ohlala
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| HEADS UP Chicago based music lovers Thank you. I like Chicago and King Sound, so its a good contact for me. | |
| $500-$1000 budget lots of questions please advise TAD's Andrew Jones designed a bookshelf and floorstander for Pioneer brand and Best Buy. I have not heard them , but they have gotten positive attention from audiophile-types. They are well under your budget. | |
| $6000 budget question Interesting question as to what you can get now versus then for dollars spent. I have been looking a little for new speakers to replace my 15yo speakers which cost half as much as the F30s. Six grand will certainly not take you as close to the top... | |
| Some Axpona thoughts The Essential Audio room was fantastic and a lot work to setup I am sure. With my budget, the more rough-around-the-edges King Sound ESL with Purity & Hegel was a big winner.Really liked the Y.F.S. with Endeavor room. Compelling offerings from... | |
| most clear, crisp sound power amps, monoblocks ? When I think specifically of crisp and clear and not necessarily other "good" qualities of speakers and amps, I think of good electrostatics. The most capable I have heard for the cost is Sanders Sound. That's just my opinion. | |
| Auto audio As a generalization, from my experience, I do not agree that auditioning gear on those boards is futile. Unlike home audio, car audio head unit differences are not really that sophisticated. They are largely a function of tonal balance. I think yo... | |
| Jadem6 stumbled... but hasn't fallen. Yet. Wow, sorry this is the first time I have seen this post. I know your other posts though and am very glad you received a transplant and are recovering well. | |
| Vandersteen Treo vs Harbeth 30.1 I have only heard the quatros and 30.1 at RMAF. Given the obvious bandwidth difference and lack of time listening not a great comparison, but I'll throw it out there. In that demo the quatros were great except for a lower midrange suckout that mad... | |
| Afraid to buy new speakers AudioKinesis Prisma or AudioKinesis Rhythm Prism are a couple designed for it. I have heard the latter in a small room and they were good. I do not know what you have been reading, but there are a variety that will do fine against a wall. Easy exa... | |
| Your jaw dropping cables "Did you have any jaw dropping experience with any type of cable?"This has as much to do with the poor quality of the initial cable as it is does with jaw dropping cable. | |
| Sony - What were you thinking? To me it seems like a functionally improved Bryston BDP-2 and a step in the right direction. I am with Onhwy61. I would be far more apt to purchase it if I had some assurance I could audiophile it. May not be a great way to think about it, though.... | |
| Auto audio This takes me back to my CD35z. I agree Eclipse was the only unit as good. I don't think McIntosh makes car audio equipment anymore, and I doubt the sound quality of any brands has improved since I was last looking years ago. Even then there were ... | |
| Help for my return to vinyl -- $2K rig. My stereo is a step down from yours, and I have been down this road in the past with a rig in that price range. I currently am saving and waiting. Vinyl is great, but the gear adds up in comparison to a one-box CDP. | |
| Your top 3 worst purchases ever The worst of my purchases were early on:1)I bought a pair of those direct-reflecting bose 501 to replace my $50 Pioneer two-ways, and returned them. Man, they were awful.2)I did not realize how bad my (home-made) flexy rack sounded until it was re... | |
| Affordable Newer Speakers KEF LS50s are awesome, new-generation speakers. |