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| Suggestions needed What DAC are you using, and why would you use its 3.5mm output jack?For interconnects, I'll throw out a plug for @grannyring and recommend sending him a PM to see about him making some Dueland interconnects. That's was at I'd do if I was building... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers Three more I'd highly recommend hearing if you can:Joseph Audio PerspectiveProAc D48rNola KODavid Lewis Audio in Philly in theory carries all three brands (along with lots of other great ones) if you can detour there, but I have no experience with... | |
| Open Baffle loudspeakers. +1 @grannyring on Nola. In my experience, open-baffle cone drivers are a great compromise between completely closed-box speakers and planar or electrostatic designs. Done well, I find open-baffle dynamic cone speakers in general to be more open ... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers You should really give us an idea of what sound characteristics (i.e. tone, micro/macro dynamics, imaging, soundstage, bass, etc.) are most important to you, otherwise you're just going to get recommendations for what other people like. | |
| Help me replace ancient speakers - or not @sforrey -- remember you can also do a dual stack of (the clue) with their spacer between them, which I'd think would add greatly to scale and impact and you'd still be in budget with new -- not used -- speakers. I think you may be able to get a ... | |
| Best used integrated for under $5000 You might be able to get all your shopping done here. There's a pair of Atrias here for $12k, and a Plinius Hiato integrated for $4500 (MSRP $11,500) that should match your sonic preferences pretty nicely. No DAC though. Thought I'd leave at le... | |
| Help me replace ancient speakers - or not Sounds like the perfect situation for Sjofn (the clue) speakers that are made to be positioned right near the rear wall. I heard these at a show and frankly couldn't believe what I was hearing from these small bookshelf speakers. Here's some rea... | |
| $20k speakers that really impressed you No particular order...Acoustic Zen Crescendo II, Verity Audio Parsifal Ovation, Usher BE-20 Diamond, Nola KO or Studio Grand Reference Gold, Wilson Sabrina, Rockport Atria, ProAc K6, Vandy Quattro CT, Carver Amazing Line Source, PBN Montana XPS | |
| I Need an XLR Digital Cable. Here ya go. I prefer this to my more expensive and well-regarded Stereovox digital cable, and I think John Atkinson used it as his reference for a while too. 40 bucks for 1m with free shipping. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N6XL1XW/ref=twister_B0... | |
| Should I even consider setting my rig up in this location at my new home? I'd think you have a good shot at making that work with a little more toe in (if needed) and treating the first reflection points on the side walls. Or, you may find in the new room the acoustics allow you to move your speakers a little closer to... | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 When back in NY you might consider a trip to Philly to David Lewis Audio. They have Rockport, ProAc, Joseph Audio, Verity Audio, and several other excellent speaker brands. I'd give the Perspectives another shot if possible. | |
| Floor-Standards to Monitors? Too many variables to make a blanket statement here as @audiokinesis mentioned in his last paragraph, but I’ve also thought about this quite a bit myself and have a couple thoughts. But to answer a couple of your questions, when audiophiles are f... | |
| Small speakers for the kitchen - Sensitivity Silverline Minuets are worth a look too and will work fine with your amp. | |
| Help with advice for high end speaker cables for my system! There's a pair of Satori shotgun biwire cables available here now that are the same as mine except they have banana connectors instead of spades. To maybe somewhat address Al's comments, these cables are stated to have extremely low capacitance t... | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 @mtrot -- Damn, not sure how I missed those Atrias that would definitely seem like a better fit here sizewise. Nice catch. |