steve59

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Speakers for digital piano
I had my stereo components in an entertainment console circa 1988 in my basement and when I finally replaced it with a solid component rack the sound quality improved immeasurably. go figure. Can you return the table?  
Are Harbeth the only warm and euphonic speakers in town ?
I hope you enjoy your hayden grands, they sure look the part.  
Diamond dome tweeters
those are $6k each sold in pairs!!! tell me i'm wrong, please  
Diamond dome tweeters
That the tweeter is flat to 600 hz is impressive, but for what a $35,000 pair of 2 ways? The diamond dust deposit usher does is completely different than this seas excel. I'm starting to think the engineers at seas are running out of ideas.  
Concentric drivers
I would think a 3 way design would solve the concern?  
Are Harbeth the only warm and euphonic speakers in town ?
I also vote for VA and another brand we don’t hear much about lately is meridian, they have a nice midrange tame tweeter and good bass, self powered though.  
KEF Blade or Blade 2
If you’re going to axpona you can come over and listen to mine, I’m 20 minutes from the hotel   
Pro-Ject Pre Box S2 Digital: MQA HW decoding at reasonable cost -Anyone have this?
Bump, thanks for explaining this dac and specifically mqb. My roon streamer recommends using software for the first unfold and the dac for 24/192 and above which displays mqb. Changing the settings for the s2 to handle both first and second layer ... 
Is Tidal messing up for you? Would you Choose Amazon over it?
Streaming through the tidal app gives me fits while using it through roon seems to work as advertised.   
KEF Blade 2
yyzsantabarbara, I thought you decided your room was too small and you were leaning towards the ns5000? did I get you mixed up with another member?   I have me blades on usam, but I also have a pair of meridian dsp 8000se speakers with 2-3 years... 
PSA: KEF Blade drivers seem to be easily repairable and upgradable
Even if you could change the drivers how would you adjust the xover to optimize playback? I've only had mine 8 months and have decided to list them, if they sell i'll check out the blade meta and if they don't shucks, i'll be stuck with my favorit... 
KEF Updated Blade and Reference Acoustic Models
Any word on when consumers will be able to hear them?  
KEF Blade 2
Being a blade 1 owner I’ve listed m blade 1, but I still listen and can’t hear anything that needs improvement. In my room speakers usually fail at something so it’ll be interesting to see what meta brings to the party.   
Interesting comment on Bose Speakers.....
I had a pair of 901vI hanging from the ceiling and a realistic receiver driving them and I was set, happy as I could be. My neighbor turned me on to real hifi and I was miserable for 30 years.   
Warning for Revel lovers
Another reason to buy used. Covid really screwed up a lot of things and I think revel sources all their cabinets from china. Maybe the boat sank?    I can appreciate your disappointment with the ordeal. It sucks