mtrot
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| OMG, just removed my speaker grills and the sound just opened up to a new level! My Legacy Signature II speakers from the 1990s have those heavy wood-framed grills that plug into holes in the cabinet. The grills are about 3/4 inch deep, and there is a huge difference in sound, far superior without them. | |
| Legacy Signature SE without dual AMT twitter With how tall Legacy speakers are, and with their tweeters being located at the top, vertical dispersion is an important consideration. Especially if you sit 10 feet or less from the speakers. | |
| looking to upgrade from B&w 805s to full range Actually, if you want "inner detail", I can't think of anything I've heard with more of that than Paradigm Persona. I've heard them at multiple audio shows and they have incredible imaging and soundstage. Now, they will tell you all about a brig... | |
| Are Bowers and Wilkins speakers overpriced? @ct0517 " Many try to run B&W with amps that can’t do 4 ohms well. Look at the amp’s specs. The amps struggle and you get lean sound output - which makes the Highs dominant and fatiguing."The problem with that statement is that every time I’ve... | |
| Speakers Don’t Matter As Much As We Think They Do? Eh, I think most people here have really good front ends, and have approached the point of diminishing returns with them. Speakers clearly make the biggest differences to the final sound, but if you have a front end that is not yet up to snuff, a... | |
| confused and don't know what to do I have no doubt that audiotroy wants to sell product, but I’ve not found his comments to be "pushy". | |
| Is Old Gold? Bowers & Wilkins 702 S2 vs Older Bw or Kefs Yeah, at Best Buy I recently compared the 702S2 side by side with the 804D3 and KEF R11. I'm not sure how the Nautilus 804 compares to the 804D3, but I found the 804D3 just way too bright for my tastes, and I was afraid that I could not listen to... | |
| Which one? Paradigm persona 3f, Revel Studio2, Audiosolution Figaro L, Goldenear reference Excellent. Let us know how you like them after you have them for some time. | |
| Wharfedale Elysian? Well, for me, that Elysian 2 just looks way too much like the EVO 4.2 to pay that much more for it. I would have to compare them directly, and there would have to be a noticeable difference to pay that much more. | |
| confused and don't know what to do I'm doing what audiotroy advised, i.e, I'm using a Denon AVR for the center and surround speakers, and a pre-amp/DAC fed into a Krell power amp for the front L/R speakers. The pre-amp is a PS Audio Stellar Gain Cell DAC, which has the home theate... | |
| confused and don't know what to do First of all, that sounds like a very reflective and "live" listening environment, so any bright speaker will tend to be really bright in there, unless you do extensive room treatments.I will say, I recently compared the B&W 804D3 to the B&... | |
| Which one? Paradigm persona 3f, Revel Studio2, Audiosolution Figaro L, Goldenear reference Actually, Figaro L, at 154 pounds, is substantially larger than M, which goes 90 pounds. That's why I'm looking at M. | |
| Which one? Paradigm persona 3f, Revel Studio2, Audiosolution Figaro L, Goldenear reference I like your list there, reminded me of a few options. I heard the Audio Solutions Virtuoso at RMAF last September. My impression was that of a very neutral sounding speaker, with no frequency standing out. My interest in Audio Solutions is the... | |
| Focal 1028 Be II vs. 1038 Be II -- is the big price difference worth it to go 1038? @tablejockey " There is no II version. Just a newer serial number run.They are all the same."Well, I'm looking at two different sets of 1028 Be in Black Ash on Agon, and they are different on the front of them. On one set, the Focal logo on the f... | |
| Focal 1028 Be II vs. 1038 Be II -- is the big price difference worth it to go 1038? @erik_squires "The 1038 is allegedly deeper, but also harder to drive. I say allegedly, because how it sounds in your room may have more to do with the room acoustics than the speaker. "Yes, my room situation is a concern, since I am not able to ... |