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| LIST ALL YHE SPEAKERS YOU HAVE OWNED THEN TILL NOW! Early 1980s - Some sort of Sansui 3 way Late 1980s - Infinity RS Kappa 9s and Kappa 7s (still own the 7s with upgraded GR-Research crossovers).....great rock and roll speakers 1990s/2000s - Thiel CS 1.2s, Thiel CS 2.3, and Thiel 3.6s (still own ... | |
| Best RCA interconnect up to ~$100? OP, I have used and can recommend: DHLabs (not White Lightning), Morrow Audio (50% sale right now), Supra Cables Trico or EFF RCA cables (dealer selling on eBay), or Pine Tree Audio which are showing promise. All could get you a very nice RCA pai... | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan Not sure how this disintegrated into a peeing contest, but somehow it did. Clayton appears to be making high quality OB speakers at a very fair price, we should hope that more manufacturers did the same....for our pocket books sake. Are the speak... | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan Conmoto, It refers to selling a product at little or no profit, or even at a loss to attract customers to a new product or company.....often times to get a good public response and "buzz" for the company. Not really a derogatory term, unless inte... | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan Specs and information: 1.5″ THICK BAFFLE CRAFTED FROM SOLID AMERICAN HARDWOOD OR PAINTED MDF DRIVERS: TWIN 12 INCH DIA. STUDIO-GRADE BASS/MID UNITS ONE 1.125 INCH DIA. WIDE-RANGE SILK DOME TWEETER WIRING: JUPITER TWISTED PAIR IN COTTON FREQU... | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan Tweak1, I am blessed in the fact that I kept the speakers I've previously owned, because I couldn't bring myself to let them go. The Infinitys are from 1987, the Thiels from 1999, the Buchardts from 2022. This thread seems the perfect place to st... | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan Well, I jumped in and ordered my pair in Maple. It sounds like I am in the December production run, so a couple of months out. Add to my current staple of speakers: Thiel CS2.3s, vintage Infinity RS Kappa 7s (GR Research updated crossovers), and B... | |
| Looking for intermediate-step Streamer: better than BS Node and not @ Bartok level pricing A used Aurender N150 might fit the bill, several can be found if you search...at around the $3,000 level | |
| Is there a way to switch one set of speakers between two sound systems? OP, Pine Tree Audio seems to have a nice switch, and for a great price. https://sites.google.com/view/pine-tree-audio/devices/spsx-2-speaker-selector Maple Tree Audio does as well https://www.mapletreeaudio.com/index.html | |
| Is it worth it? DAC question OP, It really depends on which Node you have. The Node 2 and Node 2i DACs aren't very good as previously mentioned, the DAC in the Node 130 is better. Some have recommended the Teddy Pardo LPS, but at $425 is rather expensive. I use an LHY LPS wh... | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan The Caladan's sound really interesting. I have never owned an OB design, though wanted to add one.....at an affordable cost. These look to fit the bill | |
| Help settle a streaming argument! Short answer, yes it does.....greatly. I started with a Node 130 into a Denafrips Pontus II using several different connections, and thought it sounded great.....but this was my first steaming set up. Added a Denafrips Iris DDC at the recommendat... | |
| Speaker Cable Recommendation OP, Hard to beat AntiCables 3.1 ($250 6 foot pair) or 4.2 Flex ($460 6 foot pair) speaker cables for the money. Just remember that the 3.1s take at least 150 hours to settle in, and the 4.2s at least 100 hours. I haven't completed testing, but th... | |
| looking for an integrated amp in the $1500 range OP, Agree with what some have said, higher efficiency speakers might help. That said the Buchardt S400 MK1 already has a "mid bass hump" that works well, but takes some guts to get that passive radiator cooking. I'd suggest sending Mads Buchardt ... | |
| budget diy tube preamp beating many expensive preamps... problem with my system? Smodtactical, You have tens of thousands of dollars of gear, do yourself a favor and replace the cheap RCA cables. Really good cables can be had for not a lot of money, look at: Morrow Audio (MA4), DHLabs Air Matrix, Zavfino Arcadia or Fusion, La... |