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| speaker recommendations for Ayre V-5xe? the Ascend’s pricepoint allows me to try and buy regardless as a stop gap, custom seas driver, raal ribbon, and Klippel measurements, appears to be a level of actual R&D and published measurements beyond alot of the smaller independant compan... | |
| Audio Hungaray Qualiton A50i vs LTA Z40+ Integrated I use Amazon Music HD and Tidal. Can you recommend a good afordable under 1k replacement for the Ifi Zen Adapter? Yeah, do a trial of a Qobuz account that most people, including me, prefer over other options and offers lots of hi-res content as... | |
| Moving on a sailboat - bookshelf speakers? Now, I am very familiar with the modern car audio world. I have a Sony XAV-9500ES, Helix DSP.3S, Biketronics BT4180 (N-Core amp), and Audible Physics NZ3 speakers in my Cayenne OK, between taking a year off on a boat and this system in a Porsch... | |
| Are There Any Stereo Bluetooth Speakers? Bot city! I got this… | |
| Best sounding headphones you have owned? Dr. Choueri created virtual room acoustic with his patented BACCH filters @mahgister Yes!!! YESS!!! U nailed it there man. The BACCH system is THE most interesting thing I’ve heard about or would like to hear either in headphones or in a stereo... | |
| Best sounding headphones you have owned? I dont want to miss you compared impressions... Feel free to remind me about it here... I will wait... Berning ZOTL is my dreamed amplifier.... @mahgister I promise I will let you know as soon as I can, and thank u so much for ur kind thoughts.... | |
| Best sounding headphones you have owned? By 'high-maintenance', you mean finding an amp that will have enough current and wattage? Yes, there is that. @larsman Exactly correct. You need a bonafide 2-channel amp that can drive home speakers to drive the Susvaras, and that’s an expensi... | |
| Long XLR recommendations Lucky for me Peter is about an hour drive away. Lucky indeed! He’s one of the jewels in high-end audio IMHO and just a great guy. I also got to review one of his Liberty speakers that were also outstanding and an incredible value for what they ... | |
| Best sounding headphones you have owned? Currently my Hifiman Arya Stealths are my top ‘phones and I love them and love the Hifiman “house sound” and will very likely stick with the brand. As good as the Arya Stealths are, from everything I’ve read the HE1000SE is significantly better i... | |
| Audio Hungaray Qualiton A50i vs LTA Z40+ Integrated I will be using ifi Zen Bluetooth adapter for streaming music from my phone. Ouch! Why would you do this to either of these wonderful amps? Tell me you’re streaming Spotify as well. Ugh. | |
| speaker recommendations for Ayre V-5xe? Forget the Ascend Sierras and just buy these. You may well never feel the need to upgrade, and JA speakers sound sublime with Ayre electronics. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisb4gff-joseph-audio-monitors-monitors | |
| Moving on a sailboat - bookshelf speakers? I am interested in opinions on great bookshelf speakers that actually need to live in a bookshelf. I get seasick just reading this. | |
| Integrating speakers into contemporary decor - can WAF ever be overcome? It ain’t easy being a eunuch in audiophile city. @kingharold i teared up reading your very poignant post, am so sorry for your tragic loss, but am so happy that you got to spend so many happy decades with such a rare and clearly wonderful life par... | |
| a subwoofer choise - dual 8" SVS or one off-brand 15" Big +1 @erik_squires who’s giving you very wise advice. Go for a pair of SB1000 Pros that wouldn’t be much more expensive than only one 3000 Micro and aren’t much bigger but definitely much better and more capable subs. Sell the subpar JBL and t... | |
| Long XLR recommendations Maybe also consider Furutech connectors? Furutech seems to get good reviews from DIY cable types… https://www.thecableco.com/catalogsearch/result Although a bit above your $10/foot price target you might also check out Audio Envy that are still... |