phusis
Responses from phusis
| Subjectivity As Pertains To Preamp Comparisons A $2100 component that performs head to head with a $10,000 one might as well be a $10,000 preamp.By that rationale I'd be sad to see Dave raise the price of the beloved 21-a from $2,100 to $10,000. A $2,100 preamp is a $2,100 preamp, end of story... | |
| Admittedly a bit lost Badri --In light of your circumstances with the Jolida tube amp and stated taste in music comes to mind the moderate to high-ish sensitivity (relative to the sensitivity of typical, direct radiation "hifi" speakers) Pendragon and Enzo XL speakers ... | |
| New Tekton Pendragons On The Way Sorry to hear of your delivery experience with FedEx, Stereo5 - and that it didn't pan out with the Pendragon's. I have speakers being built to in Brighton, England, and though I live in Denmark I'll gladly go on a roughly 1600 mile driving trip (... | |
| $15,000 Speaker Does Not List Freq Response Specs With "frequency response specs," do you mean curves (and +/- dB tolerances) or simply numbers indicating frequency extension up- and downwards? If the latter in particular I'd say specs are pretty much worthless. Of course a stated steep roll-off ... | |
| High End Speaker Prices 10-02-15: Johnnyb53[...]Audiophiles try to get reproduced music to match live music as much as possible [...]I would add a questionmark to that statement, followed with the reply: generally, no. Audiophilia seems the most interested in (re-)creati... | |
| Any thoughts on passive v. active speakers? I'm thinking about ditching my amps and cables and just buying an active speaker with a balanced input. I have a Krell 2250 and a pair of 140 watt Atma-sphere MA-1MKII. I desperately need speakers and cables, but not sure if I want to go through t... | |
| How long should speakers last? Treated cloth surround equipped bass/mid drivers are known to last decades (under proper use and conditions of course, which goes for all kinds of drivers), and when "hidden" in horns can look mint when dug out even after 30+ years. Same goes with... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? 09-22-15: Bdp24Having enough gain in a source component is not all that is necessary to get the best sound out of that component. The output stage of a good pre-amp is engineered to drive the input stage of a power amp, while any given DAC or phon... | |
| The best preamp without a doubt..in my experience The best preamp, to my ears, has been a dedicated ditto integrated into the DAC; that is to say, no separate hardware preamp in the traditional sense. With the power amp used (Belles SA-30) the matching to the DAC/preamp (SOtM sDP-1000) is very su... | |
| New speaker technology vs. Old speaker tech??? 06-11-15: LarryiThere are not that many "modern" horn drivers that even come close to comparing with some very old designs, apart from some attempts at exactly replicating those old horn drivers (the Japanese G.I.P. drivers, for example). Those mo... | |
| New speaker technology vs. Old speaker tech??? had a good chuckle reading your definition of "vintage"! What then do you call the Klipsch LaScala, Klipsch corner horns, KEF 105, B&W Matrix series speakers, Tannoy HPD, Tannoy Gold???My thought as well. My take on the vintage vs. modern spea... | |
| JBL Project K2 S9900 Speakers Anyone Know ??? Fsmithjack --Latest reply of mine was with the intention to hone in more precisely on where you're coming from, so to help you get a bearing on how to more accurately answer your own initial question: are the JBL K2 S9900's potential speakers for ... | |
| JBL Project K2 S9900 Speakers Anyone Know ??? Fsmithjack --Perhaps we can get a more accurate sense of what you're after. What exactly do you mean by "getting closer to the music"? I believe I get where you're going, but this a rather subjectively suffused area, so please elaborate. Does "clo... | |
| JBL Project K2 S9900 Speakers Anyone Know ??? Fsmithjack --Firstly: to my ears the JBL K2 S9900's are severely under appreciated. I believe this is mostly due to the type of speakers they are (i.e. horn mids/tweeter, and 15" bass/midrange), which I gather has many audiophiles turning away the... | |
| Is my preamp useless? I feel folks who come here for sincere audio discussions should post their system so that the other party can understand why the poster is so exited about his/her system.Good call, Milpai. |