lemonhaze
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| Need a DAC Recommendation. The Denafrips Pontus to me is better than the much more expensive (overpriced) Terminator and a used one makes sense. Not mentioned here are the Monarchy DACs, they have been around awhile, can be found at a good price and sound great. The bulk of... | |
| What Are Your Reference Discs? or Specific Reference Tracks There is a difference between a Demo and a Reference track. One of my reference tracks is a nostalgic favourite of mine but sounds lousy on most systems, even very expensive ones. 10CC's I'm not in love. Great performance but just seems to have a ... | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt Hey @coltrane1, I fondly remember listening to a Plinius and was very impressed. Can't remember the model but it did everything right. My ML23.5 is about 30 years old. I wonder if the Legacy amp mentioned will go the distance. | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt I am not prepared to pay $6K for Doug-Shredders Class-D love affair. My Mark Levinson 23.5 is Kick-ass, paid about $1000 and I enjoy my sound a lot. Jim Bongiorno's designs are also great and I still have a Son of Ampzilla. My 'The Nine', about 6... | |
| Townshend Audio F1 Fractal Speaker Cables Supertweeter: what it does is complete the harmonic structure which is missing when regular tweeters fade away. All instruments produce complex high frequency harmonics which extend way beyond the industry standard of 20Khz, it is these harmonics ... | |
| Townshend Audio F1 Fractal Speaker Cables @mc, I posted on another thread that I met Max Townshend at an Audio show where he was lecturing on the benefits of using his supertweeter. Perhaps you should consider trying it out. It does more than just enhance the very high frequencies, it imp... | |
| Boy, Oh Boy! Towshend! I met Max Townshend at the Premium XFi show in Holland where he had a demo going on 2 pairs of identical speakers, one pair mounted on his platforms and the other pair on spikes adjusted to equal the heights, it was impressive. Basically he is iso... | |
| Got a Node 2i, what's next? May I suggest a different approach. Ignore the comment that you need to pay well above $1000 There are old top of the line DACs available that will outperform a lot of expensive modern DACs. I own an old Wadia 15, which plays redbook only and pla... | |
| dcs bartok vs DENAFRIPS TERMINATOR-PLUS To my ears Denafrips Pontus sounds better than the more expensive Terminator.I have an ancient Wadia 15 which plays redbook only and have heard nothing I prefer, until I heard a friends Mojo Mystique (V3 I think). This model has now been supersede... | |
| Any Thoughts On These? Yup, listening is paramount. I don't know what country you are in but strongly recommend you try and have a listen to Richard Vandersteen's range which are the polar opposites to the Totems and their ilk. The smallest of the offerings is the Model... | |
| Any Thoughts On These? OP, just a little suggestion : ignore djones51's rant. The frequency response graph posted is fine, nothing to be too concerned about. The details of the measurement is not provided which is needed to make sense of what you see. The stated sensiti... | |
| How do you know if you need to add a sub (without auditioning one, I mean)? @optimize mentioned some good points as have some others. To address your question: the sound will definitely be better with a sub or two or more. Even if you have a speaker that can truly reach down to 20Hz the position of your speakers will dict... | |
| Magico compared to Tannoy Tannoys need to be heard in large well constructed cabinets. The cheap Lancaster cabs are useless. A Tannoy corner horn is unforgettable.Tannoy = musicMagico = hifi (I have only heard the model 3) | |
| What Is The Most Romantic Song That You Have Ever Listen To? A very beautiful heartfelt performance from great jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson and lovely Cecile McLorin singing Oh MY Love, a John Lennon number.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KR4w1MIdHU@ghasley and @bigaud, Billy Paul's version of Elton John'... | |
| Intimate, warm and holographic alternative You have a good size room and say you might be moving to an even bigger room so I mention again Volti. Standard box speakers can not sound like these. Their top speaker is basically a modernised Altec Voice Of The Theatre.These speakers will foll... |