phillyb
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| High end Class D amps? Class D is the future. Boomers stop bashing it, its a maturing product now. PS Stellar 1200 is sweet, Red Cherry, Merrill at a lot more money would give any amp made today regardless of cost a run. Now a pure tube system and I mean pure tube, with... | |
| Where can Open Baffle speakers be placed All speakers work different in different rooms. My sapphires M3’s work very well 32” from the front wall in my room out further the bass is not as good, now I have ASR panels and bass traps in each corner of the front wall along with heavy curtain... | |
| Should I use Speaker Spike / Isolation Base or Something? It all depends on the floor and the speakers. There is a setup man who wrote a great article on why he never uses spikes and why. I had Quad speakers and adding spikes turned them into unlistenable, my current open baffle speakers sound soooo much... | |
| PS Audio BHK lacking.. Check and make sure the amp you are using input impedance is a good match for the PS Audio preamp. If that is not a good match you will find the bass is rolled off big time. | |
| Your analysis of Analysis plus spk.cable AP cables were not designed as tone controls. Many cables color the sound from forwarding highs and upper midrange to forward and heavy bottom end with little pace. Oval 9 and the rest of the line are even from top to bottom, thus you hear your ge... | |
| Mark Levinson 523 preamp with McIntosh power amp? I used that combo once, was a great match. | |
| Wanting to get back into the hobby and want to start with the speakers. Open Baffle Speakers are a must listen or Quad Electrostatic speakers 57's or 63's. | |
| Removing spikes... Now my speakers sing It depends on the speakers, I liked them on Dynaudio confidence, on my ESL 63's a big no go, just made things brighter, same for my OB speakers, yes they sound cleaner, but you can lose the meat and dynamics in the midrange, while when spiking the... | |
| What amp to match with Spatial Audio M3 Sapphire open back speakers Honestly. Until you get the speakers in your own room should you even start to consider what the best amp might be? Not a living soul could tell you that. The M3 Sapphires are very efficient so really you need 50-60 watts, even less with tubes in ... | |
| Quad ESL service, Electrostatic Solutions or Quads Unlimited ? Electrostatic Solutions. | |
| Turned Off My Subwoofer ... And My Speakers Sound Great Depends on how you set up your sub. When your speakers sound better that tells you that your sub setup was wrong. If your sub impacts the mid-range then your setup is wrong. Either the sub is poorly designed or your settings we're way off. | |
| Luxman d-08u vs berkeley reference 2 dac Not to where it be cost-effective, Problem with the D-08 though is how many hours on it and the cost to repair it. You be at the mercy of the seller and if not the 1st owner than watch they not selling it for more than they may have paid for it.1... | |
| Luxman d-08u vs berkeley reference 2 dac What made the Luxman D-08U that much better than the older D-08. The USB was added, updates to the DAC, but having heard both side by side, if I blinded folded you and switch back and forth a few times you be hard pressed, when you get to this lev... | |
| Quad ESL 57 with subwoofer All you need are,8-10" subs, a pair is ideal. Drive them from your main amp using the high level inputs, so not run cables from your preamp, set the crossover at 40Hz, adjusting the volume to blend, use a piano and a vocal recordings, when either ... | |
| Electrostatic Speakers The newer Quads are still basically an ESL 63 with better cabinets and looks. My ESL 63’s were purchased from Electrostatic Solutions and are 7 years old now. Totally rebuilt with upgraded power supplies that took this speaker to another level, th... |