willemj
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| Pioneer VSX-901S? An amplifier of that age should certainly be serviced (recapped in particular). Beyond that, sound quality should be pretty much OK (Pioneer is not junk). Apart from the lack of modern tricks, this receiver will share the weaknesses of all AV rece... | |
| KEF Q950 or Harbeth 30.2 If your room is the right size for about the same money I would opt for the SHL5+ instead of the M30.2. Harbeths have a benign impedance curve, so they are an easy load, which is an advantage with valve amplifiers. They like a bit of power, and ... | |
| New system has fatiguing, harsh high frequency sounds. How to fix? As for break in, not surprisingly as mechanical devices speakers need a bit of that. Harbeth say a few hours will do, and that was indeed my experience, even if the difference was never more than minor. | |
| New system has fatiguing, harsh high frequency sounds. How to fix? I am not denying that his system sounds harsh, only that this is not because he uses a digital source. Earlier in this thread I have given a checklist of possibilities. By the way, there is nothing wrong with Bluray players as disc spinners (think... | |
| Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality? Peter Walker was one of the most gifted and orginal amplifier designers, designing, first, an excellent for the day valve amplifier, next, one of the first high quality solid state amplifiers (the 33/303), designing very practical tone control and... | |
| New system has fatiguing, harsh high frequency sounds. How to fix? To be honest, I have never noticed such harshness, even using modest digital sources in a revealing system. There is clarity compared to vinyl, which is not surprising if you look at the high frequency drop off in plots of many pickup cartridges. ... | |
| Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality? Any cheap cable will be good enough. Take a thicker one for greater lengths, and that is it. $1 per foot will do it. Technically, ordinary thicker quality electricity cable is fine, but it helps if the cable has some marking of the two poles, like... | |
| Using Oppo 205 instead of per amp processor I am not sure Randy's post implied criticism of the business model. He uses an Oppo, even if he - to me - surprisingly combines it with a unit to alter the neutral sound to make it more 'euphonic'. That would not be my idea of high end audio, but ... | |
| amp (or receiver) recommendation for Polk Audio RTi A7 floorstanding speakers Ok that is more info on the Focusrite. My only remaining question would be if you can play from two analogue outputs at the same time, but that is easy enough to test with your existing gear.Continuing on the subwoofer side, I would return the Pol... | |
| MAC Book Pro Computer vs Aurender N100h vs Aurender N10 Music Servers Please explain how the bitperfect digital output of one streamer can sound better than the bitperfect output of another streamer or the bitperfect output of a computer. | |
| amp (or receiver) recommendation for Polk Audio RTi A7 floorstanding speakers I would use the bigger of the two subs in that large room. For connections, first investigate the analogue output types of the Focusrite (I could not quickly find the information). What are yo doing with the smaller Polk sub? Will you return it?I ... | |
| New system has fatiguing, harsh high frequency sounds. How to fix? The disadvantages of tubes are clear:1 high energy consumption (think of the environment)2 often very speaker load dependent frequency response (i.e. tube sound where an amplifier should not have a sound of its own.3 often pretty bad measured test... | |
| amp (or receiver) recommendation for Polk Audio RTi A7 floorstanding speakers Sorry for the confusion I created (it was too early in the morning and I was in haste): I meant to write amplifier but I wrote speakers. The output of the Focusrite should obviously go to the Yamaha. I thought you were using a Windows PC.The Yamah... | |
| Harbeth blog Sorry, that is what I thought. Anyway, the Harbeth material is a proprietary compound to have just the right mix of properties. See here for some of their explanation: http://www.harbeth.co.uk/usergroup/forum/the-science-of-audio/213-harbeth-radia... | |
| amp (or receiver) recommendation for Polk Audio RTi A7 floorstanding speakers Look at the manual of the Focusrite. From what I can see it has multiple analogue outputs, so you should be able to connect both main speakers and subwoofer to the Focusrite. From what I can see the Focusrite has balanced analogue outputs with TRS... |