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| What’s the most badass $2k amp I can get? A bit above your budget, the Musical Fidelity M6s PRX at $2699 is an absurdly good value for a new amp. MF is a great value and I find the sound profile to be a bit more musical and engaging than Parasound. 230w is a massive amount of power. It... | |
| Integrated under $2000 for Focal Aria 926s MF M5si vs Rogue Sphinx is a very good compare. They are both just a hair forward of neutral with tons of detail. I have a Rogue Hydra which is one of the Rogue’s Class D power amps. I LOVE it and use it as one of my benchmark amps for speaker ... | |
| Integrated under $2000 for Focal Aria 926s What about a refurbished Musical Fidelity M5si? Wonderful unit and at $1399 with full warranty is a killer value. I love the sound profile of this unit. | |
| Infinity Kappa owners Lost a pair of Kappa 8.1s in a divorce. I loved those speakers! | |
| Best speakers out there for Midrange and Highs Whoops. The Vertex’s are $9500. Those are the one I have heard. Carbon fiber cabinets are obscene. Feeling better every day about my pricing. | |
| Best speakers out there for Midrange and Highs I heard the Kaiser's at Rhapsody Audio in Manhattan. Rhapsody and Singer are still listed as dealers. They are also both Raidho dealers.I heard the Wilson Benesch's at Singer in Manhattan. It looks like he doesn't carry them anymore. My demo's... | |
| Best speakers out there for Midrange and Highs I am a huge fan of the Kaiser Chiara. I think they are $22K but are arguably the speaker I think all monitors should be measured against. Cabinet is interesting materials and is a composite sandwich of wood, fiberglass and rubber. I heard these... | |
| Stand-mount speaker/monitor recommendation I have been following your other thread as I am curious what folks recommend. The Omega you are looking at seems like an awesome speaker with a lower powered amp but I haven’t heard it. I import a line of higher end tube amps with the bulk of the ... | |
| SEAS vs SB Acoustics SB is a Malaysian company. Revel uses SB drivers in the Performa line and I assume the Concerta though I am not 100% sure on this. Excellent quality drivers and Far East production makes them a good value. Once you put a speaker in a box, you a... | |
| Mmmm Crow tastes good... I have always preferred the sound of two monitors with a sub or subs. I find it gives a lot more flexibility in terms of placement and room optimization. Because my wife wants the smallest box possible, at home I run a Sunfire Tru SuperJunior wh... | |
| 300B SET or EL34 SET I understand completely. When you hear something that you love, you want nothing else. Also get that everything in Europe is more due to VAT. I couldn't find an impedance measure on those speakers either but generally speaking, Tannoy's are gen... | |
| 300B SET or EL34 SET Other option beyond Audion - You could consider a few other options. There are other tubes in the 300B family that can deliver very similar mids with a bit more power. 300BXLS, 520B and the 320B XLS/842 are all very interesting tubes. Examples... | |
| Who has the best midrange 2A3 or 300B ? Terrible speaker to pair with a 300B or 2A3 unless you were to find a Push Pull. You might find a used unit from Opera Consonance that may meet your needs. The M100S Plus is a 22w Push Pull using 300Bs and is a darn good sounding amp. It would ... | |
| 300B SET or EL34 SET If speakers were properly matched to the amp, I don't think there is much of a difference in terms of bass performance between and EL34 and 300B. Both will be a bit flabby compared to SS, but neither is much better than the other. The 300B is th... | |
| 300B SET or EL34 SET Both tubes (EL34 & 300B) have a pronounced midrange profile but IMO (based on the amps I sell from Art Audio) is that the EL34 has a pronounced mid emphasis and the high's are a bit rolled off compared to say, a KT88. The 300B has a lush, alm... |