kren0006
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| Why hasn’t B&W ever entered the ultra hi-end for speakers? “And why arent Abbey Road studios using them instead of B&W?”Prolly same reason Jordan wore Nike’s — they paid him the most | |
| Why would I need Roon? I don’t even have Roon but I’ve seen it demoed at HiFi stores. In addition to what’s been mentioned, I thought coolest feature was wiki-like info available with every selection and ability to jump around to like selections. It kinda reminded me (i... | |
| A/V Receiver Recommendation for a newby. OP: Marantz just announced its new line of AVRs this week, so last years models should either be on sale now or soon, if interested. The new models are denoted SRXX15 (where XX is either 50, 60, 70, 80). Last year's models are SRXX14; previous... | |
| best-sounding class D amp? Merrill 118 monos supposed to be really nice. Also bel canto black.i don’t think it’s crazy to buy solely because of class, if such things are important to you. In some ways not much different than some folks only interested in electric cars | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week What are these 3 variants that you mention? | |
| Wisdom of buying high priced digital gear (given new advancements underway) Maybe analogous to smartphones. Yes the tech will increases rapidly but that’s a great thing! Would you still wish to be using an iPhone 4?Before someone quibbles with the analogy yes of course the rate of advancement is different across the indu... | |
| Goldenear Triton One R vs. PSB T3. vs. Spendor D7... Trying to guess how a speaker sounds simply by looking at specs (e.g., assessing bass quality) is a pretty dangerous business. Gotta actually listen | |
| Luxman vs Pass Labs Luxman 590 specs 30w class A but see the reviews independently tested to 90w into 8 ohms so very conservatively spec’d | |
| Speakers vs source/amp budget OP: I think you have it backwards. Take an excellent $10k speaker and $10k amp, and an excellent $2k speaker and $2k amp. I say much more difference in sound quality between the two speakers than between the two amps. But it’s subjective and there... | |
| You can't have too many bass traps... Well you can accidentally kill yourself by drinking too much of something as seemingly innocuous as water, so I’m guessing answer to question is no, as it is 99.999% of time with absolute questions of the sort ; )Systems-you can’t have too many se... | |
| Wi-Fi Range Extender With extender, usually the second network has same name with a _2 extension, and requires same password. Some allow to rename or change password to something else.Since home audio installations typically are stationary (the components are not mov... | |
| All-in-one integrated, 10-15K range, class A/B only I agree he panned the Accuphase and mentioned 12-14k but I don't remember him saying the Luxman 590 was better. I'll have to rewatch to see if I missed that comment. | |
| Upgrade help: Luxman and McIntosh. I bet that’ll be a fantastic combo. I’ve got D7 with ARC SS and really enjoy it. Down road in couple years thinking maybe D9.2 and L-590AXii as an upgrade, so yes, let us know how the Spendor/Luxman pairing is breaking in. D7’s take a long time to... | |
| Wi-Fi Range Extender I’ve had better luck with Netgear than TP-link. Ymmv | |
| All-in-one: $1k Marantz or $2k Hegel? Well my marantz pm7000n finally arrived. Have about 20 hours on it - using it in office system at work. Setup was a breeze. Literally was streaming Tidal using the pm7000n within 5 minutes of unboxing, and that’s with a firmware update. I already ... |