soix
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| Diamond dome tweeters I’m not a fan of the overall sound of B&W speakers, but I have to say I was impressed with the tweeter in the 804 and 802D3. I can’t seem to ever warm up to most metal-dome tweets that almost always grate on me at some level, but I got none of... | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers Half of my recorded albums at LEAST and more present sound outside of the back/front and left /right vertical plane between the speakers +1 @newbee and @mahgister your system is wired out of phase if this is what you hear. Frankly, I don’t und... | |
| looking to match a new speaker to ARC REF75se Yeah, if you can find a nice used pair of Nola KOs in your price range, which do come up now and again, that’d be a HUGE recommendation (shame on me for not thinking of them before). Carl voices and mostly shows his speakers with ARC gear, so ther... | |
| Monitors and speaker stamds? +2 Blu-tack. Cheap and effective, but after some time my wife’s speakers are now stuck to the stands like it’s cement, so make sure you place the speakers properly in the first couple weeks while it’s still tacky. Then again, it’s the bottom of ... | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers As others have said, placement/positioning of speakers along with the recording and how much out-of-phase information is contained on it are key almost regardless of speaker design. Most of the music in my system occurs between the speakers with l... | |
| Recommendation for Digital Coax @dadork How’s the Apogee working out? Hope you got the arrows right! | |
| Outdoor Landscape series speakers I worked for Magnolia for a bit and am familiar with the Sonance products. One of my neighbors spend big $$$ on another outdoor speaker system (without subs) and another bought a Sonance system from me with the subs. The Sonance system sounded c... | |
| New Power Cable on a 1990 Hafler DH120? BTW, one of my band mates brought his ancient Hafler amp to see how it sounded in my system. I was shocked that it more than held its own against my McCormack DNA 0.5 Rev. A. Not sure which model his Hafler was though, but I was really impressed... | |
| looking to match a new speaker to ARC REF75se Well, IMHO you’re doing your excellent amp a disservice with $3000 speakers. It deserves better. My advice — save up your sheckles until you can afford a pair of speakers that does it justice. Leading contenders would be Vandy Treos or Quatttos, P... | |
| New Power Cable on a 1990 Hafler DH120? Not sure I’d spend too much a 25 year old amp, but a better PC can definitely make a difference. I’d recommend trying Cullen Cable as they’re a solid upgrade over stock cables but don’t break the bank, and they offer a good trial period so if it ... | |
| Whither Vitus? There an SIA 025 available here now for just under $15k. There’s also an RI 100 on US AudioMart for $6500 in case that may be of interest. Best of luck. | |
| Ifi Zen Streamer plus upgraded power supply - the streamer to beat?? I was able to upgrade luckily over the years, now my name would be 991GTS! @blkwrxwgn You bastard! I’m so jealous as Porsche is my absolute fave car. At the time right outta business school I couldn’t afford a 944 turbo much less a 911, hence ... | |
| ATMA-SPHERE MA-1 MK11.3 with magnepans, am I completely mad?! Pretty sure I’ve read in the past that Ralph @atmasphere said his amps work really well with Maggies, which, frankly, surprised me but there it is. | |
| Favorite Preamps without phono section So, if a preamp with a phono stage sounds better to you, you’d sacrifice sonics to not have the extra electronics? My advice — go by sound and don’t worry so much about if it has a phono pre or not. | |
| looking to match a new speaker to ARC REF75se Big +1 @eugene81 Without this critical info this is all just a crapshoot. |