richdirector
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| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) I have harbeth 30.1 which I really love but just ordered tannoy legacy Ardens with 15 driver ..., supposed to have fabled mid range but I’ll have to report back.also my wee falcon ls3/5a have great mids and higher but lacking bass as you would exp... | |
| Which area of components to spend the most $ on? Boy I was wrong all my life! Wait until he rips the CDs onto a NAS and spends that money on streamer and DAC ..... pull vs push demand and correction.I still follow 35% speakers, 30% source, (unless vinyl and digital then x2) 25% amp - 10% sundry breakdown as guide | |
| The best music in 2018 A 2018 record just discovered - released October but I only just saw a review and then bought it. If you love country then Colter Wall - Songs of the Plains.think Waylon / gram / Jonnie / john prine. Listening now on my little leben cs300 and falc... | |
| PMC 25.23s anyone? Totem Signature Ones? they should be fine (if talking foot not metre) and again it depends how loud you want. Near field listening perfect .... and depends on setup. The room i had my speakers in was 7m x 5m and 3.5m tall. Your room is near box so there may be reflec... | |
| PMC 25.23s anyone? Totem Signature Ones? Dont know if any use but I had PMC 21s (not the latest 25 versions though) they are amazingly clear and precise and was driving them with LINN Majik DSM - the old 21 were standmount to 23 floormount. Although precise I felt I was losing a bit of m... | |
| Good DACs have known benefits, But what About Streamers The DACs I have used have all been inbuilt to the streamers I have used LINN sneaky / magik / and Klimax but the massive sound difference has been probably on the DAC side. I also have an ARCAM CDS50 which is a cheap SACD / streamer but can act as... | |
| Thinking about upgrading, but wondering about diminishing returns And to add I set up my larger lounge just for hifi so speakers placed purely for sound using cardas placement method they are nearly in middle of 7m long room. I then printed some pics from filming in Rwanda onto 3 GIK acoustic sound absorption bo... | |
| Thinking about upgrading, but wondering about diminishing returns I would say you are way past the point of diminishing returns ..... unless there was s something in the music you don’t like ...... 2019 I am going to try avoid changing components .... maybe buy more music and see more gigs. | |
| Sweethearts of the rodeo tour If only they could get Gram back - who I think really pushed Chris making sweetheart - you heard the album with all the out takes and studio versions?? | |
| So disappointed in today's Americana I love that Brandi Carlisle album too - also Marissa Hackman ‘old rockhounds’ On vinyl ...... think genre music always has peaks and troughs until the next wave comes in. I remember thinking Ryan Adams a god at first but then either my tastes chan... | |
| Streamer recommendations for dummies. Linn do v g streamers that take Spotify or airplay streams and send into other sources - standalone DS or the ones with amp in DSM. The volume controlled by LINN not people’s own devices ..... also lets you hookup Ethernet to NAS drive with all yo... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? @boxer12 clem snide was a great call .....people less known from me:LoFi ish1. bonnie prince billy - despite 14 odd albums also under the pseudonym of Will Oldham etc2. Bill Callahan / smog3. Micah P Hinson - something like 3 albums produced in as... | |
| Does a ripped cd onto a digital format sound better than the cd played on the cdp Was going to add Arcam CDS50 is both SACD/cd and streamer and a bloody bargain for sound quality. 90% as good as my Linn Klimax Digital streamer and cheap cheap | |
| Does a ripped cd onto a digital format sound better than the cd played on the cdp Depends as everyone says on streamer etc. I like others use XLD with massive correction to rip and on my streamer it sounds a world apart better ..... but SACD on my Arcam CDS50 was pretty special. Streamer lets you get into Hi res files like 24 b... | |
| Audiogon member suggestions for a speaker that sounds good at low volume!!! I have low powered 15w valve playing into LS3/5a falcon 15ohm - great for near field but as others have said (and you are sitting fairly static) headphones could make better choiceesp headphones that are less tiring - I use AKG712 keep my toes tap... |