twoleftears
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| Why hasn’t B&W ever entered the ultra hi-end for speakers? Back when B&W was actually Bowers and Wilkins, it was a company to be taken seriously. The first decent speakers that I owned for a while were DM1800's.These days it's changed hands so many times and chased so many bandwagons, that it only re... | |
| 100W, 200W, or 300W? Where did you get the idea that Luxman is bright? Current B&W are a little in your face, so something like Luxman to temper them a little would be ideal. L-507uXII or ideally L-509X. | |
| DAC Measurements vs Actual Experience Many issued recordings are flawed in some way or other. Perhaps most are. If you are a certain kind of purist who wants to hear exactly what the recording as issued is presenting, then by all means get the most "accurate" components possible, wh... | |
| Upgrading Hegel H160 Largely to cause the kind of questions that you're asking here. If a model isn't mature, then a manufacturer shouldn't bring it to market. And if it is mature, it should stand the test of time for at least several years. | |
| Harbeth vs Vandersteen vs Sonner Oranges vs. apples vs. bananas. These models aren't often grouped together in this way. They will serve well in different situations and for different tastes. But only you can decide.Much information is lacking in your post (rest of system, siz... | |
| best-sounding class D amp? Has Jeff Roland become irrelevant?How about the PS Audio Stellar M1200 monoblocks with tube inputs? | |
| 2way vs 3way speakers: different or is one "better" Are the Harbeth SHL5+ and Spendor Classic 1/2 bookshelf speakers?They’re certainly stand-mounted.What about the Graham Audio BBC LS 5/8? Two-way with a 12" mid/woofer.There are a lot of ways to skin a cat. (Apologies to feline lovers.) | |
| 100W, 200W, or 300W? Most of the time, amplifiers are only using a fraction of the output that they're rated for. Take the case of amps richly biased into class A: often they never leave A to slide into AB. Up to a point, some increased headroom is good--think V8 ov... | |
| ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION TO ANSWER ... Concordia consort of viols, "Crye" (Metronome).https://www.amazon.com/Crye-Musical-tears-meditations-Holborne/dp/B00005QC5F Beautifully recorded, I've found that if a speaker gets the different sonorities of the different-sized viols right, then i... | |
| Why hasn’t B&W ever entered the ultra hi-end for speakers? We all know how that went.https://s3.amazonaws.com/electronichousesite/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/11131608/BW-Nautilus.jpg https://img.canuckaudiomart.com/uploads/large/1239296-bampw-800-matrix-tweeter-or-woofer-want.jpg | |
| Emotional rollercoaster The moment that you do group tests, it becomes comparative, and one ends up a winner, another the loser, and the others in between. U.S. mags would never contemplate this as they'd immediately lose all kinds of advertising revenue, plus many manu... | |
| Why cuts into vinyl covers? Hence the term "cut-out".https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut-out_(recording_industry) | |
| 2way vs 3way speakers: different or is one "better" It's all in the choice of drivers and the implementation. There's no intrinsic "better". | |
| Oldest Recordings that sound “audiophile” https://www.speakerscornerrecords.com/news/details/4/mercury-living-presence-the-history | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week And there's a no. 8 already up for sale over on the "other" site. |