socfan12
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| Speaker recommendation for married couple Would agree w audiotroy, find something balanced between the two different speakers you like. The new Focal Sopra 1s or 2s may fit the bill. | |
| Best amp pairing with Aerial Acoustics Speakers? I've used classic Rowland (8TiHC) for my 10Ts for years. Classe is another good choice as well. | |
| Speaker Placement Speaker positioning requires a lot of patience IMO. It's taken me months to find the right speaker position/listener position for my S5s. Play around with toe in to get the 'best' balance of imaging and soundstaging (best being what you like mo... | |
| Shopping for a preamp A used Ayre K-5xeMP at around 2K should also be added to your short list. I purchased one here on Agon and couldn't be happier. | |
| Speakers that are very accurate sounding but don't produce an emotional connection. I don't post much here on Agon, but being the owner of one of those speakers that have the reputation for being technically excellent but emotionally uninvolving (Magico S5s), the topic is of particular interest to me. :-) I think Ivan's post come... | |
| Kronos Sparta and TW Acoustic TT Thx, Elinor. Will try. | |
| Kronos Sparta and TW Acoustic TT Elinor, Oddly, I replied using the new beta site a week ago but apparently that feature isn't working. Thx for the info, I'll see if I can seek out a Dohmann to audition.If you can, try to audition a Kronos TT. I'm using a Trinity phono with my Sp... | |
| Kronos Sparta and TW Acoustic TT Hi elinor, Funnily enough, when I was TT shopping the TW Acustic was tops on my list. I talked to Jeff at High Water Sound about a GT or AC, but he didn't take in trades (at least not what I had to offer, digital, LOL!). So I kept on looking.... | |
| Kronos Sparta and TW Acoustic TT I've heard good feedback on the Dohmann at RMAF. Wish I paid attention to it at RMAF. | |
| Kronos Sparta and TW Acoustic TT That is exactly what I loved about my Sparta. I have a friend who is also a dealer and he has both the Sparta and Pro Limited with the new motors. He says the Pro absolutely is better than the Sparta, though it was difficult to put into words. I'm... | |
| Kronos Sparta and TW Acoustic TT Hi Stickman,I own the Sparta and was also at RMAF. What room did you see the Sparta? I only saw the Sparta 0.5 and that was in static mode. The bigger Kronos Pro Ltd was playing in the GTT Audio room and I thought it sounded FANTASTIC!The Sparta i... | |
| stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions I second the Ayre nomination. I purchased the K5xe-MP here on Agon and absolutely love it. My system is pretty resolving and the Ayre fits in quite nicely. These come up from time to time, and usually sell within a day or two, so grab one while yo... | |
| What's your "diminishing returns" preamp choice? I recently purchased an Ayre K5xe-MP here on Agon and absolutely love it. I was playing my CH Precision C1 dac direct into my CH Precision A1 amp and it sounded great, but with the Ayre there's a slight sweetening of the sound with no or little lo... | |
| Rockport Avior or Magico S5 Agree with Charles1dad there is no substitute for auditioning both speakers yourself. They are both great speakers and have a lot in common. It'll all come down to a matter of taste. If you have the opportunity, go to Goodwin's High End where they... | |
| Direct Heated Triode Tube DAC by Allnic Audio Labs Ketcham, understood. I look forward to your thoughts on the D5000. |