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| Starting Point for Room Treatments? From what I’ve been told ,as a general rule for 2 channel, diffusion on the front and back walls absorption on the sides is a good starting point along with some corner bass traps. As others have said, be careful with over absorption. First reflec... | |
| Confession: I only like Norah Jones because so many others told me to I find the tone of her voice to be very soothing. There’s a softness that I find just right. I can recline my chair after a rough day and her voice will take me away from things for a while. It’s like a mental massage | |
| Lost it to Black Friday! Ordered it! Awesome. I’ve heard a lot of good things about those Maggie’s. | |
| Klipsch Speakers Many years ago I borrowed a Naim integrated to try and get a sense of what the Naim prat was all about. My dealer had warned me that it was not going to be a good match with the Klipsch KLF’s. He was absolutely right. I had several friends listen ... | |
| Do Costly XLR Cables Make A Difference? I’ve heard plenty of difference in single ended cables, both good and bad. I’ve never heard any difference between balanced (xlr) cables in my system. | |
| Where to now.? Purely out of curiosity, what speakers are you using with those beautiful amps? | |
| Are Their any Tube Preamp with Home Theater Bypass? Probably already mentioned but most of the newer ARC preamps have a Unity Gain input | |
| My experience with the First Watt F7 I’ve used an F3 on a pair of Crites Cornscalas for a while. Around 100db efficiency I think. It sounded very good on the top and upper mids but had very little authority in the lower end. My friend is currently using it on the top end of an active... | |
| Torus vs AudioQuest Niagara I also own the Bryston version , the Bit 20. After auditioning a few units I found that it was the only one that didn’t alter the sound at all. Fwiw, my power amps are plugged directly into the wall | |
| The new LSA Signature 50 Monitor "Disruptive Product" “Never head them but they look like slavish knockoffs of Sonus Faber in terms of build/appearance” I honestly thought that they were SF’s when I first saw them | |
| New PrimaLuna versus used Audio Research preamp? Definitely the AR. I own an older LS26 , which I am very happy with. I have also heard the Ref models which I think are outstanding. IMHO, AR preamps don’t sound very tubey but a nice balance between tube and ss | |
| Mixed Brand Pre-Amp Power Amp Pairings that Work Audio Research pre into Pass Labs X series works well | |
| Audiophile Speakers for Rock, HipHop and Techno I’ll add another +1 for ATC. | |
| Let me explain something to you jive turkeys. Right on, brother! | |
| Amplfiers that Sound like Pass 30.8 that are not so heavy You could put it on a dolly if you’re moving it around frequently |