pwhinson
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| Audio Doctor goes to Axpona observations so far I agree that the big surprise for me was the Muraudio room. I had heard of these speakers but they were simply awesome...a revelation in a sea of mediocrity. Beautiful seamless blend between the dynamic and electrostatic drivers...they sounded gre... | |
| Astoudingly good recording of Wagner's Parsifal @jafant, yes its available on cd from amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Wagner-Parsifal-Halle/dp/B06XWCT4V9 | |
| Newbie Question Re Resistors in Tweeter path for Magnepan 20.7 Thanks all! | |
| Paradigm Persona series @trudat: I think you mean the Parasound Halo line which many don’t believe is mid-fi at all. Anyway I do see your point and this is perhaps one of the more frustrating aspects of the high end, i.e. dealers that believe just because you can stretch... | |
| Thiel 3.7's and Pass Labs xa60.5's- now looking for the next upgrade Pass power amps and Thiels are a match made in heaven. Although when I called them and talked to the folks at Pass about my 2.4's they suggested the X series rather than the XA series, suggesting that the X150.8 would be more than enough. It was... | |
| Recommend a Pass Labs amp for Dunlavy SCIVa Call Kent at Pass and ask him what you need, specifically whether a x150.8 might work. You might be surprised. | |
| Paradigm Persona series The digital artifact is gone. I also retubed the Aesthetix Janus tube preamp with NOS RCAs from Vintage Tube Services (high recommended) which helped alot. I still believe that the Personas were simply passing along whatever was in the signal...th... | |
| Paradigm Persona series Thanks for the advice but I've had Magnepans before so I'm aware that you give up a little in pin-point imaging and get slightly more diffuse images of individual instruments. I think the 20.7 and 30.7s are different animals when it comes to bass... | |
| Paradigm Persona series So I decided to give up on the Persona 9Hs and they're going back. I do think alot of technology went into this speaker and I think part of the problem might be my room. They certainly do alot of things right but I just found myself having to do... | |
| Thiel Owners Thanks! I am excited about the Magnepans. I'm not giving up my Thiels though! These are in a different league than the Magnepans of the past in terms of coherence and bass delivery. I heard deep real bass and an apparently seamless frequency r... | |
| Thiel Owners @unsound. Richard Vandersteen and Jim Thiel believed the ONLY thing that can make multi driver speakers time and phase coherent IS a first order crossover. Nothing more nothing less. That assumes the drivers are capable of taking advantage of the ... | |
| Thiel Owners In my continuing flirting with other speakers apart from my beloved 2.4s, I heard the Magnepan 20.7's yesterday run with Vandersteen crossovers (the ones that come with the 7s) and two Vandersteen subs. Impressive but on most music I preferred th... | |
| How many brands use own drivers? Paradigm. Totally vertically integrated...they design and manufacture their drivers, cabinets, etc. | |
| Auditioned Magico A3 - VERY DARK... I really would like to get to the bottom of this because what I heard was just so profoundly out of balance on classical, again way too much bass on a relative level, and the dealer shook his head in agreement essentially with me, although this is... | |
| What are the weak points of Pass amps and pre-amps ? @inna, I don't think the X series or the XA series is "better" than the other absent the type of speaker you're trying to drive. FYI I was all ready to purchase the XA series monos and Kent at Pass told me that the X series was better suited to m... |