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| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? Well I read the part about input sensitivity and output impedance on the internet. I thought everything on the net was true. Bi-Wiring and Bi-Amping Explained - How To Improve Your Audio Setup | Audio Advice Your post is encouraging I also as... | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? It seems the input sensitivity and the output impedance of the 175XD and the 300XD do not match. So my only option to bi-amp would be a second 175XD. | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? Any of you Blades owners use 2 stereo amps with Blades. That is 1 amp on the L and R high frequency speaker connection and a second stereo amp for the L and R woofers. I have an amp that I really like, the KRELL 175XD, but I want to have more pow... | |
| musician aquarius r2r dac any good? The VM-1a has 7 tubes and works ONLY with the 2 headphones I listed. I generally do not like tubes, but there are exceptions. With the Benchmark DAC3B, the sound is incredibly detailed, fast, and rivals the very best sound I have heard from ANY sy... | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? KEF, who put different versions of the Blade speaker in a few rooms–they’ve never sounded better to me. Best of Pacific Audio Fest 2022 | PAF 2022 - Part-Time Audiophile (parttimeaudiophile.com) | |
| Amplifier Longevity Question I had a very good experience with MD last year when I inquired about fixing my MD102. We spent about a week trying to figure out the cause of the problem via email. I live in Goleta, CA near the ocean and surrounded by mountains. I was using the ... | |
| Amplifier Longevity Question @gg107 Why not send in your MD to Canada (or maybe Buffalo, NY) and have them give it a tune up. I made the mistake of sending my MD102 to fix the reception drift and got back a MD108T. The MD108T is great. | |
| musician aquarius r2r dac any good? I have the Musetec 005 that is mentioned above. I am a huge fan boy of that unit. I lent it to my friend for a month and he did not like it for the gear he was testing it with, the RAAL SR1a + CA-1a headphones and VM-1a amp. I love the 005 with m... | |
| Magico A3 vs. Wilson SabrinaX @kingbarbuda I also have a pair of Benchmark AHB2s. Again they drive them well and are highly resolving and quiet. With tubes which is my new revelation they dynamics are great and soundstage is wide. When I went and demoed the Magico A3 I to... | |
| Magico A3 vs. Wilson SabrinaX I demoed the following speakers 2 years ago when I was shopping for a speaker: Vivid Kaya 90 (very fast and similar to the cheaper KEF Reference line) Magico A3 (drivers are not the most coherent) Vandersteen Treo CT (too dark for my ears) TAD... | |
| 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... |