kren0006
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| Audio Reviewers Agree that all reviews in the mags tend to sound anywhere from pretty positive to over the top amazing. But it if you’ve read enough of them, after awhile you can begin to recognize when a reviewer really isn’t all into the product he/she reviewin... | |
| WAF Speaker suggestions I felt the Focals were much brighter than the Vandy 2ce sigs but did not have the bass slam.Yep, you really do love your wife more than the Vandys! Anyway, congrats and I'd say consider yourself fortunate that your wife is as interested in listen... | |
| Carver 275 Crimson tube amp --- any feedback appreciated How does Carver 275 compare in SQ to McIntosh 275? Anyone A/B'd them?Just a coincidence with the naming I'm sure, haha | |
| Carver, THE standard of excellence IMO Cool story. | |
| AMP or Preamp Find a Wilson dealer and go and ask to hear as many integrated amps from $5-7k played thru whatever speakers they carry closest to yours and decide what you like.Listen to solid state (non-tube) and tube versions. If you want to be more adventuro... | |
| WAF Speaker suggestions Oops, meant to say above that "I suspect that you may find," not "I'm suspect" - haha, that totally came out wrong.Yeah the Focals will likely sound less laid back than your Vandys based on my experience hearing the two brands.Post back after you ... | |
| WAF Speaker suggestions With caveat that I’ve never heard your model of Vandersteen (only model 3 or 3a), I’m suspect that you may find the Focals to be “less laid back” as you mention in original post than the Vandersteens. If so then you’ll have to decide if they retai... | |
| WAF Speaker suggestions Ya, Aria 928 and 936 played on Rotel. But at different dealer than Dynaudio so no direct comparison. I had opportunity to directly compare the Focals to some Paradigm Prestige and Goldenear Triton 2+ and preferred the Focals over both. Much more t... | |
| WAF Speaker suggestions Dynaudio excite x38 was one I listened to and really liked; preferred it in direct a/b compare to bowers & Wilkins 702s2 over long listening session of blues/jazz. Wish I could remember the amp they were playing on. Maybe Prima Luna tubes??Nic... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Muddy Waters: Hoochie Coochie Man (Live at Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club)Masters on Tidal. Muddy Waters’ sound was so far ahead of his time I feel. | |
| Any Teac dealers on AG? Where did you buy your Nt 505 It just came out so unlikely to be demo units available, and nobody that already has one would trade theirs in (joking). Audio Perfection in Twin Cities is a Teac dealer and great one at that, ask for Mark | |
| WAF Speaker suggestions Rbstehno,Op never said he was looking for exotic looking speakers, only for good sounding ones that look better than his speakers that wife considers ugly. Op also said in initial post that Focal or Dynaudio (both fairly normal speaker looking) we... | |
| WAF Speaker suggestions OP,I’ve posted bits and pieces of my speaker search across various threads but basically I just went to 4-5 dealers within 100 miles few times each over 4-5 months and listened to everything I could in the $3-7k range. For speakers I could tell we... | |
| WAF Speaker suggestions Six months ago I demo’d couple dozen speakers over several months and my three favorites were Spendor (which I bought) and Vandersteen and Dynaudio (the runner ups). So if you like Vandy then I suggest also demoing Dyn (already on your list) and S... | |
| 1973 Just a toddler, barely walking, but would spend hours sprawled on the floor in front of parents’ Magnavox solid state shelf AM/FM stereo radio model 1FM034 Walnut with one built-in speaker and one detachable speaker from main unit, just diggin’ th... |