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| Speakers need to be placed close to back wall. Help Get them the KEF LS60 (the Baby Blades). I will cost $7K, but it has a preamp, amps, META, DSP, and I think it also looks pretty cool and can be placed very close to the wall because of that built-in DSP. I think all the features are controllable ... | |
| Purifi v Gan amps? Great question. I was wondering about this for a long time myself. I am assuming that Purifi sounds a bit like the Benchmark AHB2 from what I read on Soundstage Global about the Purifi prototype from Bruno et al I did compare the LSA Voyager 350... | |
| Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet? Fibre Optical is the holy grail of streaming. I have 3 of the Sonore OpticalRendu's and they are fantastic at giving a very clean clear sound from your DAC. Putting a FMC in front of the OpticalRendu also improves the stream. However, I had 3 di... | |
| Ethernet vs. Wi-Fi streaming I tried WiFi streaming when I had the Matrix Audio i3 Mini Pro. That thing had so many connectivity options. I was surprised at how good the WiFi sounded. That is until it would fail and then it was a catastrophic failure and I had to do a DAC reb... | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? What are you guys referring to as passive and active woofers? I am assuming active meaning that there is a built-in amp to drive them. In the case, of the Blades there is no internal amp to drive the woofers, so passive. In the case of the Baby B... | |
| Help me choice Audioquest speaker cables Speaker cables to make a huge difference. For me, this improvement was more than interconnects and PC's. My first expensive speaker cable was an old AudioQuest Volcano. It brought out the missing bass with my then Revel Salon 1. I even chopped it ... | |
| Shrill high frequencies Maybe the Isotek needs more break-in time. BTW - I use a MD 108T + KEF LS50 and those 2 are definitely not bright. My Accuphase T-101 tuner is much brighter than the MD 108T | |
| recommendations for buying used balanced integrated or power amp 2k range? Benchmark AHB2 (clear neutral) D-Sonic M3a 800s (Class D) Parasound A21+ (warm and fairly detailed) LSA Voyager 350 GAN (somewhat like the AHB2) NAD M22 V2 Balanced vs. Unbalanced Analog Interfaces - Benchmark Media Systems | |
| Olivia Newton John Passes at age 73 I saw a video of her on YouTube yesterday for the 1981 Grammy Awards. Check out the nominees. ONJ nominated for MAGIC (1) Rodney Dangerfield Cracks a Joke at the Grammys (1981) - YouTube | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? I decided to upgrade my 2012 LS50 with a new LS50 META. I recently found my LS50 lacking after I got my RAAL VM-1a headphone amp paired with the SR1a headphones. The descriptions of the Meta sound was what made me make the switch. My SR1 has more ... | |
| Looking for a preamp with XLR connections Someone I know compared the Weiss 501 to the DAC3B and they preferred the Weiss also. I use the DAC3B with a tube headphone amp and it works better than my 'best' DAC with those tubes. So the DAC3B, while not my best overall DAC, works like a cha... | |
| Looking for a preamp with XLR connections @peter_s That is true and sometimes I like that boring base system and only want to hear the source material through that base. The following is the design goal of the Benchmark products. They say this explicit on their web site's APPLICATION NOTE... | |
| bookshelf speakers that sound good on an enclosed bookshelf I was recently looked at the manual for my KEF LS50's (the one from 2012) and it stated that if placing the speaker in a bookshelf use both foam plugs. I never tried that, but KEF seems to think it is doable. The used versions of the newer LS50 M... | |
| A Note For LS50 Owners @jetter thanks for the info. I am not going to sell the LS50, I will give it to my nephew in Canada. He is starting university after this final year. I am looking to pair it with the Cambridge Audio Evo 150. A very good starter system for him. | |
| Topping Pre90 Switching op amps? If you want the sound of the pre90 without the hassle, then the Benchmark LA4 is the best bet. |