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| Suggestions for a digital cable. Congrats! If you could, let us know what you think once you get it hooked up. | |
| Recommendation for Headphones under $250 Is it important that other people can’t hear any sound coming from the headphones? | |
| Amp recommendations for Hifiman HE1000 V2 I have the Arya Stealths and I don’t think the Chord will let them completely open up as per the stereonews.net review, but the MM-500 may well work fine if you like their sound profile. | |
| Amps for B&W 805 Diamond: Rogue Audio or Krell, Pass labs, ML, Accuphase My most important sound characteristics are deep, soft, neat bass. Also a thick, warm mid-low and sparkling treble. The only thing the Medusa will do well for you is the sparkling treble as its mids are not thick/meaty (although not thin) and t... | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement @frogman The purpose of doing comparisons is really twofold — it provides the reviewer a check on what he/she thinks they are hearing, and it gives the readers a relative comparison for context. Humans are notoriously bad at absolutes and very goo... | |
| B&W CM9 with which center channel This Nautilus HTM1 looks like a screaming deal if you can stretch a little. I think the center and subs are the most critical speakers in HT and with this you’d have the center nailed shut… https://www.ebay.com/itm/204076389238 I know it’s blac... | |
| Am I Better Off With Limited Low Frequency Speaker In A Small Room? I expect most audio salons don't have a clue how to set up properly. +1. | |
| Static IP for Aurender N100H music server? I’m having the same problem with my Zen Stream so you have my deepest sympathies. Ugh. | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement @lloydc Have you heard any of the newer GaN- or Purify-based amps? They’re not your father’s Class D anymore. | |
| Amps for B&W 805 Diamond: Rogue Audio or Krell, Pass labs, ML, Accuphase The Medusa, while being an excellent amp, definitely leans to the more detailed/revealing end of the sonic spectrum (at least with the stock tubes) and I’d be concerned that this combined with the 805’s likewise very detailed diamond tweeter might... | |
| Amp recommendations for Hifiman HE1000 V2 @clavace No, that’s not a good match at all. The HE1000 v2 is rated at 35 Ohms and 90dB that makes it a pretty tough load, and the Chord only puts out 600mW @ 30 Ohms that is not nearly enough to power these headphones effectively. Here’s a quote ... | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement The bashing of audio reviewers by audiophiles who are themselves wannabe reviewers; it’s been sport as long as there have been audiophiles. Out of control egos who are so convinced that it is in their opinions, and their opinions only, where trut... | |
| Help fine-tune my speaker search You should really go back to Johnny R’s and listen to some ProAc speakers as I believe he sells them as well. They’re very natural and organic sounding yet still nicely detailed and image/soundstage right up there with the Vandys with wider dispe... | |
| Am I Better Off With Limited Low Frequency Speaker In A Small Room? I'm not a fan of subs. There can be a discontinuity in tonality. I have never heard one in a room where I didn't prefer listening to music without it. Due respect, you’ve never heard decent and properly dialed-in subs. When properly integrate... | |
| Sound bar Sound bars are a compromise. Far lower sound quality than something like a decent 5.1 system but takes up far less space, fits under the front of the TV, and is a lot easier to set up. Although I’d never get one I can see the point for many peop... |