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| We should reject hard-to-drive speakers more often Why? Choosing speakers to buy / avoid based on efficiency is like choosing a new car based on a sole factor such as weight or acceleration. I am not sure if I need to tell you it doesn't make sense. ATC drivers/speakers are one of the most inef... | |
| Are you interested in the new generation of "old school" design loudspeakers? Op, Wait for the "Bullet", or "Bully", with dsp and a built-in subwoofer that could go down to 20 Hz, according to GR. Will it be nice?! The woofer that comes with this speaker is a guitar amp driver. Light weight and seems a cheap stuff. Unitl, p... | |
| Solid copper or stranded copper for speaker cables? What is your choice and why? Thank you everyone for the opinions and advises. Appreciated. | |
| Fee for home audition So, $625 for an hour's demo at home? Probably setup will take that long. | |
| Speaker recommendations wanted for Quicksilver M135 amplifiers Quolio IQ (use headphone, good one) | |
| What can beat Wilson XVX for less money? Estelon Forza $174k vs Wilson XVX $329k I have auditioned Estelon but not XVX but I trust Stereophile reviewers’ ears. Quote: "When the Wilson Audio Specialties XVXes were installed here almost a year ago, Christy Moore’s "So Do I" from the alb... | |
| More Bass @audiom3 Problem with uploading to YT is not just the compression but most won’t be able to play back that deep bass anyway unless they have a decent sub. Really? Take a serious listening to the Quolio IQ YT demo. This time use your headphone. ... | |
| More Bass I recalled, one and half year ago, I came across a pair of used Legacy Focus SE for a increadibly affordable price including shipping and was tempted. Fortunately I was able to audition first and decide not to pursue because its so-so bass perform... | |
| Low level listening Several mentioned about the ISO 2003 Equal Loudness Contour (ELC). In the following, I will show you how to translate those curves into practices, i.e., use the notion to program the EQ presets in whatever the player you have. I used foobar2000 as... | |
| Female vocalist recommendations Sophie Zelmani; Beady Belle; and Aimee Mann | |
| AUDIO SCIENCE REVIEW and $50 to spend......... ASR again? I wonder if many treads including this one were created purposely here by the ASR members. No value but to stir up the crowd for their entertainment. | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? @mastering92 The above is what I often tell audiophiles when I visit audio stores and they ask me questions - such as: "what kind of power cable should I get?" "They" ask you questions when you visit audio stores. Who are "they", the dealer from ... | |
| Feets Don’t Fail Me Now Want something solid over carpet? 1.5 inch thick procelain / stone / marble tile should do it and won't break your bank. Make sure you cut bigger footprint (1.5 times the width / depth of speakers whichever is greater) and place under the speaker... | |
| Really Inexpensive Systems That Sounded Great? @peterf6 Schiit Freya (original version), plus Maggie LRS, Schiit Aegir, smaller REL sub, ifi Zen Stream and Tidal Hifi/Masters. I like this budetary system you ignored everyone and put together. | |
| Speakers for a unique small room These are a few stand-mount / bookshelf speakers that have received very positive reviews and will extend close to 40hz or below in room for your consideration. I have auditioned most of them but pls take with a grain of salt. Dynaudio Special ... |