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| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Sarah Brightman, mentioned here once between the lines. Some sound effects added by the mixing engineers though to create that "big" vocals. Great voice nonetheless. | |
| Totem... Bass? I think it depends on the speakers that one is comparing with when he/she mentions the Model 1's or 1 Signatures have decent or lightweight bass. I compared the Model 1s with Harbeth SHL5s and no contest. The Model 1s were not only lacking in bass... | |
| The Best Audiophile Earphones headphones and Amp I may be the odd one but I think more than 50% members on headfi are teenagers or young adults. In fact I noticed some are as young as 15 years old. | |
| 2ch amp and HT receiver connected to same speakers 02-03-11: JamesgInstall banana plugs on your cables for a quick disconnect when you switch between systems. Never run with both connected at the same time. This appear to be the best option of not destroying anything albeit a little inconvenient e... | |
| Integrated Amp for B&W 805 Nautilus Keep your Jolida while you try other integrateds as the new amp may not sound any better than the Jolida. You might want to look at the older Classe CAP-100 as an alternative. | |
| Wyred 4 Sound experience with 804Ds JDec, they were the 531H monoblocks. He was using a Bryston 4B-SST to drive his PMC EB1i's and subsequently upgraded to the 531H. He then replaced the EB1i's with the Revel Salon2 before ditching the 531H's for the Wyre4Sound. Some folks may be sk... | |
| Short piece of spk wire sustitute for spk link? Ditto on the responses above. The stock links or brass jumpers of most speakers are usually not too good. A short length of speaker wire will produce better results in most cases. Kijanki made a good point about the connection at the speaker termi... | |
| Budget integrated amps for garage system Spend more on speakers and skimp on the amp. Paradigm Mini Monitors with Rega Brio3(used) or cheaper amps are worth a shot. | |
| Wyred 4 Sound experience with 804Ds The W4S amps(and DACs) have been dubbed giant killers. Some of my friends have traded in their more costly gear for the Wyred4Sound stuff. A friend ditched his Mark Levinson monoblocks for the W4S in driving his Revel Salon2 speakers. I'm not sure... | |
| Harbeth shl5 upgrade over spendor s8e? If you like a sound that is more open and transparent with more air and high-frequency extension the SHL5 would be a massive improvement over the S8e. The SP series are more comparable to the Harbeth IMO. If you peruse the archives you would notic... | |
| Levinson 360 vs Benchmark Audio Asylum | |
| Question for Harbeth Owners According to the designer all amplifiers sound the same too. I can't really say for sure how long does it take for the speakers to break-in since I've tried half a dozen amps with the speakers in the first 6 months. Nonetheless I feel the characte... | |
| Rega Electronics and Devore Fidelity The Rega Elicit doesn't sound close to the LFD III. Like Cfluxa I have listened to both Elicit and LFD on the Harbeth and find the LFD to be a more involving unit with more energy and life-like presentation. The Elicit sounded more flat and lacked... | |
| Can the Harbeth 40.1's boggie ????? Again, Erikminer made some valid observations. Although the Harbeth will not rock like some other speakers, Classe + Purist + "Harbeth" + Overdamped room can be a recipe for disaster if one seeks thrill and excitement. If using ASC absorption pane... | |
| Can the Harbeth 40.1's boggie ????? I guess it depends on the sound that you want. Missioncoonery made a good point on vintage speakers. FWIW my friend who owns the 40.1 actually has another pair of Altec Lansing Valencia in a 2nd system. He got the Altecs so that he can have the be... |