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| Should a reference speaker be neutral, or just great sounding? This is a great question. From a purely philosophic perspective, I would agree that you would want a speaker that has a perfectly flat frequency response from 20hz to 20khz and compare deviations in terms of sound profile. If everyone had this a... | |
| Upgrade to my system - Speakers maybe It sounds like your room is pretty well setup. 3' from the back wall is ideal for a lot of speakers. I would look at a few products:Raidho - the X-1 and XT-1 are brilliant speakers. They fit neatly in your budget and are brilliant sounding spea... | |
| Best Speakers for a small Nearfield room, budget at most $10000 (used is also ok) Considering your original list...I am a Raidho dealer and am a huge fan of the brand. They are best with more than 20" from back wall. They are amazing speakers but 3' of space behind them is essential for the sound stage to come together. Prox... | |
| Why are there so many wooden speakers? Yo Yo Ma uses a Carbon Fiber cello made by Luis and Clark. A company that makes wonderful sounding CF based string instruments. There are a bunch of academic papers on this subject of composite materials in production of traditional instruments ... | |
| Why are there so many wooden speakers? @kenjit. The issue with making speakers where the only deviation is the cabinet is only one of them is going to sound okay to sell. In my initial test only one speaker sounded good enough to sell. The more poorly damped material needed significa... | |
| Why are there so many wooden speakers? @wspohn I have done this. This was literally part of the process I used when starting up my company to identify what materials I wanted to use in cabinets and if cabinet material makes and difference at all. I have created the same speaker with MD... | |
| 300B vs. KT88 SET? The Forte's will easily be driven by a 10w SET and many enjoy rolling 300Bs though it is not an inexpensive hobby. You will find their are a surprising number of new 300Bs available that sound quite different. I am not sure what the benefit of a... | |
| From floorstanders to standpoints? Who's done it? I moved from Infinity Kappa 8.1s to Revel Performa3 M105s and a subwoofer years ago. Not only are the smaller speakers easier to drive, I found it was easier to place them to optimise soundstage and have never looked back. I much prefer standmou... | |
| The Battle between Stiffness And Damping Of The Speaker Enclosures! This is interesting but is very confusing. It blurs the discussion between driver and cabinet material which I am not sure if that is intentional. Additionally, it seems to take an intentionally simplistic view of some of these materials withou... | |
| Focal 1028BE2's or Tekton Moab Towers I will preface this by saying I have listened to those speakers and they are not my favorite. Focals are going to be a bit bright relative to other speakers (not a bad thing, so are some of the ones I make) and the right thing to do is pair with ... | |
| How long is the break-in time for a Sophia Electric Blue 6SN7 tube? My experience with Sophia tubes in general is 150 hours is the optimal point but I will admit, I have never had an amp with the 6SN7s in it. I would trust Sue. Can't see any reason to leave an amp on 24/7 unless you have very restricted listenin... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? Foolishly bought a pair of speakers and:1. Didn't negotiate hard enough and paid $2K more than I should have2. Listened to the dealer when they said it would work in my roomI naively assumed that a dealer would actively try and solve my problem ... | |
| Why are there so many wooden speakers? MDF is used because it is cheap, is easy to bend and machine, requires minimal CAPEX and no specialized knowledge to manipulate. If you want to compete in the high volume game, MDF or other wood material are inexpensive and the only way to compet... | |
| What's your "diminishing returns" preamp choice? If you can find one, the Ayre K-5xeMP is an amazing preamp for the money. New it was $3500 to $4350 depending in the year but was brilliant. You should be able to pick up a used unit in the $1800 to $2200 range depending on condition. I regret ... | |
| Speakers to pair with Elicit-R / Rega Planar 6? Check out the Paradigm Prestige 75F. Might work well for you. |