mapman
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| All Benchmark System Question If 80% of recordings sound really good then you may be hitting the bullseye because some are just not very good. I’d leave well enough alone perhaps unless there is some specific thing on certain recordings of particular interest you know you are ... | |
| All Benchmark System Question What are the speakers?BTW that is exactly the system I would love to try in my house so I am envious. | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? I could listen to Chet Atkins play the phonebook.Jimmy Page is underrated.I’m a big Steve Hackett fan. Lindsay Buckingham is uniquely awesome when he is on his game.Love it when Justin Hayward decides to let it rip. | |
| Why are equipment racks so expensive? It’s high end here so high end gear naturally goes on high end furniture. Good furniture to put gear on is usually very robustly constructed so I don’t know if IKEA is a fair comparison. Anyhow the benefits will vary by room. With the rise of digi... | |
| Best bang for buck integrated amp for $500 Amazon.com: Fosi Audio TDA7498E 2 Channel Stereo Audio Amplifier Mini Hi-Fi Class D Integrated Amp for Passive Speakers 160W x 2 + 24V Power Supply: Electronics Seriously. Big, big bang! Nothing to lose for that price ($76, really?) , and easily r... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Make sure that those providing power advice for the speakers are using just the speakers and not speakers + powered subs which is a totally different story in regards to power needed just for the mains. 20 watts is very marginal power to drive mos... | |
| I had a few drinks and bought some speakers, I've now sobered up Well those are very good speakers. I'd give things time to settle and break in before doing anything. Speaker changes often trigger other changes/tweaks in order to get things tuned back in. You can either give them time and do what you feel ju... | |
| Peachtree Nova 150, 300 or 500 Speaker Pairing....Any Suggestions? They will drive most anything well so you have the pick of the crop depending on what you are looking for. Would help to know more about the room and where you will be listening from in it to help narrow it down. | |
| Stratospheric audio gear prices Whether one cares or not about what other people buy is a moot point. I am of the opinion that in general vendors will charge whatever amount people are willing to pay. Making people willing to pay more is what it’s all about. In many cases the va... | |
| Stratospheric audio gear prices They don’t call it high end for nothing. The prices are clearly high. Everyone has a unique angle on why their products sound superior. Bling matters. Sometimes the rest is not so obvious. | |
| Who here has a Raven amplifier and what speakers do you have paired with it That sounds like a very good pairing. | |
| Voyager GaN Amp ... anyone have one? I am anxiously awaiting the first reviews. | |
| Better to buy a high end network player with a DAC? The only advantage of internal DAC is convenience. YMMV. | |
| Why did you choose the components and speakers that are in your system? Don’t overlook dispersion characteristics when choosing speakers for a room. Also consider how far away from speakers you will typically be listening from. | |
| To horn or not to horn There are a lot of horn speakers out there from over the years so chances are a lot of people like them. |