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| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama Unfortunately I didn’t get to read the review in question before it went down, but from what I gather the review itself wasn’t all that negative and the measurements were the main source of the problem. Is that about right? I only received two pr... | |
| Noob question about streaming . . . With your current speakers I’d evaluate if you hear a meaningful improvement with Tidal over HEOS, and if you do just stick with that but if you don’t just drop Tidal and stick with Spotify with HEOS. I wouldn’t bother with a separate streamer un... | |
| resonance at 500 Hz using headphones - maybe need a different DAC? +1 @koestner First, this doesn’t even sound like a DAC problem, and second since it happens to some degree across several DACs it’s most likely not a DAC issue and more likely an issue with the headphones. Have you even tried different ‘phones? ... | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama This could’ve easily been solved with a little communication and follow-up measurements. Not a good look for Tekton IMO, and who the hell would wanna review one of their speakers after this? Stupid. | |
| Noob question about streaming . . . What resolution is HEOS capable of? | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama Can you provide links to the YouTubers involved in this? Tough to comment on this either way without seeing the review and speaker involved. Definitely disturbing on its face though. | |
| Noob question about streaming . . . With your system I’d recommend getting a Wiim Pro streamer for $150 and do a free trial of Qobuz and/or Tidal and see if the increase in sound quality is worth it. Best of luck. https://www.crutchfield.com/p_399WIIMPRO/WiiM-Pro.html | |
| Spendor D7.2 Pairing - First Watt F8 Here’s a beautiful pair of Verity Audio speakers that would pair well with your amp and likely sound sublime. They’re a great value at the price and being sold by a Verity dealer. The downside is that Verity is apparently closing shop, which is ... | |
| Emphasis on stereo but need a complete solution. Whew! Yeah there’s quite a difference between the 120 and 190 both on the amp and digital side so very glad you could switch, and yes that's still a very good price for an open-box 190. Looking forward to your thoughts. | |
| what's a good Gan / Class D option under 3k? Nilai or Ncorex500? @hgeifman My first thought was also the Tempe di GaN, but even used it’s well out of the OP’s stated budget. | |
| From B&W 804 D3 to Focal Sopra 2? Sounds like you’re looking at the Focals out of convenience/availability more than what they can do for you sonically, and there are many other excellent options out there. What’s your budget and are you looking for new or used? Alternatively, i... | |
| Emphasis on stereo but need a complete solution. I suggested the H190, not the H120 cause ur gonna need the power. Which one did you get? | |
| Verity Audio speaker manufacturer silent... A couple months ago someone else mentioned they heard they were going out of business. If true it’s sad because they made truly excellent sounding speakers and one of the relative few that were tube friendly, but their marketing was always non exi... | |
| Your thoughts on best audiophile speakers in $10,000 neighborhood? I treasure detail and transparency and don't lean toward "warm" speakers. Given that I’d recommend looking at the ATC SCM40 v2. The passive version is $6k but there’s also an active version that includes individual amplification for each drive... | |
| Emphasis on stereo but need a complete solution. Honestly, for this application I’d use anything you already have on hand unless you just feel like spending more $. |