mapman
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| Do you sell the stuff you don't really need or fill up your closets with it? I keep what I use including some things to just play around with plus a few spares that might come in handy That’s about 25 different components currently including speaker pairs and not including various wires. | |
| Who's winning? Whatever floats one’s boat is best. | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. Double yawn. Weak analogies add no value. | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? @rossb +1 | |
| Kef blade 1 meta @mgrif104 All newer ohm CLS drivers have separate tweeter crossed over fairly high though technically not a “super-teeeter”. It’s a good size L shaped room. 5xxx 12” CLS drivers have 4 3 way tone controls provided on outside of can. One is... | |
| Thoughts on using a smart plug on intergrated amp. Amps can draw lots of current so proceed with caution. Try it and see. | |
| Kef blade 1 meta @mgrif104 Premium GaN 6.5 here: https://classdaudio.com/product-category/collections/two-channel-gan-amp/ was listening to this combo all afternoon today. I have to say the sound is near impossible to fault, pretty well up there in all a... | |
| Kef blade 1 meta Hi @mgrif104 I have ohm F5s which are newer CLS drivers in refurbed F cabinets. | |
| Kef blade 1 meta It seems like an unnatural pairing based on size and price but my Class D Audio GaN amp is magical with my ls50 metas as well as my larger Ohm F5s so I have to think it would do quite well with KEF Blade 2s as well. Others I’ve had over to hear we... | |
| This Might Not Exist, Any reasonably priced, smaller speakers with 100db Sensitivity? Not with any bass. But you can always add subs. | |
| Perhaps the most annoying myth in audio of 2025? Talking about Loudness! WHen a/b testing, you do want same loudness for both. That's different than saying louder is always better. The answer to that one is the usual "it depends". | |
| I feel for you So we all agree politicizing science is a bad thing then? I feel so much better now. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Okeh label. Really!! Who knew that was still a thing? Okeh Records - Wikipedia | |
| «40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!» True. Just don't die and problem solved. | |
| I feel for you Good advice to always be learning something new but with the caveat that if you value your expensive gear, don’t muck around with it yourself unless/until you really know what you are doing and have the right tools to do it right. Also be alert ... |