willywonka
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| Pre Amp Question. Old or New? LTA makes nice products but be warned they are not True balanced preamps despite them having XLR connectors. If you require this look elsewhere. | |
| $15,000 Floor-Standing Speaker Selection and Advice I just purchased a new pair of Legacy Focus SE speakers. I've heard them many times over the years and again at the AXPONA a couple weeks back. I'm coming from Magnepan speakers! Hard to go wrong with good quality full range speakers. | |
| What are your opinions of DSP's for speakers @vthokie83 There were many more rooms this year with Active/DSP based systems at AXPONA. A popular YouTube reviewer also noticed this. It seems this is going to be the future for many companies. I heard the Dutch and Dutch 8C's at AXPONA a couple ... | |
| What are your opinions of DSP's for speakers Thanks for all of your opinions. This has been very informative and given me much to think about! Lots of pro and cons for both sides. | |
| What are your opinions of DSP's for speakers @fthompson251 Thanks for your feedback. I just listened to the Legacy Focus SE with Wavelet II at AXPONA and it was impressive. I'm not really wanting to substitute my existing preamp and DAC for the wavelet though and that's another reason for my... | |
| What are your opinions of DSP's for speakers @yyzsantabarbara I actually talked to Danny a few days ago at AXPONA. I'm not really listening to my headphones at all. I sold my VM-1a but still have my headphones. I also used convolution filters with my RAAL headphones. They were also custom ma... | |
| What are your opinions of DSP's for speakers Thanks to both of you for your advice. I assumed this would be most people's opinions here. Usually less and simple is best. Speakers are my last upgrade to my system (Yeah, I know they should be first) but the decision and selection is more diffi... | |
| AXPONA 2025 @hbarrel I don't think they had the Frigg 02 in the room. I listed to the Icon 12 twice and they sounded great! The bass on these speakers is at another level but they are $23,400. | |
| How do I connect my speaker cables to this Coda Amp WBT terminals that Coda uses are some of the best! | |
| Power Cords/ Conditioner/Surge Protectors Good surge suppression is a MUST for expensive high-end equipment. Even a power conditioner can tremendously help some systems. I just replaced my stock power cable on my Puritan Audio PSM-156 with a new Shunyata - Theta XC Power Cable ($1000 cabl... | |
| How to find local audiophiles @wsrrsw I'm in North Sac so not too far from you. | |
| Who has gone fully active? What speakers and preamp did you end up with? @erik_squires You need at least a 10-1 ratio between the amp and preamp in normal situations but I’m unsure about active amps in speakers. I wouldn’t think it would be any different. I would think 10k Ohms wouldn’t be a problem for most preamps. M... | |
| Who has gone fully active? What speakers and preamp did you end up with? @patrickdowns I have heard the Dutch and Dutch and they sound good BUT they are DSP based and if memory serves me right, they down sample everything down to 64 khz. I also didn't like the fact that they needed a connection ran between both speaker... | |
| Ø Audio anyone? @alexbpm Guttenberg has also previously said he will NEVER give something a bad review. You really need to read between the lines on his reviews to figure out what he means. It's all about the $$$ with these reviewers because they know if they bit... | |
| Linear Tube Audio version 3 of the MicroZOTL pre @wrm57 LTA has never offered truly balanced gear. It was just transformers to make it compatible. Not sure how big of a deal it is though. |