ronboco

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What happened to all the highend stereo shops
@decathlon1991  What speakers are you using with your Boulder gear?   
T+A DAC 200 or WEISS 501
It seems like some of the descriptions of the various DACs qualities (soundstage width, depth etc. ) are more likely to be determined by the room. How can a DAC affect these things? Thanks   
Subs with room correction DSP?
@traudio  Contact Duke LeJeune at audiokinesis. He is an expert with subs and will give you the advise you need. You will be glad you did.   
When are speakers considered Hi-Fi and not Mid-Fi???
Any speaker that needs modified to sound good right out of the box should be considered midfi at best.   
Picking Speakers 20k-30k
@creditingkarma  Maybe the Atria and Avior were selling so good they thought they could bump the price way up and still have strong sales. I do love my Avior ii.    Happy listening!       
Used TechDAS Air Force III vs New Feickert Firebird with Kuzma Safir 9 vs SME 20 MK 2
@chauncey  I thought Soundings in Denver was a TechDAS dealer. I think they  had one in the store the last time I was there.   
Review of Ascend Acoustics’ ELX Tower Speakers (released 2022)
@baylinor  What speakers did you have prior to the Ascend?   
Picking Speakers 20k-30k
@grislybutter  I’m not sure if there are improvements made to the speakers. I’m going to my dealer on Saturday and will ask.    Regards  Ron   
Picking Speakers 20k-30k
@gordon  I just called my dealer and holy cow you are right ! 38k for the Atria ii and 48k for the Avior ii! I love my Avior ii but how can Rockport increase that much in 2 years? Geez.   
Picking Speakers 20k-30k
@gordon  Will do. I agree with you 37 k is a lot ! You just can’t go up that much in two years.   
Picking Speakers 20k-30k
@gordon  I looked at the link. At the top it says 38k and at the bottom it says 26.5k. I think they made a mistake. I ordered my Avior ii speakers around Oct. 2021 and they were 39k then. I’ll bet you are correct about the Avior ii pricing now bu... 
IsoAcoustics Gaia Footers AND Townshend Seismic Podiums
@blisshifi  How about running a sweep with REW to see what the frequency response is?   
Picking Speakers 20k-30k
@gordon  The Rockport  Atria ii speakers are $26,500. The Avior ii are around $40k.  @brewerslaw  I highly recommend an audition of the Avior ii. Good luck in your search !   
Inexpensive streaming amplifier
Check out Crutchfield. They should have some good options.   
High end speakers at low volume
I can’t imagine rock music sounds good at low volume but maybe it can with horns. I suggest giving Rockport speakers an audition. Used Atria might be in your budget. Good luck!