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Magnepan 1.7 owners and subwoofers
IMO if you want to use a sub for music 2 channel, you should place the sub in a center channel position(between the mains). Its the only way to get it to blend IMO. Sounds fantastic between the mains and can even be set at a high cross over setti... 
Denafrips Pontus II vs Venus II
Thanks for all responses. @stevebohnii I currently have the Chord Qbd76 so it’s useful that you compared the Quest to the Pontus II. I didn’t know about the Iris DDC and it’s useful to note that the performance of the Pontus II can taken up a notc... 
The sound comparison between LUXMAN DA-200 D/A and LUXMAN DA-250 D/A convertors
Arafiq, thanks for the useful response which is greatly appreciated. I now have to recheck my priorities.  
Joseph Audio Perspective2 vs Harbeth SHL5+
Sorry folks I’ve been traveling for work. Hopefully, I’ll share my impressions in a day or two.   If you have some free time I would appreciate if you can visit the Digital thread as I was seeking your opinion on the Luxman DA-06 vs Denafrips ... 
The sound comparison between LUXMAN DA-200 D/A and LUXMAN DA-250 D/A convertors
That being said, IMO it doesn’t make sense to pay $2k for a dac that is a 10-year old design. If I was looking in this price range, I’d look into R2R designs, e.g. Denafrips Pontus II. I bought a Terminator II a few months ago and find it to be f... 
Adding a sub. - can i start with one?
What sub? What controls did it have?   It’s a PMC TLE1. To be fair, it’s not very good.    
Adding a sub. - can i start with one?
I’ve heard Rel subs and they work great, but so do many other subwoofers. There’s nothing special or unique about Rel subs that I have heard. I’m sure fanboys will say they weren’t set up "right" or I’m deaf, or whatever, but that’s my story and ... 
Adding a sub. - can i start with one?
In my limited experience, the best placement for a single sub is right in the middle between the speakers, not in one of the corners. I am aware that REL recommends the single sub to be placed in the corner of the room but I don’t follow. (I have ... 
Joseph Audio Perspective2 vs Harbeth SHL5+
Thanks for the response @arafiq I wasn’t too surprised that the Supernait 3 sounded poor with the Harbeth SHL5+. It’s the same experience when I tried the Nait XS on the SHL5. Somehow the Naim integrateds are not very good in my book. Perhaps they... 
Adding a sub. - can i start with one?
Two is better than one. One is better than none :)     The best answer for the day 😆👍  
Joseph Audio Perspective2 vs Harbeth SHL5+
I have tried the speakers with Luxman 590AXII (owned), Hegel H390 (extended home audition), Kinki EX-M1(owned), Naim Supernait 3 (home audition), VTL IT-85 (owned), ARC GSi75 (owned), and Sim Audio Moon 340i (home audition). So hopefully you can ... 
Joseph Audio Perspective2 vs Harbeth SHL5+
As good as the SHL5+ are, I do sometimes yearn for a wider and deeper soundstage with bigger bass (although I have a pair of REL S/510s to supplement).   You will likely get that with modern speakers but it will need to be fairly high quality ... 
New Dynaudio Heritage Special..?..!
I had the original Totem 1 for 20 years and these are the Totem 1’s times 10.   I tried the Totem Model 1 in my system for a brief period many years ago and thought they are average, not spectacular. It's a fun and bouncy type of sound but not... 
Dynaudio - Made in China vs Denmark
      What model please.   I thought all Dynaudio speakers are made or assembled in Denmark. So, some of the models are now assembled in China?  
Single REL T/9x vs S/510 in Small Room
Thanks Arafiq. That’s good to know. It’s a single S510 for me unfortunately since I don’t have the space and funds for a second one. I’m sure 2 will be better but I’m very pleased with the performance of the single REL so far, no complaints