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| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. I went with Salk Silk MonitorsThanks racarlson, that helps - a lot. Salk Silk and Silk AT are recent additions to my list (I passed on the SS 7M). Pre-own JA Pulsars were briefly on the list but dropped (and stayed) off. I too am real intereste... | |
| Best budget streamer on the market now? On a Google Nexus6P w/ Android 8.x the BubbleUPnP app has been rock-stable for me for nearly two years - can’t remember a single crash. Check that you’re on latest Android version compatible with your phone. If it’s a carrier-subsidized unit you m... | |
| I gre out of Be Tweeters Anyone got extended listening experience with hard-dome horn-loaded tweeters (hdhlt)? Some Klipsch or JBL models maybe?Characteristics across different tweeter ’types’ are on my mind as I shop new standmounts. ’Be’ tweeters are in at least a few s... | |
| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. wrt sealed 2-way box I just finished auditioning the ATC SCM19 v2 at local dealer. Power was via Naim's NAP 500 DR ($34,995!) ... which dealer rep thought was only 90w/channel but I've since discovered is 140W/channel, 8Ω.The ATC's sounded very g... | |
| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. Ryan S610 ... Bryston Mini-Tvero: thanks, I've added Ryan s610 to my list - spec and build are attractive for my setup.I do appreciate a larger-box monitor, esp. 3-way. I already have dual subs so value of the larger drivers might be lost for my ... | |
| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. wtf was I thinking? My room size was embarrassingly wrong, by an order of magnitude : |I got 2500 cu ft (not ~5000 cu ft), with 10’4" opening to another 1240 cu ft room. Ceilings are 11 - 14’ vaulted.With that ’revelation’, I also found the Refere... | |
| Best subwoofer's for $2k/pair??? I have an older ’R-series’ REL (R328, $1600 in 2013) which at the time was their top-tier (now it’s the S "Serie"). Yes it’s good - but not $1600 good.With that in mind I briefly considered REL S-series when shopping dual subs for my main room. Th... | |
| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. Appreciate everyone who has weighed in with helpful feedback. Here's the list I'm working from, in vague (and temporary) order of favorability given my spec:Legacy Audio CalibreFritz Carerra BeTekton Impact <= outsized price/performance ratio... | |
| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. ...fullrange or will they be highpassed?mtc: thanks for the reply. Standmounts will be full-range and I'm looking for a larger-box-monitor format.Legacy Calibre has joined the short-list. | |
| Amazon Launches Lossless "Hi-rez" HD Music Service Historically HDTracks is no ’true-resolution’ saint either, tho’ fishyness at their scale is/was small ... fry? compared to what A-zon is capable of. And they seem to have cleaned up their act several years ago, after some ’high-profile’ exposure ... | |
| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. As a Nola Boxer v1 owner I suppose I should add the 'new' Nola Boxer S3 to the short list. At $3500 and with what looks like incremental rather than dramatic upgrades over the v1, I do wonder if they'd be much different. Anyone heard them?http:/... | |
| Amazon Launches Lossless "Hi-rez" HD Music Service In a lazy and totally non-scientific comparison across a couple of my 2nd-tier hifi systems:Amazon Music "HD" and "Ultra HD" quality levels seem comparable to similar-res audio from Tidal and Qobuz (16-bit/44khz and 24-bit/48kHz). I didn’t compare... | |
| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. Thanks again for all the helpful replies - some outliers aside this is a great group of insightful, conscientious people. A few notes on my spec:- bigger-box is ok (see Salk SS 7M). Spouse feng shue constraints are mostly around form/appearance, ... | |
| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. b_limo: I noticed that too. I’ve had mixed experience with tmr - the single positive outcome was a purchase where I think I did quite well. I subsequently found that tmr was actually the 1st (and only) owner of the component. I think I got lucky. ... | |
| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. jmolsberg 09-09-2019 5:42pm EST ^ believe OP said he had curious cats jm is right: floor-standers are out, mostly due to maladjusted cat members of family. There's also some feng shue pressure from spouse.Separately there seems to be the occa... |