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| New Luxman 507Z avanti1960 04-27-2022 at 09:33pm971 posts Gone is the overtly smooth and forgiving presentation in favor of more clarity and transparency. May i ask which model of the Luxman sound overly smooth and forgiving? The L-590AXII which I current... | |
| DAC bakeoff: Denafrips Aries II vs Topping D70 vs Parasound Halo integrated The Topping D70 is the older model. I read that the D70S is quite a bit better than the D70 with higher levels of transparency, air and detail while preserving the flow. It would be interesting if the D70S is compared to the Denafrips Ares II. | |
| New Luxman 507Z Oh no. Luxman has become Accuphase. Champagne gold vs silver Warm, full, lush vs refined, delicate, detailed Don't think so. | |
| New Luxman 507Z In theory it seems like Luxman’s rendition of Hegel’s Sound Engine. Hopefully it’s done correctly. What do you mean by this. Are you implying that Luxman is copying or imitating Hegel. | |
| Question for Acrolink / Mexcell power cord owners ; especially the 7N PC 9900 model Just to add. Apart from the power cord, the quality of wall outlet will also matter. In my system, the Furutech GTX-D NCF combined with the Acrolink cords truly elevated my system to a higher level of performance. | |
| Question for Acrolink / Mexcell power cord owners ; especially the 7N PC 9900 model I just saw this thread. I rarely visit the Cable thread these days and mostly hang out on the Amp and Speaker threads. I don’t have experience with the 7N PC9900 which I believe is the top of the line Acrolink cord. However, I do have the older PC... | |
| After years of separates, I'm going integrated. Anyone else do the same? The Pass Labs XA-60.5 monoblocks look like some serious amps, beautiful too. Perhaps keep them since John Atkinson thought that way. | |
| Intergrated Amp suggestions for B&W 805d4 duckworp 219 posts 03-27-2022 at 11:25am I had 804D with Naim amplification and I agree it sounds a little harsh. I demoed a few amps. The best that went with the 804D was a Vitus RI100 (now called RI101) for a clean but smooth ... | |
| Need Help Matching to This System To Speakers Yes. A friend of hers has some gorgeous pair ProAc standmounts that look and sound beautiful....that's something like what I'll end up with. It's apparently worth $10,000 worth of new electronics to acheive that for her. Sounds like the Proa... | |
| After years of separates, I'm going integrated. Anyone else do the same? So, I reached out to Kent @Pass for his thoughts. (I’ve know him for a quite while.) He basically said it could be viable but in terms of sonic bliss, body and weight the integrated wouldn’t match those separates. So, I decided to keep ’em separa... | |
| Why do folks spend more on electronics than on speakers? No clear rule on the allocation of funds for the amp, equipment and speakers. Personally I would allocate the highest budget on both amp and speakers. In my book ; Amp 40% Speakers 40% Everything else 20% | |
| Magico A1 or Sopra 1 or Marten Oscar Duo Kaitainen, Full, rich and naturally detailed but less delicate would be Harbeth SHL5+. I didn’t have the opportunity to listen to a lot of speakers hence I can’t offer much insight here. The Harbeth is known to be a smooth sounding speaker but th... | |
| Magico A1 or Sopra 1 or Marten Oscar Duo I’ve heard the Oscar Duo as well, but I’ve never heard a rich or full enough sound out of them. Light but detailed would describe what I’ve heard. That would apply to the Marten Duke 2 as well. The overall presentation is a little lean and l... | |
| Best upgrade: amp or pre-amp? 3rd or 4th Erik Squires. The integrated that I have is a Luxman. | |
| Best upgrade: amp or pre-amp? This is just my personal opinion. Solely on sound quality, separates only have the advantage if the speakers are a difficult load (big power or current requirement). Nowadays high quality integrateds costing up to $20k or more are capable of stell... |