rick_n
Responses from rick_n
| Sonus Faber Amati Tradition or Serafino G2 You have an excellent integrated in you rack and I would suggest only changing one variable in your system at a time. Settle on your new speakers and see how they play with your Accuphase. Then, if your not satisfied, audition different eclectoni... | |
| Sonus Faber Amati Tradition or Serafino G2 That's a really large space and if your listening taste includes having a robust bass foundation both of those speakers will be challenged. The previous gen Amati were known to be beautiful sounding speakers but bass shy. I spent some time with ... | |
| This Might Not Exist, Any reasonably priced, smaller speakers with 100db Sensitivity? Are we being punked with this question? | |
| Perhaps the most annoying myth in audio of 2025? Talking about Loudness! Perhaps more "loudness" is perceived as more dynamic? Does that trick an listener's ears into being "better"????? | |
| Do you agree with John Atkinson (and me)? The quality of streaming, transport and decoding continues to improve and at some point it will equal or surpass physical media. I suspect that the line is the sand is closer than many listeners think. Since streaming is so inexpensive for the e... | |
| LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE ACOUSTICS OF MY LISTENING ROOM Very smart question from someone who is doing it the right way. I was in the same place as you. I was starting a listening room from scratch and a dealer recommended treating the room first and then working out the equipment. Best advice I ever... | |
| Speaker upgrade? Swapping those speakers would likely be lateral at best. If you are still pleased with the sound of the Kefs how about adding a subwoofer? This will likely be the best bang for the buck. Good luck and cheers. | |
| Has this ever happened to you? **Do NOT tell you dealer** You'll never get another invite to the holiday party. But seriously, congrats that's what this is all about. Be sure to share, don't hog the sweet spot from your friends and family! | |
| Connecting External DAC's and Pre-Amps to Hegel Integrated Amplifiers? Wow, the original ask was very loaded. The short answer is that the Hegel integrated will do everything you talked about except accept the signal from another preamp. If you feed another preamp's output into the Hegel integrated you're going to ... | |
| New Innuos Pulse, need assistance. In my experience, most DACs are optimized for one particular input. Coax vs. USB vs. AES inputs can sound very different with what the DAC ultimately outputs. Experiment with the different source inputs to see what is most pleasing to you. Also... | |
| High pitch buzz in speakers after adding some LEDs High pitched buzzing is often a grounding issue. I would start there. | |
| Chinese "Audiophile" Fuses Sadly, you usually get what you pay for. | |
| A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks The common thought is that: High quality power cords act as "filters" Consistency of cords, not mixing and matching, yields the best results I have found the combination above to be correct and that it both lowers the noise floor and allows fo... | |
| Hegel hum? Props to all who responded above. Very thoughtful and correct advice. If you’re not hearing a hum/buzzing from the speakers your concerns should be minimal. The Hegel integrated amps don’t turn off/on. They switch between standby (very low power... | |
| Need a little help Harrumph and plus +3 |