twoleftears

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Recommend speakers for a large living room
Daedalus Zeus.  They demo this model in rooms that size at audio shows. 
To power strip or not
Naim likes the Wiremold power strip, doesn't it? 
The Home Theater Company Collusion Theory
So what's Audio Asylum like?  Better?? 
Artwork And Acoustic Foam
https://www.gikacoustics.com/product-category/acoustic-art-panels/  
Gryphon Diablo 300 vs Vitus RI-101
They always sound better if they cost more. 
What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load
Here's a new model that claims it can handle 2 ohms.http://lkvresearch.blogspot.com/2019/04/lkv-veros-pwr.html#!/2019/04/lkv-veros-pwr.html  
Amps with meters ...
Graphic equalizers with twin rows of multi-colored LEDs bouncing up and down--now that was livin'... 
Why do Harbeth speakers have such a cult following
@mapman @pdreher's characterization of the differences aligns largely with my own, though I don't think I'd describe the SHL5s as exactly lacking body.  Certainly less meat on the bone.It seems like the C7 has some family resemblance to the SHL; I... 
Why do Harbeth speakers have such a cult following
It's not 2-way vs. 3-way but rather different "families" within the Harbeth line-up.  40.2 and 30.2 are essentially cut from the same cloth. Although it appears to slot in between them, the SHL5 is really the top of the line of a different family.... 
Time to buy a class D amp?
Whenever I turn on my Class D amp, my dog goes running out of the room... 
I loved the AR 93 - What was wrong with me?
Looking on Google Images now, I don't see a mid-range driver... 
Aesthetix Atlas Compared to Pass Labs XA30.8
You don't even mention the speakers that you're driving with the amp.  That will make a big difference to any responses here... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Gone back to Elgar, short form with Barbirolli.  Intro. and allegro, Serenade... The Elegy and, especially, Sospiri are just too beautiful for words. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
On maturer reflection: it's clear that there's some compression going on in the Sony recording.  This is a bad thing and a good thing.  I initially warmed to it, because I was able to set one volume at the opening of the first movement, and didn't... 
Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened?
Pivoting tangential-tracker tonearm by Thales shows more promise that conventional linear tracking.