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| My exp. with Focal Sopra No.2 , Harbeth 40.2, Passlabs XA30.5 and Hypex NC400 Good report.That sums up my experience comparing Harbeth to Focal speakers as well. (I did a lot of speaker auditioning in the last 2 years). | |
| Do You Care About AESTHETICS? What Are Your Gear/Listening Room Preferences?... douglas,Yes I understand the utility of exposed screws. But still some manufacturers seem to care about the fact they are not aesthetically nice to look at. Monitor Audio, for instance (as one that comes to mind) manages to hide the screws. Oth... | |
| I think I've Just Seen Absolute Proof That Audiophiles Are Insanely Gullible Good find on the VR wire upgrade, Geoff!If there is a money-grab any more explicit and extensive than high end cabling it's hard to think of what it would be. But...audiophiles willing to pay those prices are just as much part of the problem as th... | |
| I think I've Just Seen Absolute Proof That Audiophiles Are Insanely Gullible I've been into high end audio for about 3 decades, yet I'm still able to be shocked by the price of some gear.Case in point:https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis8f62g-voxativ-ac-4-full-rangeAlmost $25,000 for a speaker driver.For. A. Speaker.....d... | |
| Thiel Owners Although I've been intrigued by the idea of hot-rodding my Thiels, it sounds like it's a lot of playing-with-fire. Something of a crap shoot in terms of ending up with similar tolerances/values for replacement parts, vs sticking with the original... | |
| Do You Care About AESTHETICS? What Are Your Gear/Listening Room Preferences?... I was just perusing the classifieds here and saw some speaker photos that really re-enforces my distaste for visible screws on speakers.For instance there is pair of YG Acoustics Carmel speakers. Apparently a great sounding speaker and generally... | |
| Ugly vs Gogeous speakers I like exotic woods liked striped ebony and at one point nearly bought a pair of Thiels just for that (and they sounded good of course). Same here.When I first started contemplating buying a Thiel 2.7 or 3.7 years ago someone had offered to sell ... | |
| Focal Kanta No.2: A New Age Continued... Interesting dave, I heard them on Naim gear as well. (Front end, and I think it might have been with a big Anthem amp too).The room was well treated and the speakers seemed placed well...but who knows? Things usually sound better at home.I tried... | |
| Focal Kanta No.2: A New Age Continued... Nice speakers! I love it when a company cares about how a speaker looks, with a good contemporary design that makes a bit of a statement.I auditioned the new Kanta speakers not long ago. They were certainly excellent - very clear and precise mids... | |
| Do You Care About AESTHETICS? What Are Your Gear/Listening Room Preferences?... Yes, fair enough douglas. Cheers! | |
| Do You Care About AESTHETICS? What Are Your Gear/Listening Room Preferences?... Hi douglas,I agree that a highly aesthetic product will tend to come with high build quality (though...even that, depending on interpretation...may be something of a tautology).I simply meant to point out that most audiophiles in this forum would ... | |
| Do You Care About AESTHETICS? What Are Your Gear/Listening Room Preferences?... @douglas_schroeder "I have found no direct correlation between appearance/aesthetics and sound quality. "That would seem pretty obvious from the experience of most audiophiles, wouldn’t it?At least in a wider sense, it’s obvious someone can design... | |
| Do You Care About AESTHETICS? What Are Your Gear/Listening Room Preferences?... ebm, lol, I understand! If I could go back and edit it I would. | |
| Scoring on Used Thiels here Re MBLs, rooms etc.I have a very nice sounding room as fortunately it was a reno done with the assistance of an acoustician. All the acoustic "treatment" is hidden as part of the design, so for instance the ceiling is built down and is actually co... | |
| Thiel Owners "The outriggers and spikes on my CS2.4SE raise the speakers a good 2""That's one reason I haven't used mine. Even raising my speakers on shorter footers has changed the sound in a way I don't care for. |