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| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers By all means go listen to a pair of Joseph Audio Pearls. Congrats on your newfound freedom, and best of luck with the speakers. | |
| Schiit Freya plus (Tube) Preamp into McIntosh (SS) C53 preamp? Just get a good tube preamp if that’s what you’re after. Something like the Spatial Audio Raven or Aric Audio Motherload XL are excellent, and both offer trial periods so low risk to try in your system. Putting a budget tube pre in your system i... | |
| looking for bookshelves - Another usual boring speaker discussion i listened to SF Amators and BW 805d4, both somewhat laid back This is the first time I’ve ever heard anyone call the 805s laid back and I question the setup of that system. Were they hooked up to MacIntosh gear? How close to the wall will th... | |
| A cable too perfect? I’m also a big AZ fan, but some interconnects that have caught my eye are Jena Labs, Snake River, and Silversmith (the interconnects are new and aren’t listed on their website yet but pretty sure they’re available). At this level it comes down to... | |
| Tube Sound With Equalization? No to the equalizer as others have said. Sell the Benchmark pre and get a tube preamp. | |
| Advice on making a speaker change Ah, didn’t know your price range so going up the line in all the brands I mentioned where applicable would obviously be even better. Given your potentially higher price range I’d add Rockport to the list, and I neglected to mention Wilson that sh... | |
| Confession: I only like Norah Jones because so many others told me to I should clarify — if you don’t care for her that’s obviously perfectly fine and what makes the world go ‘round, but some here have tried to paint her as an overrated pop star and that’s just not the case as she’s certainly much more than that. | |
| Does You Subwoofer Settings ?? My Sub is approx 24 inches off wall and corner This is very likely not the best spot for the sub and probably a big part of your issue. As I mentioned earlier, do the sub crawl method to find the spot(s) where it’ll likely sound much better an... | |
| Advice on making a speaker change I value a big soundstage, imaging, tonal accuracy, musical involvement vs the ultimate in detail and resolution, Having said that, my KEF’s are a little lacking in high frequency air/transparency and perhaps a little TOO polite. Given that I’d ... | |
| Bluesound Node versions SQ If I send a data stream of 01001101 and another streamer does the same to the exact same external DAC, and that external DAC is doing buffering and reclocking of the data stream such that jitter is not an issue, there should be no difference what... | |
| Confession: I only like Norah Jones because so many others told me to Please, without wanting to pile on her, if you love her tell me why. What has you going about Miss Jones that makes her a standout? No wrong answers. Sorry, just saw this so coming in late. Yeah, if you just scratch the surface of her more po... | |
| Bluesound Node versions SQ All those on YouTube continually say that a $4K streamer sounds better than a $300 one when feeding an external DAC, but none of them, not even Hans Beekhuyzen, with his oscilloscope prop in the background, can show any data as to why that is. Gu... | |
| Preamp for my CODA 5.5 amp You’d get much better and more targeted recommendations if you share what specific improvements you’re looking for and what sound characteristics in general are most important to you. Do you find the Coda to be sufficient to drive your Aerials? | |
| Advice on making a speaker change Talk me off the ledge or should I jump? Jump! If you provide specifics about what sound characteristics are most important to you and what you especially like about your speakers and what you’d like to improve upon you’ll get some very good re... | |
| Does You Subwoofer Settings ?? This starts with finding the best sub locations in your room for optimal bass, which you can do using the crawl method. https://www.audioholics.com/home-theater-connection/crawling-for-bass-subwoofer-placement Then after that dial the sub’s sett... |