soix
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| I've narrowed it down but... You made a good choice with the Yammy AVR. Good sound quality and you likely won't have to bring it in for repairs, which is a major PITA. And at 6 Ohms your speakers are an easy load for the Yamaha, which, admittedly, doesn't have the most robu... | |
| Rockport Avior 2 vs Wilson Sasha DAW I was never a fan of Wilson speakers until they got away from that wretched inverted dome tweet. I think the first model I heard with the silk dome was the Alexia at a NYC show, and I remember thinking -- YES, now they’ve got something. I find Roc... | |
| backert vs sachs preamp As as much as I have respect for Backert Labs pres, I think Don Sachs will let u try his pre for 30 days, and I doubt you give it back. | |
| Digital cable comparison: Black Cat Silverstar 75 MkII vs Analysis Plus Digital Crystal? I’d highly recommend this -- buy an Apogee Wyde Eye digital cable for 40 bucks off Amazon (buy the BNC-terminated cable and get BNC-to-RCA adapter if necessary -- this applies to any digital cable as they’re better terminated with BNC) and then co... | |
| WANT A NEW RECEIVER OR SETUP VERY SOON How lazy and rude to use all caps. I have several good suggestions, but I refuse to help people who shout at me. | |
| R2R Dac choices. I think you should first decide if you want a separate preamp in your system or not. Part of this can be done by looking at measurements, but the other part is personal preference and system dependent voodoo that you won’t know until you try. If i... | |
| Anyone hear Vivid Audio Speakers? Considering Vivid Giya G1 Series 2 from Magico S5 MKII Given you really like the overall sound of the S5s and seem to mainly be after more visceral heft and bass punch it sounds like a pair of good subs might be just the ticket. Added bonus is your S5s with subs will likely be more full range with be... | |
| Speaker cable help It'd be most helpful to know what cables you're using now and what kind of improvements you're looking for. | |
| Help in choosing first higher ended dac? I think you can try a Metrum Adagio from HiFi Heaven for 30 days. I would definitely recommend giving that a try. | |
| Best affordable Surge protector home stereo and my TV? I have a high-end 2-channel system I have in my basement, but in my more modest HT system I have in our family room I use an APC H15 and it has served us very well through many power outages and variations (we are in northern Jersey so we went thr... | |
| Integrated with passive preamp section. Good or bad idea, or both ? IMHO, an integrated is the perfect spot for a passive pre. You know the designer designed the amp section to work well with a passive pre, and you've decreased the parts count (and another interconnect) and therefore likely the overall expense to... | |
| Big systems - Little rooms @yyzsantabarbara and @sjtm -- why the hesitation on subs? I’d think especially in a small room you’d have a much easier time integrating the bass since you can move them to where the bass sounds best and either use some bass management (i.e. DSpea... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 I always thought JA's reviews of speakers curiously always perfectly reflected his measurements. I've always been of a mind that he lets his measurements unduly influence his reviews. After all, it's much easier to justify and defend your observ... | |
| Monitors with big sound and deep bass Joseph Audio Pulsars. Pretty well known to reach much deeper than their size would indicate. | |
| Most “disappeared” speakers. Joseph Audio speakers disappear and image with the best of them. I also like ProAc and Vandersteen for these reasons, but there's just something special in this regard from JA speakers. Also agree Audio Physic speakers excel in this area, and Av... |