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| Any small Horn speaker? Horn speaker lovers. (Piano sound) You could look at the Avantgarde Zeros. The Zeros don't have the larger horns like the Uno Finos but will give you most of the Avantgarde magic, especially when paired with the right amplification. I picked up the line because of how well it mar... | |
| I have atcsm40 want possible alternative The Audiovector R3 is amazing. Spot on your budget. Ultra natural sounding and revealing even at lower SPLs. That would be what I would look at. Check out Andrew Quint's review in TAS from May I think. | |
| Need advice replacing my preamp The question is, if you are looking for fully balanced or a preamp with XLRs. Fully balanced, I would add Rogue to your list. The RP7 is fully balanced and at $5K is a great value. Rogue will give PS Audio a run for their money in terms of cust... | |
| Need advice replacing my preamp Haven't heard the BAT. I used to own the the PS Audio and it is wonderful preamp. The stock tubes are awful. It was shocking how bad. I wouldn't have kept it for the year I had it had I not rolled tubes. I used the NOS Tunsgrams that Upscale ... | |
| Looking for a speaker for my LM 845 Premium If you can afford them, Avatngarde Zeros would be a wonderful match. They are a pain to setup but are amazing once they get dialed in. They are not as bright as a lot of horns and will do well with a less warm 845 based amp. | |
| Has anyone compared the Ayre KX-5 and the Moon 740-P The Ayre is going to be brighter. Ayre overall is slightly forward of neutral. Great circuit. Wonderful imaging. Completely silent. A cliche I suppose but Ayre has "blacker blacks" than anybody. The volume control on this unit is very good. ... | |
| Any advice? Parasound A21, Ayre V5xe, Benchmark AHB2, or Bryston 4B3? I think the best sounding product between you options is the Ayre V5xe. I have bought equipment that was driven by that amp. It is built like a tank and Ayre gear sound incredible. It is best when in a fully balanced system but is tremendous in... | |
| Preamp SS to match class D amp if you eliminate the streamer from the equation, have you thought about a McIntosh preamp. The output is right to match with your BelCantos and the C49 is superb with a nice DAC. You would need an external streamer, but it should deliver a more ... | |
| Which speakers to be ''in'' the music? I am not going to belabor others points above. Yep. Check out Raidho. They deliver a massive and immersive soundstage. Even speakers as small as the X-1s assuming your room is setup correctly. Scansonic does this as well, just not quite as ef... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar The marketplace (Amazon, eBay, etc...) charges tax based on where the item is purchase, the purchasers zip code. Tax is collected and paid by the marketplace, not by the seller. When I sell something on eBay, Sales Tax is collected and paid by e... | |
| Looking for powered bookshelf/monitor speakers $1000 or less, used is ok. Any recs? https://artaudio.us/products/clearance-scansonic-m5-btl-active-bluetooth-speakerThis ought to work. | |
| Looking for powered bookshelf/monitor speakers $1000 or less, used is ok. Any recs? I have two pairs of these left with built in DAC. I bought a bunch when I signed up to be a Scansonic Raidho dealer and they are nice sounding little speakers. 50w. Bluetooth enabled and a few different inputs. I have these listed on Audiogon as w... | |
| HELP advise PLEASE - Focal Sopra 2 Speakers - I want a tube amp but " Min 2.6ohm @ 104Hz " I have listened to these exact speakers driven by MC275s bridged mono with a C22 preamp. If anything, the bass might have been a little flabby but the overall presentation was just incredible. I am not sure about Mc's hybrids and how they will w... | |
| KR Audio Kronzilla monoblocks I heard a Kronzilla at AXPONA. It was a stereo amp, not the monos. It is the primary reason I started working with Eunice and KR. I was surprised how quiet it is. Extremely natural sound. A bit rolled off so they work really well with brighte... | |
| Preamp SS to match class D amp Surprising to hear that as the US Trade Pubs like The Absolute Sound and Stereophile love AVM. I have personally done some A/B comparisons between the flagship Ovation MA8.3 monos and other amps and was shocked at how good they sound. They still... |