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| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers Hi @prof - thanks for the fascinating thread, great to follow your journey. Super interested as based on your comments, your listening tastes feel pretty convergent with mine and you're looking for exactly what I want - a reasonably sized, aesthet... | |
| What is an excellent power cable? Hi @xenon - I agree, the choices are daunting, and there is no shortage of opinions but it's very hard to apply them to one's specific situation. When I'm reviewing gear it's only more complicated as I have to try so many different permutation of ... | |
| Subwoofer for Ayre AX-7e? @ctsooner no worries, I was being a little reactive too. I'll hit you up about those amps. :) | |
| Subwoofer for Ayre AX-7e? @audioconnection I'll get around to my local Vandy dealer soon enough, it's about 10 blocks from me. ;) | |
| Subwoofer for Ayre AX-7e? @jazztherapist another speaker option is something like the Silverline Prelude, a little above budget ($1500) but you may be able to find one used. I reviewed the original model maybe 10 years ago and thought it was very good, making good on its p... | |
| Subwoofer for Ayre AX-7e? @ctsooner I think you mistake me for the anti-Vandy crowd. :) Not taking issue with your liking and recommending a brand, and certainly not trying to start a flame war or even a debate. But my general sense is there is a tendency here (and on the ... | |
| Subwoofer for Ayre AX-7e? Just as a reminder, with no offense to the Vandy crowd, there are also many other good speaker options. ;) | |
| Subwoofer for Ayre AX-7e? @jazztherapist if you do decide to move on from the Epos and continue building your system around the AX7e, one thing that may help narrow the search is focusing on speakers that are reasonably efficient (at least 87db/watt) and a relatively easy ... | |
| Subwoofer for Ayre AX-7e? @ctsooner yup understood, was mostly sharing those tips more broadly. I remember your rig from another thread, sounds VERY NIICE as Borat would say. :)Not to hijack the thread, but AX5, Pass, Constellation, Gryphon, and Chord are some of the SS am... | |
| Subwoofer for Ayre AX-7e? @jazztherapist the AX7e definitely sounds best with a balanced source, but I’ve found it quite acceptable with single-ended, e.g. my Monarchy NM24 tube DAC still sounds quite good, as does the single-ended output of the PS Audio DirectStream DAC v... | |
| Subwoofer for Ayre AX-7e? @tomic601 transmission lines are the bomb. I haven't heard the Vandersteen but have heard a couple of Bud Fried's old designs, as well as the Role Audio models. They have a tuneful bass quality that's unique to the alignment.Agree it's always a go... | |
| Subwoofer for Ayre AX-7e? @audioconnection wrote:The reason I disagree a single sub by the time he hears the bass for what op has paid for can easily overload that room spoiling or confusing what he already has right in the midrange balance, to begin with, it's still a can... | |
| Subwoofer for Ayre AX-7e? @almarg wrote:... An even better approach, IMO, would be to solder the wire from the sub’s negative input terminal(s) to the ground shell of an RCA plug, leaving the center pin unconnected, and inserting that plug into an unused RCA connector on t... | |
| Subwoofer for Ayre AX-7e? p.p.s. I’m enjoying the $1k REL with a $7500 monitor speaker right now. I’m not saying it’s perfect but subwoofer vs better speaker is certainly not an either-or proposition. In fact the point of a good subwoofer is to augment the bottom 2 octaves... | |
| Subwoofer for Ayre AX-7e? p.s. if you're keeping the Ayre for the long haul and are reasonably handy, there are a few tweaks (damping and cap upgrades) that I can recommend. |