richardmathes
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| Integrated amp recommendation Consider the Peachtree nova 150. The price is $999 at present. | |
| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market Update: I've acquired a pair of gently used Dynaudio Heritage. Wow. What a significant difference from the very good Special Forty. The Heritage opens up and sings. | |
| A public service announcement So it really is a phenomenon. 🤔I wonder... | |
| David Crosby R.I.P. I'll respectfully continue to disagree. | |
| David Crosby R.I.P. David Crosby was an important figure in rock's golden age. However, he was the least talented of any band he was in. McGuinn was the essential genius of the Byrds, Stills of CSN. CSN would more aptly have been called Stills, Nash, and Oh, Yeah, Cr... | |
| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market There have been references to choice of amplifier. I'm standing pat with the choice of speaker being the variable for the time being. That said, thoughts? | |
| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market Several posts here mention Sonus Faber. I’ve had the opportunity to audition the Maxima Amator, alongside their other lines, and a Magico. Sonus Faber appears to approach their products as musical instruments, resulting in a "musical" quality to t... | |
| REL Subwoofer to match monitor speakers similar to Raidho X-1s? I’m dubious about the need or benefit of multiple woofers, unless you need the floor to bounce, and like banging your head. I had a friend who’s method of evaluating a speaker was to turn the bass up to 11, and the volume up to twice that. He d... | |
| Why is it that every time, lately, that I'm interested in a thread... Thanks: Good topic, and entertaining posts, particularly the creative examples. Gotta love room correction. Rubbish posts need deletion, especially rude and offensive ones. But why delete the whole thread? Sad, if that's what's happening. | |
| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market Thank you for all for the great suggestions and practical feedback. Time came to make a decision for the near to medium term at least., and I’m probably trying some posters patience! "Next man up" is a pair of the Harbeth Super HL5 Plus XD, recen... | |
| DAC recommendations Audio Science Review of the Musetec 005: Good luck! | |
| Advice for bookshelf speakers Consider Elac. I'm quite happy with them in my home theater setting. The money saved will go towards the monitors in my quality-listening room (Sonus Faber Electa Amator, 🤞). | |
| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market Reading some love here for 3-5 year old second hand, for example, as a category? Correct! | |
| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market Thanks you for so much feedback. I was close to dealing for a pair of Harbeth M30.2, but had second thoughts after finding ASR’s reservations. They would likely have been a short term experience pending release of the LSA 100 Statement in January... | |
| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market Thank you for the thoughtful answers, and questions. Room is about 12" x 12" x 22", mostly hard surfaces, including the wooden floor, and opens onto three other spaces. Current equipment iinludes a PrimaLuna EvoLution 400, Audiolab 6000 CD transpo... |