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| US Speaker Manufacturer MOST in need of a Great Designer?? Why limit it to US-based companies? I’ve always found the Dynaudio Confidence line to be absolutely heinous, and Ref 3A’s Nextel finish is no prize either but still not even in the same league as the Dyne’s travesty. | |
| Subwoofer Footing - Connect or Isolate? SVS sells their SoundPath sub isolation footers for only $50 and offers a generous risk-free trial so you can try’em at home. They are said to both improve bass and reduce transmission and get excellent reviews from customers who bought them. No b... | |
| Subs And The Downstairs Neighbors The new SVS 3000 Micro is $800 and will get you down to 23Hz (-3dB), and at only about 11” square I don’t care how small your NYC apartment is (I used to live on the upper East side) — it’ll fit. For $50 they also sell their SoundPath subwoofer i... | |
| Looking for a New Amp to Try, Integrated? Power? What amp are you using now and what kind of improvements are you looking for? | |
| Thoughts? I just have their SB2000 sub, but if you read reviews of the speakers they — like the subs — get consistently glowing reviews, and as they sell direct they offer a lot of performance per $. They also have excellent customer service and offer legi... | |
| Thoughts? Using the 906es as rear speakers seems a bit overkill and a little wasteful to me. I think you were smart to consider just going with SVS. You could get the Tower Surround package with their PB1000 Pro sub for about $2100 less whatever you could... | |
| I need help with an amp decision What kind of sound characteristics are you looking for? | |
| CD player as a transport If you could choose a CD player to use as a transport, which would you choose, and why would you choose it.None. There’s a Bluesound Vault available here for $450 you can just load all your CDs into and get off the dying single-disc transport merr... | |
| Just wondering about speaker cables Or just find one cable that sounds good to you on all levels. Lord knows there are enough out there to choose from, and it saves you from all the mixing/matching, trial and error, and potential added expense of going the other route. Then again,... | |
| Streaming with vintage DACs There are several R2R ladder DACs out these days, so it’s not necessary to revive an old DAC unless you just want to. | |
| Desktop DAC/Amp The Bel Canto C5i is a solid all-around performer with a small footprint. | |
| Suggestions for new earbuds or similar If you can stretch a little the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 would offer top-notch sound quality, at least for TWS earbuds. But both the Anker Soundcore Liberty 2 Pro and TRN T300 offer DD and BA drivers at less than half the price of the ... | |
| Reference 3A MM de Capo Be - how do they sound? What sound characteristics are most important to you and what electronics will you be driving them with? These are excellent speakers, but only if they mesh with your personal tastes and other equipment. | |
| New/Used Amp recommendations for about $3k-$4k? I wouldn’t suggest using a prepro with a good amp as it’ll just be a bottleneck to your overall system performance. Just my $0.02. Best of luck. | |
| Ideas to improve my system I’d get an SVS SB1000 Pro sub for $500 and a Yamaha RX-A780 AVR from Accessories4less.com for $600, and for only $1100 you’ll have a great sounding home theater. The AVR has front L/R preouts so I’d spend all the rest to get the best integrated s... |