smrex13
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| Speakers for Yamaha AS2100 The Cantons are very well made - sturdy, beautiful finish, high quality binding posts. They are a nice balance of warmth and detail. Good bass for a standmount speaker so the music has a nice foundation in my 16x12 room. The midrange is resolvi... | |
| Efficient, affordable speakers for SETs? Check out Contrast Audio (sold through highend-electronics). I had a pair of their bookshelf speakers with a 10-watt amp, and they were excellent. I would go with a floor standing model, as the bookshelf model didn't have enough bass, despite th... | |
| Speakers for Yamaha AS2100 @willland I recently purchased the Canton Vento Reference 9 DC from Accessories for Less, and they are remarkable speakers. It's hard to believe that they are being sold for such a low price. And there's a 30-day return policy, so you are only o... | |
| Bookshelf speaker for an apartment P.S. - another nice benefit to the Aria is that it's front ported, so you have some leeway with positioning them closer to the back wall if you ever need to. | |
| Bookshelf speaker for an apartment Good call on the Focal Aria 906 (I’m a former owner). It’s an enjoyable speaker that has good detail without being harsh. Beautiful imaging and a very transparent treble. Doesn’t have the deepest bass, but it’s fine for its size. The new Chora lin... | |
| din to rca phono Furutech makes a couple of very nice phono cables at different price points. | |
| Which is the best upgrade for the money for steaming from lap to through amp? shouldn't "steam" your laptop ;) | |
| Question re: Phono stage gain and possible new integrated Yes, either switch to the MM setting on the LFD (which requires disconnecting some internal wiring, I think) or switch to a low output Hana. The latter would be my recommendation. My experience is that when a low and a high output version is ava... | |
| Avid hifi phono stages For what it's worth, I had the Pellar and thought it was excellent. A very clear, dynamic sound with excellent soundstaging. I may go back to it at some point. I used it with a Grado Sonata 2 high output, and the combination was fantastic. Hop... | |
| Speaker cable recommendations in my budget I highly recommend JW Audio Cryo Nova speaker cables. At $10 per foot (pair), they compete with many cables 10 times their price. They do nothing wrong and have solved treble glare in more than one system. | |
| Best Buy Speakers at Best Buy under $1500pr The Martin Logan 35xti is quite nice. Best Buy carried the previous model, so I imagine they have this one, too. | |
| $3000 stand mounted speakers? Since you already know that you will be using a 40wpc amp in a decently sized room, you should look for speakers that will allow you to play your music at the levels you want with that amount of power. Generally, this means you will be looking at... | |
| Looking for Speaker Thoughts I have experience with several of these speakers (and a few similar models), so here are my thoughts on how they sounded in my 12x15 living room with decent solid state amplification:1. Dynaudio - haven’t tried the Evoke series, but I have always ... | |
| Looking for some more detail oriented / brighter sounding power cords. AntiCables Level 3. | |
| Speaker suggestion between $1000 and $2000 please........ The Quad S series is excellent, with a very clear, extended treble. |