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| stand-mount speakers for classical music I haven’t seen Joseph Audio stand-mounts recommended specifically for classical music. Are you thinking the Pulsar?Uh, I recommend the Pulsars specifically for classical music (and every other kind). There you go. | |
| Upgrading front 3 speakers to GoldenEar Triton Reference or B&W Nautilus 800? Is this mainly a HT system or is 2-channel important as well? What speakers/subs and electronics do you have currently? | |
| Amp Upgrade time, $6000 budget, used or new. There’s a pair of McCormack DNA1 monoblocks with Steve’s Ultra Platinum upgrades for $3500 on US AudioMart. Pretty darn close to perfect IMHO. | |
| My Sonic Saga Given your situation and tastes, I’d recommend trying the Salk Songtower. He sells direct so it’s good value, and you have 30 days to try them in your home — especially nice in these times. Very consistent positive reviews so high likelihood you... | |
| Recommendations for PC -- for modest system -- Cullen and Audio Envy would be my budget choices, and I believe you can return them if they don’t provide a significant upgrade to stock. Best of luck. | |
| HT Pre/Pro 7.2 Upgrade??? The Marantz AV7705 is available on Accessories4less.com for $1500. If it’s me, there’s a very nice used Anthem AVM 60 on eBay for $1950 I’d jump on. I know it’s a bit above his max, but as he clearly doesn’t upgrade frequently it’s money well sp... | |
| plz suggest a tube preamp to match Parasound A21 amp There’s a Unison Research Unico PRE available here for $2k (MSRP about $5k). They fly under the radar but make really good stuff. Best of luck. | |
| Suggestions to match a pair of speakers to Pass Labs XA25? The NOLA are huge The KOs are only 4’ tall. They’re 8” taller, 1” wider, and about the same depth as your current speakers. Hardly huge in my book, but it’s all relative I guess. | |
| Former Sony High-End, Champagne front players. I think I will take a little time off now and fire up the Studebaker Avanti. Hey, at least you’re not still using a buggy whip. | |
| Emotiva Xpa 2 Gen 3 power amp There’s a nice McCormack DNA 0.5 with Gold revisions available on Audio Asylum for about the same price that doubles down to 200Wpc at 4Ohms (both channels driven), which is plenty for most speakers, and will make the Emotiva sound like a cheap to... | |
| Looking for an integrated amp around 4000 to 5000. Klh007 just ready for a change. Part of the audiophile phobia.If you can’t elaborate any more than that about what improvements you’re looking for or what you value most in sound reproduction, this will just be a random crapshoot. If that’s all y... | |
| Suggestions to match a pair of speakers to Pass Labs XA25? +1 Spatial Audio M3 Sapphire or LSA-20 if you’re buying new. If you’re open to used, both the Joseph Audio Perspective and Nola KO2 (both $12k+ MSRP) are available now right around $6k and image/soundstage like crazy. The T6 is a nice speaker, b... | |
| Upgrading from Sonus Farmer Venere 3.0 For the type of music you listen to and the volume at which you listen, I’d choose the ATC SCM40 v2 hands down. Usually $7k new, Music Direct has an open box pair for $5295 that’d be well worth considering. I had the Venere 2.5 in my system on dem... | |
| Speaker manufacturers or box manufacturers with off the shelf drivers? To me, speaker designers are like chefs. Optimally they pick the best ingredients and know how to combine and prepare them such that the dish is appealing to the customer. On the margin I think the chef supersedes the ingredients. For an audio ... | |
| 3.1 or 2.1 Home Theater setup for desktop Forget tubes at this price level and forego the center speaker, which will allow you to use a stereo amp and put more $ toward better L/R speakers. Plus, listening in the nearfield you’ll unlikely need a center speaker anyway. I’d get a PS Audio S... |