willemj
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| Harbeth M30.1 vs B&W CM10 s2 I have Harbeth P3ESRs in my study and by all accounts the sound of Harbeth speakers is very similar across the audio range. I think they are glorious and in particular not at all fatiguing or over bright. Thanks in part to the very special cone ma... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD As for the billions using their smartphone's DAC, some may not be too far wrong: http://www.kenrockwell.com/apple/iphone-6s-plus-audio-quality.htmI am not an iphone fan, but one has to admit that the audio from many other phones is not nearly as g... | |
| A nice discussion of reviewers priorities. Reviews without accurate measurements from an Audio Precision or dScope vel sim. audio analyser are meaningsless. | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? Was the ouput level matched to within 0.2 dB? | |
| Searching for the most "accurate" speaker (below 15K) How big is the room? | |
| Help/advice with next upgrade The Antimode 8033 needs a line level input. However, since my amplifier did not provide a usable line level output, I took the signal from the speaker outputs on the power amp, and connected to the Antimode with an antenuation cable, as per Antimo... | |
| Help/advice with next upgrade These days my Quads are the more modern 2805s. I bought a B&W PV1d sub to extend the bass, but did not like it very much. The bass was woolly/slow or whatever you want to call it. Then I decided I was probably suffering from room modes, and bo... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD The uca 220 is technically the same as the uca 202. The only difference is the colour of the case and some software.Anyone who wants to do a listening test should realize that the uca 202 has a quite low ouput of 1.2V, compared to many DACs that c... | |
| SVS PB-16 Sub Were these the ported PB models or the sealed SB models? And did you use room eq? | |
| Speaker/ Room Measurement and DSP I use even smaller Harbeth P3ESR speakers as desktop speakers in my study. Due to the proximity of the desktop surface, even with the speakers on small desktop stands, I suspected a bass hump. And indeed, measuring with REW, I found some peaks. I ... | |
| SVS PB-16 Sub SVS are a highly regarded brand. If you look around you can see that they often measure very well, and that is important because auditioning subwoofers in a shop is virtually pointless: what you are hearing is mostly the room. SVS have a good retu... | |
| Help/advice with next upgrade The first thing I would do is to add a DSpeaker Antimode 8033 room equalization unit. I don't think any subwoofer should be used without it. Beyond that, I would say that I am not convinced by the virtues of fancy cables, or of tubes. You may want... | |
| Searching for the most "accurate" speaker (below 15K) My personal favourites would be the Quad electrostats or the top models from Harbeth. Both potentially supported my multiple subwoofers. | |
| Amplifier that visually matches Thorens TD-160 The Thorens is not only a very good turntable, but it is indeed a beauty too. The style is European modernist, and the brand of the day that comes to mind as the best visual match would be Tandberg. However, I don’t know where you live or, if you ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Perfection is easily defined in theory, and pretty easily in practice. It is the quality level above human hearing acuity. The good news is that with DACs that level is reached quite easily, and for fairly modest outlays. Quality wise, DACs are th... |