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| Looking for a great front ported bookshelp speaker recommendation The ATC SCM19 is a sealed bookshelf design so no ports to worry about and great sounding speakers. Available here with a 30-day return policy and a 10% discount if you submit your email that would put them around $3000 so well below your budget. T... | |
| Focal Celestee I think you’ll be much happier with the Clears and look forward to your thoughts. I was going to recommend the Singxer SA1 amp that I drive my Arya Stealths with as I think it would deliver the sound characteristics you’re looking for without brea... | |
| Where Do I Go from Here? The possibilities are vast, so what specific improvements would you be looking for? At that price level I’d hit an audio show or two (even if it requires a flight) to hear several contenders that interest you to see which ones really “do it” for ... | |
| Focal Celestee It’s hard to say, but using the headphone output from an entry level preamp is not likely doing you any favors. That said, your Focals don’t seem to be voiced to be the last word when it comes to detail/air, so I’m guessing that’s a lot of what yo... | |
| Innuos Statement vs Zenith Mk3 + PhoenixUSB My question would be if the Phoenix is really worth $2500 more than something like the Denafrips Gaia. Call me skeptical. | |
| Solo streamer It really sounds wonderful on most tracks. As good as I had hoped. Glad to hear! I take it this means you’re not in the “all streamers sound the same” camp? Ehem. Look forward to your thoughts on areas of improvement once it’s settled in mor... | |
| Subwoofers and Seating Position for Klipsch Forte iv's how exactly does one carefully place their subwoofer? @perkadin There are programs designed to help like RPG, etc., but the crawl method I mentioned earlier is very effective and doesn’t require additional software, microphones, etc. https://w... | |
| Subwoofers and Seating Position for Klipsch Forte iv's Having speakers far out from the walls is seldom the best location, usually results in weak bass when applied to full range speakers, and ruins the feng shui of nearly any living space. @perkadin It depends what you mean by “far,” but go to an... | |
| Impact of a DDC using SPDIF (not I2S) Although I use the i2S connection from my Iris and have gotten significant improvements from it, I gotta believe the clock and noise reduction/galvanic isolation are also providing a good amount of the benefit I’m hearing. Here’s a Hermes at a ni... | |
| Review on Linear Tube Audio Aero DAC This is a DAC I’d be very interested in and look forward to the review, but I agree that lack of both i2S and AES/EBU inputs is to say the least curious at this price level. Not sure what they were thinking here unless they’re planning on a highe... | |
| If Steely Dan had a different vocalist It’s funny to hear Steely Dan and avant-garde in the same sentence. @baylinor @mgw Why is that funny? Using the definition as “new, unusual, or experimental ideas” then I don’t see why they wouldn’t be considered avant-garde. Look at pretty mu... | |
| Relaxed/Analog sounding DAC for under $10k (used or new) Given what you’re looking for I’d give Lampizator another hard look. I’d also seriously consider the new LTA Aero DAC and believe they offer a 14-day trial, which is huge. Best of luck. | |
| Finding a Bookshelf for Luxman C900U/M900U The Joseph Audio Pulsars are well within your budget used and are just outstanding speakers. I compared them directly to the 805 D3 and the Pulsars (original version) were just superior across the board. Best of luck. | |
| Gustard U18 with Gustard R26 dac? Great! Thanks for the follow up and very much look forward to your impressions of the DH Labs cable. | |
| If Steely Dan had a different vocalist You ain’t kidding. There’s more than a little later SD and solo Fagan in there in their use of backing vocals, chord progressions, rhythms/phrasing, keys, etc. They even use some SD alum along the way. I hadn’t heard of them either, and thanks ... |