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| Pulsars and the Mythical Armchair Speaker Maker @kenjit -- Ascend Acoustics sells direct, not through a dealer network. @wildfoxinn -- I don’t even see a model like that on the Ascend Acoustics website, so not sure what speaker your referring to. But anyway, there absolutely is some voodoo magi... | |
| Need Help Agree with others above about going out and listening to as many different speakers as you can, and absolutely bring a variety your own music you like to listen to. The more speakers you listen to, the more you'll start to zero in on the things t... | |
| Thiel 3.7's and Pass Labs xa60.5's- now looking for the next upgrade I have to disagree with @frozentundra -- a CJ preamp will probably just get you more of what the PrimaLuna pre is giving you now. Not that CJ isn't GREAT gear, but for what you're looking for in the context of your system, Bryson or Pass will get... | |
| Pulsars and the Mythical Armchair Speaker Maker For instance, one could go to a butcher shop and buy a prime grade cut of steak, go home and fire up the grill,I’ll just stop you there. I went to a respected butcher and bought some beautiful prime rib eyes, fired up the grill and still ended up ... | |
| Home demo. ProAc D48R and Spendor D9 Avanti1960, yes, yes, I do agree with your findings. I had to return the D9’s. I must have added another 100 hours on them & I have never seen a speaker change so much. More bass, deeper bass, and the nasty mid/treble knocked right off. I am a... | |
| Pulsars and the Mythical Armchair Speaker Maker This could go on forever. I’ve decided to not continue banging my head against this ignorant, uninformed, and irrational brick wall. In fact, we’d probably have an easier time explaining these simple concepts to an actual brick wall. Me, I’m gonna... | |
| help decide what av receiver under $1k to choose Big +1 @geek101 -- Some speakers are much harder to drive than others, so pick the speakers that appeal to you most and then we can help you choose an AVR that can drive them properly.Some highly-rated speakers from manufacturers who sell direct o... | |
| Thiel 3.7's and Pass Labs xa60.5's- now looking for the next upgrade What I am looking to do is to get more spatial cues, and I suppose detail, to have a better sense of the recording venue and bring me closer to that sense of a live performance. Yeah, that makes sense. My guess is the combo of your class-A amps wi... | |
| Legacy audio Focus se and tubes Holy crap, where is @audiotroy when we need him? Maybe he finally got banned. Anyway, he's a Legacy Audio dealer and will likely have some good info for you. | |
| Pulsars and the Mythical Armchair Speaker Maker So why cant you take a mid priced speaker costing say $500 a pair and instead of using drivers that cost $50 a piece, use state of the art drivers costing $300 a piece? that would still only be $250 more per driver which means $1000 more than the ... | |
| Power Amp advice Here's a rare and beastly McCormack DNA 2 LAE a bit over your price target but may still be worth a look...https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649428780-lae-mccormack-dna-2-amplifier/ | |
| Pulsars and the Mythical Armchair Speaker Maker They’re struggling. Why? Brand recognition.@erik_squires -- Yup, that may be the biggest problem with the direct-sale business model. It's a real uphill battle for them. Never heard of Taylor. Did you mean Tyler? Heard nothing but good things ... | |
| Pulsars and the Mythical Armchair Speaker Maker Big +1 @erik_squires and well said. You could give me and Mario Battali the same ingredients to make a bolognese sauce, but does anyone think they'd prefer mine? Ha! Would you pay more for Mario's sauce? I know I would if I really want to enjo... | |
| Non-Oversampling (NOS) vs, Kid of like the tube vs. SS camps. As someone else mentioned above, always tradeoffs in this hobby.@bigkidz -- I was just about to write the same thing. BTW, what DAC do you make? | |
| Bel Canto Dac 3.7 in 2018? I'm confused. Do you have the DAC1.7 or 3.7? You state in your equipment list that you have the 1.7, but in a later post you say you have the 3.7. C'mon man. Let's get this straight here! If you have the 3.7 I'd absolutely look to upgrade to ... |