mzkmxcv
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| What solid amp to pair with DiaLogue Premium Preamplifier ? Depends on budget. If you don’t mind light assembly (no soldering), the Hypex NC400 mono blocks would run you <$1500 USD I believe (more if bought them from a company, one sells them for $2000/pair I think, also bridged mono block pairs (4 mon... | |
| How are you hearing no difference? Because you are not listening blind. If you did demo blind, you’ll find a $500 DAC and a $2500 DAC (assuming cream of the crop for their price points) are not going to sound dissimilar. If an amp or preamp has good linearity, low distortion (TH... | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) @gene3x Look at Stereophile’s measurements for Tekton. They are pretty neutral and have good imaging, they have a huge downside though due to the design, they have garbage vertical performance. I’m sure you’ve heard electrostatics like MartinLoga... | |
| Speakers for a very large room? 1) Ascend Acoustics Sierra Tower with RAAL: <$3000 shipped, more for custom finish. 2) Add a subwoofer(s): If you can do bass management and have RCA output for the sub, get a Rythmik (their subs have less distortion than Velodyne chats costin... | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) Salk, downside is long wait times, but that’s because the finish is custom order, and super custom ones add on >$2500 to the cost (one demo model they were selling said they used >40 panels of the veneer to get the design mirrored both left/... | |
| Just got the Focal Scala V2 at a great price You still didn’t state a budget. Either way, Nord One NC500MB monoblocks for <£1400. Comes in black or silver. For the preamp/DAC, not sure, the Parasound Halo P6 is great, comes in black or silver. Don’t let anyone tell you that you need £10... | |
| Tri-amping Qs: iPhone-based dB meter, A-weighted Being A-weighted would cause a discrepancy, C-weight should be used. On my iPhone I use the SLA Lite app, I have a calibrated mic but I haven’t compared the two to see how off the iPhone is. | |
| Tri-amping Qs: @gary7m I hope your peaks are never above 105dB, at that’s full scale, so anything abie that would cause clipping. Firstly, I would demo this speakers. Crossing a 1” tweeter with a 12” midrange at 1kHz is going to lead to non-stellar soundstage ... | |
| Tri-amping Qs: @almarg Doubling of distance does not reduce output by 6dB, that’s if you were in free space (so more applicable for live sound setups); For residential setups, the loss is 3dB to 4dB, almost the inverse of doubling wattage. Also, combing it both... | |
| Just got the Focal Scala V2 at a great price How far away to you listen? Budget and location? Would you ever want to add a subwoofer or do DSP? | |
| What Amplifier would you recommend to power KEF Q350’s? Why in the world would you be willing to spend $1500 to power $550 bookshelves? Your amps should not cost more than your speakers. I wouldn’t get better than a Yamaha S501. Even if you’d be upgrading speakers in the future, a $550 integrated is... | |
| Integrated Amp Recommendation Comparing the measurements on Stereophile of yours and the Parasound Halo, for sure just pay the $900 fee to fix it. Your device performs very well. | |
| End game speakers for Yamaha as2100 under 5k new or used If you don’t mind the wait, the Ascend Acoustics Sierra Tower with RAAL upgrade is <$3000 shipped unless you want a more premium/custom finish. It’s really, really hard to beat this speaker for the price. | |
| No sound from speakers First, test that the speakers work. Unplug them from the amp and get a AA battery, and press the negative wire to the negative (flat bottom) of the battery and brush positive wire to positive (nub) of the battery, you should get a pop sound and t... | |
| Speaker Recommendation: 20K range @steve59 Sorry, but no, going off the Stereophile measurements, Vienna Acoustics are terrible for the money, way overpriced, just look at his listening window measurement for their Klimt the Kiss speaker, utterly atrocious, not even $100 speakers... |