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| Speakers that are a great value! There are speakers that in the way they are constructed and priced represent an intrinsically good value, and then there are speakers being offers in crazy deals that end up representing good value.Occasionally, the two coincide.https://www.musicd... | |
| ***All-in-one integrated***$5000.00-$7500.00***Class A/B only***Stellar Headphone*** 7K in basic configuration. | |
| Vandersteen Quatro CT *beginner* questions Have you had a chance to audition Vienna Acoustics Liszt? They excel in the kinds of music you like, and are competitive in price (new/used). | |
| Speakers that are a great value! All speaker manufacturers always post totally accurate measurements of their speakers that have been previously vetted thoroughly by two independent outside agencies. | |
| Help with Hum issues. Interconnects from CD-player/DAC/phono amp, whatever the source is. Leave the interconnects as they normally are at the source end, but change over L to R and R to L at the preamp end. Audition. Has the hum changed sides or not?If not, continue... | |
| old high end preamps.. There are Cary's and Cary's. Especially pre- and post-Denis Had, but even within the post- era. Hey, even if you were manufacturing lemons, occasionally you'd make an orange. | |
| Measuring line noise and power conditioners With that Trifield you can also detect ghosts.In their YouTube demo videos, I'm not sure what meter Isotek uses, it might be the one from Alpha labs or similar. Search: noise sniffer. | |
| Question for amp experts Not for the same price (price of amp included in speakers vs. separate amp). Amp designers have to envisage a wide range of loads, though not everything from very high to very low sensitivity. Amp inside speaker--the designer knows exactly what ... | |
| Virtual Axpona My sawn-off Magico desk-top speakers provide excellent sound. | |
| Building a new system for about 5 grand Surprised Schiit’s offerings haven’t been mentioned. Also the NuForce STA-200 for $500 at Audio Advisor is remarkable value. Music Direct has close-outs at up to 50% off. There were some Wharfedales at 1K marked down to $500. | |
| Speakers that are a great value! @hilde45 At CAF I met the owner/designer, talked with him at length about the special drivers that he was using, and heard the demo speakers. They were very impressive. Search the forum and you'll find a bunch of threads with satisfied Bache own... | |
| Harbeth Super HL5 plus Break-in Deja Vu (Harbeth dealer) certainly recommends open-topped stands (no "plate"), but also asserts that wood stands vs. metal stands will result in a mild difference in tonality, along the lines of the standard associations of wood vs. metal. Anyone... | |
| Upgrade advice from Parasound P5/A23 combo to an integrated amp solution? Are you at all tempted by the matching Ruby CD-player? It's at least as good as the integrated, if not even better. | |
| Help with Hum issues. Step 1: identify the culprit by a process of elimination.If you swop the IC's from the source to the preamp over, does the hum change sides, or stay the same. If it stays the same, it's not the source.Restore source to normal, and swop IC's over ... | |
| Recommended Speaker Design for Corner / Near-Wall Placement? Nobody's mentioned Larsen yet. |