rlovendale
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| Aerial Acoustics 6T Speaker @teajay How do the Aerial 6T and 7T hold up nowadays against some of the more recent designs you've heard? I haven't heard the 7T, but absolutely loved the 6T that I demoed, against speakers from Paradigm, KEF, Klipsch, and Focal. | |
| Paradigm Persona series If moderators are going to delete posts, it would be helpful to know why. | |
| Paradigm Persona series Also our main demo room is 26 by 20 with 10 foot ceiling, don’t think your dealer has a single room of that size. They do. Don’t make assumptions and take underhanded jabs at other dealers. Everyone that works there is also a much less annoying hu... | |
| Paradigm Persona series @audiotroy If you’re going to keep addressing me and implying I have some hidden agenda, the least you could do is spell my username correctly.I don’t have an agenda. I simply shared my experiences with the Persona 3F speakers as compared to a num... | |
| Why so many used focals? I can’t recall the model of McIntosh amp I demoed on, but know it was a two-channel. However, I found a Stereophile review of these McIntosh solid state mojo blocks. See: https://www.stereophile.com/content/mcintosh-mc501-monoblock-power-amplifier... | |
| Why so many used focals? I am not familiar with their electronics, but know it was a solid state amp the dealer had set up. Can you please clarify? | |
| Paradigm Persona series I agree with the audition advice. But these speakers measure with a large peak at 10 kHz and another one even higher. See: https://www.stereophile.com/images/918ParaP5Ffig4.jpg.Buyer beware. :) | |
| Why so many used focals? Agreed. The Kanta No. 2 sucks, and I could only take 10-15 minutes of it, turning the volume down (on McIntosh electronics no less) constantly. I feel the same way about the Paradigm Persona 3F. It's not the beryllium. I use Focal Utopia headphone... | |
| Paradigm Persona series Chain was Luxman DA-250 DAC into my Schiit Audio Ragnarok integrated amp. Ragnarok is neutral and resolving, so what you’re saying makes sense. What I thought was strange is that I hated the Persona sound, yet use Focal Utopia headphones on the sa... | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 I would add Aerial Acoustics 7T to your list. I have heard the 6T and think they hit all your criteria perfectly, so assume their bigger brother would too. I preferred them to Spendor D7, Focal Kanta No. 2, Paradigm Persona 3F, and the KEF R11 I h... | |
| Paradigm Persona series The Persona was also my least favorite speaker out of the handful I demoed at a local dealer a few weeks ago: Spendor D7, KEF R11, Klipsch Forte III, KEF LS50, and my favorite by a mile the Aerial Acoustics 6T. Paradigm were detailed, but so uninv... | |
| Thinking about a new, lower end CD Player Schiit Audio has announced they are working on a CD transport, and will likely focus more on it once their turntable is out. The latter is nearing production. May be worth watching. | |
| RMAF 2016 "No Schiit?" http://schiit.com/news/news/schiit-previews-2-channel-line-at-rmaf | |
| Has anyone tried Blue Jeans Cable LC-1 RCA IC? riffer, would you mind elaborating on the differences you noticed between the LC-1 and the Cardas Golden Reference? | |
| Power cord feeding a power conditioner/regenerator Biggy, you never posted your findings once the 20A Cardas GR came in. |