sbonamo
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| How to tame a bright system? Check the tweeter height versus your ear height. I personally like my ear in between the tweeter and midrange. Also, try toeing out to not have the tweeter directly pointed at your ears. Finally, implement room treatment, especially at first refle... | |
| Finally Learned: Subs serve much larger role than adding more low bass Very true. Also, stereo subs matter, 2 are much better than 1 positioned L and R. | |
| How long do good speakers last? There are 3 variables affecting aging: 1) Materials and manufacturing quality (or lack thereof) used including glues, ferrofluids, foam surrounds, etc. which can age over time. 2) Environmental conditions including temperature and more important h... | |
| REL vs JL AUDIO I've owned JLA, Rel, M&K Martin Logan and others. I've heard SVS, Rhythmik, others. The best combination IME which I currently own are JLA Fathoms with an outboard Jensen high to low output converter. Also, any sub can be difficult to integrat... | |
| If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear Based on the lack of innovative technology you are paying more so for aesthetics than sound. Which is fine if that's what you want. Also, I'd love to see measurements on and off axis for the sea of metal circles speaker. | |
| Vivid Audio alternatives Late to the post, not sure what you bought but I compared Wilson, Magico, Vivid, Vandersteen, Evolution Acoustics, YGs and many others a few years back and ended up with Vivid Giya G2 S2. The only speaker near its price that was also fabulous was ... | |
| DCS Network Bridge? Aqua LinQ Streamer? As an added LinQ data point I recently picked up an Innuos Statement thinking it could replace my DIY music PC + the LinQ. Going into the eval I already knew that my combo was quite good having recently heard the Aurender W20 and the TotalDAC Twel... | |
| Innuos: A Cautionary Tale. Sorry to hear about your experience. I think I'm in a similar situation. I just bought a used Statement and the LAN port is DOA. No link / TX/RX LEDs lighting and as such no connectivity. However I can connect via the Streamer port. Curious if you... | |
| DCS Network Bridge? Aqua LinQ Streamer? Late reply but for what it's worth - I have heard the TotalDAC D1-Twelve many times and it is a stellar DAC. At the time I first purchased a Aqua Formula the TotalDAC was clearly better (more robust sound with further detail, more effortless). How... | |
| Funny how streaming/digital still chases that analog benchmark. As with many things in life, it's not that black and white (vinyl vs. digital and which is best). If you had an unlimited system budget and >= $20K for your source component budget and assuming high quality material then vinyl (IME) can be supe... | |
| Open Letter To REL, SVS, Hsu, etc., et al If you buy a JL Audio Fathom it comes with a microphone which you place at your listening position, hit a button and it sets up the sub with optimal settings. | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? Lots of good feedback and lots of ignorance as always. Net is - With almost everything in audio, differences are directly related to the quality and resolution of your system (including your room and your ears). For example, if your system's total... | |
| What speaker – under $10k – has the best timbre and tonal qualities? The problem is - there is a relationship between many of the common audiophile descriptors and timbre. It's is one of the most difficult to portray accurately without a fairly high level of detail retrieval, driver to driver cohesiveness, dynamics... | |
| DCS Network Bridge? Aqua LinQ Streamer? I own an Aqua Formula and a LinQ. The I2S output does sound better than the USB, not leaps and bounds better but it is noticeable. The LinQ IMO is ruthlessly revealing. On well recorded tracks it's amazing on not so good recordings or with sub - p... | |
| Best 40 to 50k used speakers Assuming the $40K - $50K is your assumed new speaker price, I went through a similar exercise a year or so back. Also, we have about the same size rooms. My top contenders in no particular order were:- Vandersteen 7 Mk II- Vivid Audio Giya G2 S2- ... |