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| Kef vs Thiel kef. i have a pair of kef reference 2 in my rec room and i preferred these to the thiels that i auditioned. kef's are a warmer speaker whereas the thiel were more on the cool side, less midrange and bottom end. if you are looking for speakers, i w... | |
| experience with Threshold SA/2e or S/500 amps? Thanks to all of you for your replies. i was in a bind and i wanted to get opinions on how these amps sounded. i was in the middle of purchasing a preamp and i didn't have any means to demo the threshold amps so i wanted to turn to all of you for ... | |
| Totem Wind i have had the arros, model 1's, inwall taw 6.5's, and now i have all mani 2's. i was thinking going the route of the winds from the mani's and after i heard the winds, i am keeping my mani's. the winds are very nice, but the mani's are just more ... | |
| Primer on Music Servers? there are quite a few music servers out in the market right now. they can come from macs/pcs, mcintosh, and other audio manufacturers. there has been more talk recently on how manufactures are providing this. for the past couple of years, i have h... | |
| Best speaker match suggestions for ARCAM FMJ S/S for music listening, the forest speakers do not need a sub. if your sound is anemic sounding thru the forests, either you are not driving the speaker with the correct amount of power, or your source equipment is at fault. starting with the hawks o... | |
| Improvement? check out the jolida and prima luna separates or integrated tube amps. these would be a more musical setup than the NAD/Creek combo. i used to own a pair of arros, fantastic little speaker. easy to drive. i used a small jolida integrated in my den... | |
| DK Design VS-1 Reference MK3 Noise Issue hi there, i have the same issue. my hiss came from my phono input when i had something plugged in to the balanced inputs. try this: if you are using balanced inputs, take the cables out. does the hiss go away? mine did. | |
| Classe' SSP-60 or SSP-75? for 80% music, i wouldn't go with any of them. heard them both (not at the same time) and classe separates are more musical. | |
| In-wall speaker recommendations i have the taw 6.5's with a little sub. new, they are around $500. i also have a jolida tube integrated amp, phillips 963sa sacd/cd player, and a nikko am/fm tuner. i also use a dac between my macintosh computer and the jolida so i can listen to i... | |
| totem model 1 owners rel recommends using your main speakers full range with no crossover in the low freqs. the only time i would want to crossover at the lowest freqs is if i was going to crank the volume. in normal listening sessions, you would run your model 1's fu... | |
| totem model 1 owners i had mine 4.5 ft from the back wall and 3.5ft from the side walls. very little toe-in with target 4 pillar stands filled with sand. i also used odyssey stratos monoblock amps. i also used a rel strata III sub. check out the cardas website to get ... | |
| In-wall speaker recommendations i use a pair or totem in-walls in my den. very nice! in 1 of the latest trade magazines, they reviewed some totem in-wall speakers and they also liked them. | |
| Totem's with mid-power amplification? i would try the hawks and possibly the forests. i would demo the speakers hooked up in your room using your equipment to see if you like them. i have had a pair of arros teamed up with amps as low as 30 watts (tube amp) in my den with good succes.... | |
| Nikko Audio - Beta II & Gamma I silver i use the nikko nt-550 tuner in my den with a jolida and totem pieces. the nikko works very well and sounds very nice. has a nice warm full sound. | |
| Totem Model 1 Sig with Sub or Mani 2 without a Sub i used to have a pair of model 1's with a rel strata III sub for my 2 channel audio system with classe equipment in a smallish room, 12 x 13.5. very sweet sounding. IMO, the Rel subs along with the totem sub are very hard to beat for audio. i have... |