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| The best looking speakers kef blade | |
| Focal Sopra 2 vs Sopra 3? ovature chill out, we're all friends here, right? Reviewers are politicians in that they have to please everybody, still they often leave a trail of breadcrumbs that tell us what they really think. | |
| Who uses ADS Speakers My neighbor had the ADS studio monitors, rdm-1 or something. A 10" woofer, dome mid and two tweeters with a toggle switch to match the tweeter to standing the speaker or laying it down. He talked me into a pair of ADS L9e that weren't bad for the... | |
| The Snob Appeal Premium I had to read the OP a couple times to understand. Congrats on the Bryston's! You compared resale value to B&W. Buying used or 'B' stock like you did is the only way to save yourself the gut punch of retail markup. When I consider how much of... | |
| Any Present Magnepan 3.7i owner using them in a smaller listening space... A local dealer had a large pair of Maggie's in on trade that were set up in a very small room and all they did to get amazing sound from them was pull them away from the front wall. and 2 feet from each side. Even close together the speakers gave ... | |
| KEF Blade or Blade 2 Did you ever get to demo the Blade? I went from 300 wpc to 600 wpc and the difference was stunning. The speakers had decent dynamics with the 300 watt piece, but were completely opened up with the 600 watt monoblocks. Every aspect of the presentat... | |
| The Snob Appeal Premium My system resides in my basement where virtually nobody knows about them. You do seem rather of your new kit tho" | |
| the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data? decide on budget, shop used, read reviews, consider measurements. One of the most neglected things is matching the speaker size to room size. | |
| Subs with room correction DSP? I bought a 15’’ sub from paradigm, the most affordable line and it had ARC built in. If I remember correctly it had me use my tablet mic and took measurements from several specific spots in the room. | |
| T+A Amps and Preamps? bmontani Preaching to the choir, I also recommend buying used whenever possible, but what I'm finding is the higher the price the smaller the market and even used T+A is $$$ | |
| Ayre v Hegel sound I have the kef blades and the dealer I bought the h590 from also had some hi end Ayre components on the floor. The ayre had a more open soundstage and nice top end. The H590 in comparison was tight. On its own I find the presentation from the h590... | |
| Help chosing an integated amp Everyone is going to recommend what they found worked for them. I’ll tell you with no reservation that you HAVE to try the product with your speakers to know if the specific synergy is there. I, like you try to buy used so I can take my time liste... | |
| Magico A3 to A5 Always a crapshoot when we can't get a home demo. If your dealer has ANY open box amp/pre/int's you can bring home to compare after the A5's are broke in it'll really help squash any doubt. | |
| Coda 16 vs. Pass Labs xa60.8 I know we all come on here and promote the latest product that created synergy within our own system...that said A few years ago I tried several products on the sane side of 'hi end' Parasound a21 with krell pre, peachtree nova 300, anthem 225i, a... | |
| T+A Amps and Preamps? I was really interested in the T&A HV line and was close to working a deal with a dealer to buy his demos for a much more reasonable price. At the end of the day I just couldn't justify the outlay for a product unheard and the only true way to... |