | |
| First Impression: Vivid Audio B1 Speakers Contrary to what makers of side firing woofered speakers contend, I have found them to be trickier with room loading and just plain difficult to impossible to get to work to full potential in many rooms. Somehow I feel I have not heard the Vivids ... | |
| Magico Comparison Onhwy61 says: "From reading this thread I've concluded that Magico is the new Wilson."Right on! Not too refined (mass market does not need to be, but plenty of tizz in the treble, they reach out and grab you, and ads and reviews (is that redundant... | |
| Any bad experience with wilson audio sasha w/p? You are right. Pride of ownership! Who cares if you can't listen to it, you can show it off! Such is the state of high end audio in these times.....a shame. | |
| Less than top line reel-to-reel worth it? Reel to reel is so cool for those of us who were around when it represented the best. Further, it conjures up notions of playing tapes in a studio situation, tapes of the quality that we never had access to. What could be more inspiring than huge ... | |
| Magico Comparison Mapman says: "OP, what difference does it make what others think or like?"When one is buying an expensive item, listening to what a broad group of folks say are negatives can be valuable so that one can go listen for those purported weaknesses, wh... | |
| Magico Comparison Marin26, and many others, are not really paying attention to that which they do not want to admit: the possibility that there are some true sonic characteristics of Magico that put off some listeners in a major way. Some aggressive types frequency... | |
| Magico Comparison The Q3 is one of the poorer speakers Magico has made...not that I really like any of them. Audio is such a "what's new, I'm bored already" world these days, so the Q3 got lots of news. Wolf proclaimed to the top of his voice how much better the Q3... | |
| Focal 1038be or Revel Ultima Salon 2? No Focal, not the very top, can equal the refinement, low level detail, coherency, clarity of the Salon 2. Focal is an honest, real company, tries to be green, has a wide lineup, great line for a dealer. But it cannot compete with that stunning ac... | |
| Speakers vs. headphones I use Audeze LCD-3 along with very perfectionist speakers costing 50 or more times as much. I miss nothing except the feel of bass, but I get the "impact in my head", bass down to 10hz, and love the experience. It is the experience of music, of ea... | |
| Any bad experience with wilson audio sasha w/p? Ricred1, agreed, guys like this are so wrapped up in being a guru and touting their superior hearing and evaluation skills that this becomes their main mission, and what they say loses impact and credibility.Usually you hear about soundstage, exac... | |
| Magico S5 vs Tannoy Westminster Royal SE Thanks Devilboy and Charles1. It is unfortunate most folks learn about music and the sound of instruments through stereo systems. It takes a long evolution for them to realize what they really should be after. Some never do, cycling through hi-fi ... | |
| Why so many JL Audio Fathom subs for sale I wonder When I heard a single JL in an extreme high end 2 channel system I was very impressed. Sounded like the real thing, very, very good sub. I would not worry that they show up used! |