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| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? @yesiam_a_pirate You're missing something huge in your argument. Large manufacturers can scale production and outsource it to China in order to save a lot of money on production costs. Smaller boutique manufacturers can't do that, unless they dro... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? @thyname That's an interesting direction. Only because these forums exist (mostly) to validate your purchases. Heaven forbid you overspend on a piece of equipment. From experience (outside of Hi-Fi): high-end = extra hassle and extra costs. The ... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? As someone with poor taste in general and not the best hearing... Yeah totally. My opinion is void. But it's not the 20 year olds with prisitine hearing who will buy this high end audio equipment. The prices are too darn high. The 20 yo will like... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass @lanx0003 Sub placement matters. There are online calculators. Plug in the room dimensions. It’s a lot like speaker placement. The corner will make the sub sound boomier. From my limited experience, my poorly setup sub (REL T5x) makes an appre... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass @tunefuldude I would personally drive to your home with my OGYs LOL | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass @grislybutter Amen! Brother. I could happily live with the Dynaudio Evoke. @lanx0003 The margins are pretty slim on the OGY. The drivers alone are 380€ for a pair (made in France). If you factor in the cabinet (assembled in Poland) then 1500€ fo... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass The Dynaudio Evoke speakers have "big bass for their size" and they should be easy to power with any amp. They're more like entry-level speakers however. But don't sleep on them. I personally use Closer Acoustics OGY speakers. I don't think that... | |
| Braun CSV 60 @noromance Thanks for the reply. With some thought the Braun amplifier seems like a hassle with the interface. The Unison Research Simply Italy is the perfect amplifier, but it’s 2500€. On the used market in my area I found a Unison Research S2... | |
| KEF's meta material gimmick? @seanheis1 I think we’re on the same page. The “clinical” sound of the LS50 is very desirable actually. I can’t fault it. This is what people expect from KEF. The modern industrial design gives it away. The LS50 delivers the goods. if that’s n... | |
| KEF's meta material gimmick? @yyzsantabarbara I have transmission line speakers. I want that back wave. It amplifies the bass. I listened to the LS50 Meta Wireless in a shop and they were really good! They definitely have a more "Hi-Fi" sound than my Closer Acoustics OGY. B... | |
| Looking for Speaker Recommendations I agree with @kota1 . I sampled the KEF LS60 and they're perfect for rock and and home theatre. They're very much a KEF speaker, i.e. no personality (no obvious coloration). I just have a few nitpicks: - The design. The LS60 looks a lot like a ... | |
| Did you ever buy too much bass? Hey! Small update. I accidentally swiped left on the BluOS app for the Bluesound Node and found the audio menu! It only took me 2 years. Wow. So the crossover point for the sub (in the app) was set at 40Hz, I bumped it to 80Hz... and problem sol... | |
| New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones) @singintheblues There are hundreds of UK speaker brands to choose from. I'm in a similar situation in France with French brands. Can't you audition UK gear in your local area? I say this because US brands like Klipsch and JBL are greatly overpri... | |
| Building a new system after many years away, need some suggestions ... ! An old Rotel amp sounds good to me! Just add a pair of Elipson Heritage XLS 15 and you're done! You'll get the "full range". These speakers sound fantastic and they're 92db sensitive so the old Rotel won't break a sweat. The argument for tubes is ... | |
| New Fischer & Fischer Audio 670 Speakers : Made Out Of SLATE.. @perkri I watched a bunch of Real World Audio's videos on Youtube. He's obsessed with single driver speakers using active cabinets (voigt pipes, folded voigt pipes, transmission lines). Paraphrasing: Real World Audio actually uses the violin ana... |