nymarty
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| Any love for the Belles Aria or other recent Belles amplifier? I was lucky enough to find and buy a pair of Belles Aria monoblocks recently. Listening to them for the 2nd night in a row and really enjoying them. Despite having less power than either my Schiit Vidar or McCormack DNA-1, they seem to dig deeper... | |
| Help fine-tune my speaker search The speaker journey was derailed a bit by some amps — Belles Aria Monoblocks to be exact. I listened to the Aria Integrated at Audio Connection and liked the amp’s overall sound with the different speakers I heard it with. When I found them used... | |
| Belles Aria upgrade over VT01, sa100, sa030? Waiting on delivery of Aria Monoblocks. Really enjoyed hearing the Aria Integrated so took the plunge on used monoblocks to try out in my system. | |
| Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room As others have recommended, start with speakers and audition as many as you can -- ideally a few at a time at each dealer so you can get a sense of what you like. Your room will play a big part in how they sound so buy from someone that will let ... | |
| Should I bi-amp or bridge my amps to feed my speakers @kellymack Did you end up using one amp to drive left and right bass drivers and the other amp to drive left and right mid/tweeter OR does each amp drive each speaker ( bass vs mid/tweeter split by channel)? If you tried both, would be curious t... | |
| Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life? My first exposure to real hi-fi was my uncle's system with Acoustic Research AR-2a (or 3a) speakers. That started me on this audiophile journey. Then it was my Boston Acoustic A60s. And then many speakers after that. The ones I loved the most i... | |
| Help fine-tune my speaker search Thanks, all. My auditioning journey continued today. I spent some time at HiFi Direct in Hackensack, NJ. It was my first time there and first time meeting Mike. He suggested I try Cabasse Murano bookshelf speakers. Wow! Gorgeous speaker and s... | |
| Recommendations please! @rnm4 Thanks! @soix let me know what you think when you get it back. I’ve read here that many have done it and are very happy with results. I’ve been guessing it would cost about $3K plus shipping etc. there are some really good new and more r... | |
| Recommendations please! I use a Schiit Freya + with an original McCormack DNA-1. It has a remote, lots of unbalanced and balanced inputs, and can run as a tube preamp with gain or as pure passive or as no gain solid state. It’s pretty remarkable. Different tubes create ... | |
| Help fine-tune my speaker search @soix That's a good idea. It's been a while since I've listened to Proac's. I used to have Studio 250s back in the day and am not familiar with their line now. I liked the Studio 250s but didn't love them. I eventually sold them and then got th... | |
| Beginner improvements for room acoustics; very helpful Darko video on reverb and RT60 @hilde45 It seems like we both suffer from having low ceilings. Mine are about 7' but in some sections are 6.5' because of soffits. Walls and ceiling are sheetrock. What have you used to tame ceiling reflections? My overall room is 14' x 24' ... | |
| Help fine-tune my speaker search @hilde45 Thanks for sharing your reviews and your comparison of the Carbon 7s and the Carrera Be's. Really helpful. Thanks, too, for your thoughts on the Dynaudio Special 40. What's appealing about that speaker is that there are a few on the u... | |
| Help fine-tune my speaker search @secretguy I had a chance to listen to the Magnepan .7s (also at Audio Connections) and really like the sound of panels. I just know they won't work in my current basement setup. I just can't have them out that far into the room and everything I... | |
| Help fine-tune my speaker search Thanks, everyone! There are a lot of Fritz fans! That’s a good sign. I went in search of speakers on Saturday and spent a couple of hours with Johnny Rutan at Audio Connection. Great guy, great experience. It was like hanging out with a good ... | |
| Help fine-tune my speaker search @soix thanks! I didn’t know that Usher made a bookshelf Dancer. Will look into it, I met Jeff Joseph about 12 years ago. Nice guy and loved his speakers back then. I didn’t realize he had something in my price range. |