stevehardy1
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| Qobuz vs. Tidal I had a very strange experience when comparing Qobuz to Tidal a couple of years ago, when I was trying to decide which service had the best sound quality. I pulled up "Jack of Speed" from Steely Dan's "Two Against Nature" album. There is a prom... | |
| Maggies and subwoofer integration I'm running 2 Rel T/7x subs with a pair of 1.7i Maggie's. Both sets of speakers are powered directly from my PS Audio BHK 250 Amp. The RELS are fast enough to keep up with the Maggie's & integrate seamlessly. One sub worked well, but using two... | |
| Speaker for 11x12 room KEF LS50 Metas with REL T/5X sub. For me personally, the KEFS don’t produce enough low end, so I added the REL sub. The REL blends seamlessly with the KEFS & is fast enough to keep up them. | |
| Musical subwoofer under $2000 I’m using two Rel, T/7x with Magnepan 1.7i speakers and they work amazingly well in my large room. I started out with just one, which sounded very good, but adding a second one took the bass to another level. They blend so well with the Maggies, t... | |
| Looking for an all-in-one just-add-speakers streamer for my son to take to college I don't know alot about it but PS Audio has the all in one Sprout on sale now at $300 off https://www.psaudio.com/products/sprout100-integrated-amplifier | |
| DAC DIRECT IN TO AMPLIFIER OR TO PREAMPLIFIER I have a PS Audio Direct Stream that i ran directly into a PS BHK 250 amp. It was very pristine & revealing but seemed to be lacking somehow. A friend brought over his PS BHK Preamp one night & the difference was dramatic. Everything was m... | |
| Recommend me a DAC under 3k Take a look at the RME ADI-2 DAC FS. It excels at clarity & detail, yet isn’t overly bright or clinical. I have mine installed in my secondary system & I’m extremely happy with it. It has toslink input & is well priced at $1300. Best b... | |
| Cleaning audio components with 90% isopropyl alcohol Use Deoxit D5 for initial cleaning, then apply PreservIT P5 to preserve the surfaces. This is an industry standard in recording studios world wide. | |
| Budget amp that will give Magnepan 3.6Rs better depth of soundstage You didn’t mention how far away your Maggies are from the front wall. In my experience with Maggies, they MUST be a minimum of 4 feet out to get optimum front to back imaging. Anything less and the soundstage will suffer and no amp is going to mak... | |
| HELP!!!! Newbie looking for a decent 2 channel power amp in the $1,000 range PS Audio S300. 140 watts per channel into 8Ω and 300 watts per channel into 4Ω. I'm using one with KEF LS50's & it sounds great for the money. You can find these for $900 to $1000 used. PS Audio also has a trade in allowance, so you may b... | |
| DACs that do well without a preamp The RME ADI-2 DAC FS at $1300 does a great job without a preamp. I’m using one in my second system paired with a PS Audio S300, KEF LS50s & a REL T/5i subwoofer. Lot’s of rave reviews out there on this great little DAC, but it hasn’t garnered ... | |
| Best Examples Of Cymbal Decays On A Recording Nice ride cymbal taps on the intro to I.G.Y., from Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly and throughout Negative Girl from Steely Dan's Two Against Nature. | |
| Joseph Audio Perspective2 vs Harbeth SHL5+ Wow....what a great unbiased review. Very helpful. Thanks! | |
| Up to $4000US tower speakers for Jazz and Classical Music Other than lacking some low end, it sounds like you’re quite happy with your current speakers. If so, why not just add a subwoofer (or 2)? I have 2, REL T/7xs in my main system with Magnepan 1.7is and 1, T/5x in my family room with KEF LS50s. In b... | |
| Need Recommendations for a pair of Speakers around $1,000 That’s a big space to fill but you might get away with some used KEF LS-50s & a used Rel sub. $800 or so for the KEFs & $300 for for a Rel. I have a family room/connected kitchen that size combination & it fills the space really well. |