perkadin
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| 2nd system for office, all-in-one integrated suggestions Linn Classik and WiiM Pro. At roughly 1/10th your budget you have a full streaming system with CD playback as a bonus. Sure you can spend more but you wont come close to 10x or even 2x the performance of the Linn/WiiM. | |
| Soundstage Heresy IV and Forte IV Haven’t heard the Forte but I have compared the Heresy and Cornwall. The biggest difference is that the Heresy is coming from the floor and its noticeable. I love the look of the Heresy but that’s the main issue that’s keeping me from buying them.... | |
| anybody upgrade from Dynaudio Special 40 to Heritage Special? I just saw your ad pics from Canuck, it looks like a corner placement for one side and open to the other which makes it tough to get great sound and balanced imaging. I can't think of a speaker that wouldn't experience compression, congestion etc.... | |
| Moving up???? Is R&R rest and relaxation? I definitely use speakers for R&R. I like Dynaudio but they are Danish. I suppose any good soft dome tweeter design would work. I don’t know much about Tyler Acoustics but they seem to use soft domes which is... | |
| Class A integrated amp recommendations I’ve heard the INT25 and Luxman 590, this may not be very helpful but I had a hard time telling them apart, I’d imagine the Sugden will probably sound similar as well. They are all excellent choices, I’d probably let cost and looks decide since th... | |
| First Tube amp suggestions The most expensive route will be trial and error, buying, selling returning etc. My advice would be to include the speakers into the decision making process and think of them as a system. Low power tubes will sound best on high efficiency speakers... | |
| First Tube amp suggestions The Black Ice amps, heck tube amps in general, may have many of the same issues, several of those you just described are mentioned in Black Ice’s Troubleshooting section of their website. It did look like there were responses from the manufacturer... | |
| First Tube amp suggestions Alot of recommendations for the Black Ice amps and I don't really understand why (perhaps being US designed?). The only model in your price range is their entry level FX10 which won't have the power to properly drive your speakers. Stretching th... | |
| Suggestions please. Your favorite 3, 12ax7 tubes Just get the most expensive tubes you can find, chances are they'll have the most effusive recommendations and largest cult following. After you buy them you'll be able to post back here and find plenty of others that will agree with your purchas... | |
| Leaving my amplifier on ok? Most modern designs are going to have a standby mode where the component consumes very little power. Usually .5 watts or less. It’s pretty apparent that they are intended to be in standby mode when not in use. I noticed even holdouts like Naim h... | |
| Advice on Speaker upgrade vs System Component Upgrade I'd keep the HS in the office and upgrade the KEFs to the Olympica's. They are absolutely gorgeous, I might change out my OG Contours with the Sonettas in my home theater just based on looks. The HS is a near perfect bookshelf, I don't think ei... | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. The H4 is not a great all arounder and is very particular not only with gear and positioning, but also song selection. Some stuff sounds amazing, other stuff not so much. I don’t think I’d be interested in these if they were going to be my only se... | |
| Luxman L-509Z Integrated Amplifier Oops I just realized you meant the 509 not the 507. The 509 draws 130 continuous and 370 peak. If you want to use Paul’s guidelines that’s 1300 watts. Still easy to find under $150 | |
| Luxman L-509Z Integrated Amplifier Paul probably means 10x continuous power, not peak power. The 507z draws 86 watts at idle so using Paul’s math that would be about 860 watts for the transformer. Another recommendation I’ve also heard that you want at least 2x peak draw, so in t... | |
| Heresy IV vs Zu DW6/Soul mk2 I was able to audition the Heresy IVs and was pleasantly surprised. I had it in my head at the time for some reason that high sensitivity speakers would sound similar to each other and that is definitely not the case. The Heresys are nothing like ... |