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| Aerial Acoustics 10T vs Talon Khorus Another vote for the Aerials. The Talons were said to measure very poorly and hence were never reviewed in publications that provided measurements. Plus, as mentioned earlier, they’re outta business so good luck if you blow a driver. I think th... | |
| Lavri Cables @slaw Yeah, obviously I did too. More treble detail/air and transparency with a greatly expanded sense of space and soundstage but with no added harshness or lack of tonality. Did you find the same? I’m impressed, especially for the price. | |
| Ifi Zen Streamer plus upgraded power supply - the streamer to beat?? I'll compare it on it's own against my pi 4 unit w/rme adi dac and the cxn with the rme dac too. Should be interesting to see if I see any difference between them all. @blkwrxwgn I’d be VERY interested in your findings as I’m looking at the i... | |
| What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to? I get rhythm pointers from the drummer and bassist. I’m a lifelong guitar wanker. Can’t hold a groove to save my life! @tablejockey Totally agree. I’m a drummer and couldn’t make a rehearsal once but my band decided to go ahead anyway. By all a... | |
| Help with choosing sub-woofers please One thing that alarmed me at first with the KC62 is that KEF claim it goes down to 11Hz. This didn’t seem possible for this very small size....At 20Hz it is only 2.5dB down. Uh, yeah, I’d check that. If the company doesn’t specify a -3dB lower ... | |
| What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to? Most musicians listen to the actual music content and are not concerned with audiophoolery. Agree completely — most musicians have mediocre to poor systems. | |
| Cable question Yes. Why would you convert from digital and optical on both ends and think that’d sound better than no conversion? Plus, optical is limited to 24/96. Is that enough for you? | |
| Joseph Speakers I’ve heard both in different systems, so take that FWIW. The Perspectives are more full range, but IME they both display the same wonderful sound characteristics of the JA crossover. If I’m on a budget, I could easily live with the RM25XL, and y... | |
| Help with choosing sub-woofers please If you wanna do it right and your room/budget will allow, do a swarm as @atmasphere recommends. It’s the gold standard. If that’s not in your budget, get a pair of SVS SB1000 Pros that offer integration software and will help deal with room mode... | |
| AR-2ax. On the Prowl. Typical Issues??? Yeah, my uncle gave me a pair. They were mushy and completely rolled off in the highs. If that’s what you’re after, go for it. My Pioneer HPM-100s made them sound like crap in comparison. Just my experience FWIW. I still have my HPM-100s if you’r... | |
| Need help to select a speaker If you’re looking for good performance at low volumes, to me, that means high sensitivity speakers. I think Tannoy is your obvious choice. | |
| The Cable Co The notion of paying $600 for a cable when I can find it used for $250...no customer service can beat that. @hilde45 Bingo!!! Used cables are readily available, easy and cheap to ship, are pretty much assured to be trouble free, and they’re eas... | |
| New Pre/Pro for 2 ch guy? (+How easy to set up RC in top units like Lyngdorf, etc)? That is my overall concern, getting good 2 channel sound out of a processor or going to a 2 piece processor and preamp setup. My advice, if 2-channel is important, is to buy a good, dedicated stereo preamp and feed the preamp outs of an AVP int... | |
| Please Recommend Highly Efficient Floor Standing Non-Horn Speaker Suggestions Flies under the radar as a Canadian company, but Verity Audio makes some of the best speakers I’ve ever heard and are also high efficiency. | |
| Power Conditioner/Surge Protector Options That is why I prefer to turn to a scientific explanation of the technology and why it works rather than just saying that it does and you should take a $2-5K leap of faith! I agree, but if a products achieves a scientific benchmark but doesn’t g... |