steve59
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| PS Audio Aspen FR20: Planar Floorstanding Speakers I saw and heard the first attempt from ps audio at axpona before covid locked everything down and was much less impressed, in fact they seemed to have no upper mids to speak of. I haven't heard this latest iteration, but appreciate the original de... | |
| Hegel H160 -> Hegel H390 upgrade suggestion I had the H160,360, and H190 at the same time and loved the 190, but bought the 360 for the big power rating...The 160 is an older dac and you would hear the difference moving to the h190. I bought a project pre s2 digital to get hi rez streaming ... | |
| Mcintosh amp suggestion You'll probably only use the first 6 watts of any Mac you buy because they seem to be very fast with loads of headroom so just get the one that fits your budget. | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often I don't understand the argument, but want to say not all of us want to invest in a kit we have no way to hear until paid for. Accuton, Seas, Scanspeak, etc all make quality drivers that push the sota, but who's demoing the finished products? I thi... | |
| Perlisten S5t I spent several hours listening to the s7t at a local dealer. While tonal balance was very good and bass was tight I didn't find the images realistic in size, An Avi Kaplan song has the acoustic guitar larger than life while his voice was dwarf li... | |
| New KEF R11 META : The Real Giant Killers ! Kef were pioneers back in the day experimenting with new materials to achieve better control over speaker sound. Their speakers are pretty neutral, but there are brands that sacrifice absolute neutrality for their specific 'house sound' that can b... | |
| Some thoughts on Focal Kanta I find it fascinating how important room and component matching have to do with final impressions. I liked the Kanta 2 enough to convince my local Focal dealer to order the Kanta 3 which I had home 2 weeks before returning! there was a +10 db bump... | |
| Dynaudio customer service ignoring me I live pretty close to their US distribution plant so pm me if you'd like a presence. | |
| Has anyone lost a KEF tweeter? It's surprising to hear of Kef tweeters failing as bulletproof as my experience has been. | |
| Best Floorstanding Speakers Buyers Guide 2023 ! I buy what pleases me not audio rag reviewers. I'll admit a sense of pride when I see my speakers in the top 25, but tbh I've owned at least 5 of the 25 from 1 list and they're all gone replaced by speakers that sounded better in my room with my m... | |
| Legacy Protege All I come up with is a frisbee when I google the speaker. | |
| budget speakers I always thought paradigm measured their speakers in an anechoic chamber causing them to sound bright compared to most of the competition. When a buddy was looking for 'budget' speakers we compared mission,paradigm, and klipsch . the Klipsch were ... | |
| seeking advise please on my short list for new speakers? (15k budget) The persona 7f have some overbuilt woofers meaning you can eq the h e l l out of them if needed, however those speakers, even tho' they don't need gobs of power they are hyper sensitive to source. Dali Epicon is an older design dealers will deal. ... | |
| Speaker that are 'KEEPERS" for the long haul!!! I only had a 250/425 wpc amp when I had my salon 2's and the guy I sold them to says he uses Mac MC601's on them and the clipping lights flicker when he's cranking them. I owned the Kef R105/3's for 25 years so probably got used to their sound pos... | |
| Bridged amps vs stereo vs monoblocks. I used to do the horizontal bi-amp with an affordable, more powerful amp driving the bass and a quality Krell integrated driving the top with ok results, but I finally broke down and bought a pair of Mc611 monoblocks with a dedicated pre/dac and c... |