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| amp upgrade Coincidentally, What Hi-Fi also made a comparison between CXA80 with Arcam (but different model A19), pinpointing these shortcomings you have mentioned. I am not sure if you have seen this article before and influenced by it though ... https://... | |
| I was happy with my system for 30 years; now I need a new amp...and more? You might want to give a 2nd thought on M5i. My reservation is that M5i has pretty high output impedance as 0.2 ohm, meaning that the corresponding damping factor is as low as 40 into 8 ohm speakers and merely 20 into 4 ohm speakers. You might bar... | |
| Prospectives on Chi-Fi I had Smsl Do200 as a Dac. Designed and made in China. A brilliant product. Time will tell in terms of reliability. | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass @tunefuldude Thanks for the recommendation. I was surprised that I missed it or maybe I stumbled across but failed to include it in my list. It is quite interesting that Stereophile compared it fairly with the Dynaudio Confidence C1 (which is hi... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass I believe if we do our due diligence well, we should be doing all-right. Leap of faith is not just luck, rather is built on solid background work you have accomplished beforehand. The more work you do, the more you could push past your comfort zo... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass Thank you for the good wishes. I will also try drum dampener silicone pads. I had tried the spring but found the bass was softened a bit. | |
| What is the proper loudness for listening? 60-75 dBA during the days and 40-65 during the nights. Anything beyond 75dBA in my listening position in room becomes too noisy. And, yes, my best half will come to give me a friendly reminder. Also, when I listen with foobar2000 / laptop at 60-75... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass Totally agreed, @perkadin, and thanks for words of wisdom. I wish I could get both in in the get go and do the in-home side-by-side comparison but I have only a few days left. As you also point out, the S40 sold in the similar price range to S400 ... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass I hear you. Special 40 was actually one of my top choices but the bass is not every thing. Based on the reviewers I trust including Stereophile and users' feedback, Special 40 was criticized being a bit overly emphasized upper midrange and relat... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass I guess the issue I was running into is the type of bass. Let me reiterate. As Burchardt points out, they are shooting for flat / neutral response in mk ii so the bass (60-200 hz) is not boosted. As also explained by @vthokie83, the designer remov... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass @vthokie83 Thank you for confirming the amp. My parasound NC 2125 v2 actually has 2-3 ohm tap and HPF with either 20hz or 40 hz cutoff. When I switch from 4-8 ohm tap to 2-3 ohm and select 20hz HPF, the bass weight seems to improve a bit. When li... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass No offense but agree. Look like a fun DIY speaker. But it might be cubersome to make by yourself. Need to have sort of precision machining tool. I wonder how deep will the bass go if the box is proportionally enlarged to house a 6.5" driver there?... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass Thank you for the recommendation and advise. What a surprising bass quantity from a TL design with a tiny 4" driver, although from the demo there seems a bit artificial boominess but it maybe the effect of amplfication thru the TL or the recordin... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass Thx for the recommendations. When I raised to my budget to $2k-$3k, the following speakers were on my radar. Dynaudio Contour 20i was origianlly in my list but was ruled out because Stereophile mentioned it is picky in the component matching and... | |
| Speakers sounding dull? MUST READ! The truth about speaker design! Oops, this becomes someone else's tread. K steals thunder from the Op. Need to admit so far I still did not get what the OP is trying to convey... |