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| Are most recordings so bad it's not worth spending large on speakers? When I think of lifelike, words like clarity and dynamics come to mind...and these words apply to the sound produced by a 10 piece brass band when you are 20' away and to a rock band in a club when you are 20' away. It seems to be pretty rare tha... | |
| How do you rationalize audio upgrades? I think it is also fair to say that in many cases, tastes, wants and desires change over time...and if/when this happens, your current audio system may no longer provide the enjoyment that you expect which then requires some "tweaking". | |
| How do you rationalize audio upgrades? To my way of thinking, an upgrade has to do one of two things in order to be rationalized/justified....add an improvement compared to what you already have or eliminate a negative that is just eating away at you. 99% of the time, these will be so... | |
| Is it even possible to set up a system in 12x12 room? @paulcreed I have a friend who also has a small room...with the sofa set up for listening and placed in the room with a wall directly behind it. My friend has tower speakers which he put on furniture sliders so that when he listens, the can pos... | |
| Which speakers have rear firing speakers and how do they sound? @cdc2 "Which speakers actually get it right accomplishing both goals?"I'm guessing that most of our experiences have been that all of the discussion regarding speakers and rooms is 'theoretical'...UNTIL...we get the speaker being considered in ... | |
| Tekton Electron Be Based on a $3500 upgrade price for the Be tweeters on the Electron SE...see the link....I'm thinking the upgrade for the standard Electron is more than a couple hundred $$$....so, @jsslv...how much extra did you pay for the Be if you don't mind te... | |
| Is it even possible to set up a system in 12x12 room? If you are able to set up a nearfield listening position...you probably won't have to turn the volume up as much as if you were 10' away which will reduce some of the unwanted reflections and give you a better overall sound...this would be a good ... | |
| Time to buy a class D amp? @niodariAs you can see, more and more people are making class d amplifiers...or about to make class d amplifiers. Unless you plan to hold on to it forever...or don't care about massive depreciation when you resell, I'd suggest you buy one that is... | |
| NUPRIME EVOLUTION ONE-BEST CLASS D AMP ON THE MARKET @rocrayIt might be more accurate to say that no matter which topology, the final sound is based on the ear and the voicing of the designer. Here is an interesting comparison of one of the Pass Labs amps with one of the Cherry amps.... and, I for ... | |
| NUPRIME EVOLUTION ONE-BEST CLASS D AMP ON THE MARKET I’ve never found a “spec wars” type of discussion to be very persuasive as there are always areas where either side can come up short. It is slightly more meaningful when a number of people... more is better... provide detail on their personal e... | |
| NUPRIME EVOLUTION ONE-BEST CLASS D AMP ON THE MARKET Cherry Amps have been well reviewed for their sound characteristics... here is an interesting article... they have switching frequencies up to 2mhz and bandwidth.. depending on the amp at either 100 kHz or 150 kHz. https://positive-feedback.com/in... | |
| Broken hearted...magnepan and vandersteen Good News....you can now build your own Dennis Murphy BMRs for under $1500....Dennis is saying over on AVS that the cabinets will be available soon for about $400 for the pair.https://meniscusaudio.com/product/phiharmonic-audio-bmr-speaker-kit/ | |
| To power strip or not @phusisMy experience is there is not a one size fits all answer. If you happen to have really clean power, then you can probably utilize a "non audiophile" sanely priced type of power strip.Therefore, I'd suggest that you buy a returnable audioph... | |
| Time to buy a class D amp? I've owned 3 class d amps over the past five years. The Crown XLS 2000 at $500 did some things right and some things wrong: good low end, ok midrange, bright top end, huge soundstage but two dimensional, and somewhat blurred detail...but for $500... | |
| Broken hearted...magnepan and vandersteen The beauty of the BMR is the RAAL ribbon tweeter...and as was previously mentioned, you can still buy them from Salk http://www.salksound.com/model.php?model=BMR%20Monitorsanother RAAL ribbon tweeter alternative loudspeaker for less money that se... |