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| ISO advice for completing first hi-fi system You're kidding right? Take your speakers and albums to them??? Have the damn dealer loan you the amp for a couple days so you can hear it in your system in your room. If he balks tell him you'll just buy a used one for half the price and sell it f... | |
| Preamps better than Parasound JC-2 ? I have a Bryston BP6 in my system and it's the closest thing to "straight wire with gain" I've heard in my system, so I agree Bryston preamps may be a very good option given your experience with a passive pre. Crystal clear transparency with an ex... | |
| Good inexpensive temporary speakers There's a pair of Joseph Audio RM22si floorstanders available here for less than your price limit. Tough to beat IMHO. Best of luck in whatever you end up choosing. | |
| Audiophile Active Speakers? If you can live without some of the holographic layered imaging I've heard from Verity speakers I agree with Kiddman and Roscoe. ATC speakers are outstanding at preserving and cleanly conveying the dynamics and power of a live performance (especia... | |
| Best imaging and sounding bookshelf speaker Surprised nobody has yet mentioned Joseph Audio. I find them to be among the best in terms of imaging and disappearing, and they also strike me as a very natural sounding speaker despite conveying lots of detail -- not an easy or common feat to pu... | |
| Best natural, musical DAC under $3K? There is a Bel Canto 3.5 VBS for sale in your price range. I had the 3.0 VBS in my system and it exhibits all the characteristics you listed in spades and I believe would work superbly with your Parsifals. The 3.5 VBS has been reviewed against som... | |
| Marantz SR5008 vs Cambridge Audio AZUR 650R Ooh. That changes thing pretty significantly IMHO. As much as the amp section could be limiting the performance of your speakers, the preamp section of even a decent AVR can be just as detrimental and likely worse than the amps. If 2-channel audio... | |
| Marantz SR5008 vs Cambridge Audio AZUR 650R Personally I would not power speakers of that caliber with a receiver. Are you doing any 2-channel listening as well? | |
| Which A/V receiver for Pioneer monitor Center ? If sound quality is important, Yamaha receivers also get high marks. The RX-V377 isn't as stylish as the Marantz but is $150 cheaper and would probably do just fine. I also agree to start without center speaker if you're not sitting far off axis. ... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? Harman Int'l trades on the NYSE and has doubled over the past year. | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? In the context of the entire population we audiophiles are barely a rounding error -- maybe one or two percent of the population at best. I think we're predisposed genetically to appreciate quality recorded and reproduced sound and that percentage... | |
| JA Perspecitve Stereophile review Jafant, since you've had the opportunity to hear these in a home system (I unfortunately have only heard them at shows to date), other than the missing bass how do you categorize their strengths, weaknesses, and overall presentation/performance? A... | |
| JA Perspecitve Stereophile review It just clicked that this kind of incongruity with general experience happened once before relatively recently with Lichte's follow-up review in 2010 of the Totem Forest speakers:"But while the Forests' imaging greatly improved with the addition o... | |
| JA Perspecitve Stereophile review Agree with Rcprince about the questionable pulling of the review from Eric Lichte. He implies that it's due to the boost in the presence region, but given the size of the room I suspect it's more due to bass integration issues. Again curious since... | |
| Shrinking my system What's your budget? 5" speaker height? Really? |