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| Speakers To Replace Castle Edens If you haven’t been to Goodwins High End in Waltham you should go listen to some DeVore speakers. I think you might really dig their new O Baby speaker, but at $5700 they’re probably out of your price range but still really worth a listen. Here’s ... | |
| Looking at a used Nuprime IDA- 8 integrated. I think that’d be hard to beat for the price if buying new. The Bel Canto C6i is probably a big step up in performance but at almost $2800 it’s way up in price too. One other alternative would be to pick up a used Bel Canto C5i (the prior model) i... | |
| Phono Preamplifier Redux .. Damn This is Getting Expensive Be aware that VTL’s customer service is legendary for being awful. Personally I’d never support a company that doesn’t support me, especially when there are so many other excellent alternatives. Just fyi and FWIW. | |
| Focal Clear Headphone Cable Problem I highly recommend taking a look at LavriCable as they make high quality cables at very reasonable prices and fly below the radar. I got an excellent 1.2m balanced cable with silver wire and top connector/plugs for only $253 for my Hifiman Arya S... | |
| Amps for B&W 805 Diamond: Rogue Audio or Krell, Pass labs, ML, Accuphase I completely defer to @audphile1 as nothing beats actual personal experience, and I stand corrected. | |
| Phono Preamplifier Redux .. Damn This is Getting Expensive Agree with VTPH recommendation, and I’ll throw in the Manley Steelhead as another good one to look at as well as Pass Labs if you don’t want tubes. But the one that really intrigues me is the Allnic H5500. Here’s a review from PTA, and the reviewe... | |
| Opinions before purchasing In a room that size definitely go with monitors and a sub as it’ll be much easier to manage the bass and you’ll get bass down to a true 20Hz that you won’t get with floorstanders. I've been happy with the soun bar for years and I tend to not ... | |
| Anyone else feel like it’s the Wild Wild West? Ok, I’ll start with a bittersweet post. I recently bought an iFi Zen Steam (with iPowerX filter/power supply) to replace streaming from my iPad via a LavriCable adapter (big upgrade over the Apple Camera Adapter BTW) as per the suggestion of seve... | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement The idea that a good recording is supposed to simulate a live performance is simply false for the vast majority of recordings. Big +1. Listen to Donald Fagan’s Kamakiriad or Morph the Cat — they were clearly recorded in a studio with absolutely... | |
| What Digital to Digital Converter Do You Use? Why? Well, I just took the plunge and bought a Denafrips Iris DDC. My Pegasus DAC shares some of its DNA with the Pontus ll, and the review of the Iris on The Audio Beatnik makes me pretty confident I’ll realize some significant benefits. I was eyein... | |
| B&W 705 Signature Feedback ? I got to hear the 805 D3 vs. the Pulsar in my system and the Pulsar just did everything better. The 805s did a great job with detail and transparency and in producing very good sound, but the Pulsar equaled it in detail/transparency and far surpas... | |
| Positioning B&W 802’s with spikes in hardwood? @nyev Could you possibly share your impressions when you get them installed and have a handle on what improvements they make? I’m planning on getting them in the near future so would be good to hear from someone here with a good system. I’d love... | |
| B&W 705 Signature Feedback ? I worked for Magnolia and am very familiar with both speakers. If I were you I’d highly recommend going to listen to similarly priced models from Joseph Audio, ProAc, or Usher if you can. Pairing the 805s with that amp is a mismatch in quality and... | |
| Am I Better Off With Limited Low Frequency Speaker In A Small Room? Downside is that the speaker can sound bright but at the same time, not all that airy in the soundstage. And tonally, it sounds a bit gray. Nothing is so harmonically fleshed out that I believe it’s real. This largely seems odd (except the airy... | |
| Need help. I need recomendations for amp, or amp/preamp There’s a nice McCormack DNA 125 with the coveted SMcAudio upgrade that bring this amp to near SOTA performance levels available on USAudiomart for $1750, which is a relative bargain given the pricey upgrades we’re done in January 2022. Pair this... |