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| Condolenances to The Siau Family I didn’t recognize the name immediately. OMG. I am in shock. Benchmark’s VP and Chief Designer, John Siau, is his brother? David was his son and his daughter of 18 months was of course the grand-daughter. I emailed David a few times 2 years ag... | |
| Bookshelf Speakers Transport by Airplane - Checked or Hand Luggage @kingsleuy reason I asked was that the dealer never sells to the USA and dealt with customs and was also worried about selling a Yamaha product in the USA that Yamaha USA does not carry. So I figured to save the dealer the heartache and do the shi... | |
| Subwoofer RCA Cable i run Benchmark XLR cables from my preamp to the sub. I then use a Cardas XLR to RCA adapter to connect to the RCA inputs of my KEF KC62 sub. I do not worry about long runs with XLR's. | |
| Bookshelf Speakers Transport by Airplane - Checked or Hand Luggage Thanks for the info. Looks like I can do this as carry on and checked baggage. A road trip is not possible these days. It is about 3000 miles and my passengers do not have the patience for that. I did do a similar drive myself from Richmond, Virg... | |
| Bookshelf Speakers Transport by Airplane - Checked or Hand Luggage @kenjit If the option was shipping by FedEx or UPS versus me carrying the speakers in my luggage, I take me every time. It is also killing 2 birds with 1 stone. since I have not been back to Canada since the pandemic. I am just trying to figure o... | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? ... the measured output power at clipping was 1322W @ 8Ω and 2250W @ 4Ω. They also made instantaneous peak power measurements which resulted in outputs of 1640W @ 8Ω, 3130W @ 4Ω, 1790W @ 2Ω, 960W @ 1Ω. https://www.hifinews.com/content/rotel-mic... | |
| Setup Speakers Along Long Wall? Check out the posts that mention AES48. My gear supports this so I use 15 foot Benchmark XLR’s that are low cost and sound excellent with this supporting gear. If If I was able to put a hole through a Livingroom wall I would use 50 foot XLR’s to g... | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? The following mono amp was one that I wanted to demo last week. Michi M8 Monoblock Power Amplifier - The Music Room (tmraudio.com) The Los Angeles dealer I was close by to only had the integrated amp and not the monos. The integrated amp had a C... | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? @audiobrian What are you using along with the CODA#16? That is really a great amp. I have the CODA 07x preamp too, but I would use my Benchmark LA4 preamp with any future CODA #16. I loved the LA4 preamp + CODA #8 (now sold). | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? @steve59 I can save up for that crazy KRELL since I have a KRELL Duo 175XD available for the short term for the Blade 2. I tested this amp with my prior harder to drive Thiel CS3.7 and it was excellent. I would normally never consider such an am... | |
| KEF Blade Two - Unbelieveable I heard the Hegel H360 and then the H30 (I believe). It was their top-of-the-line mono block with the Blade 1. The H30 did sound better, more powerful and exciting. The H30 is now replaced by the H30a. Something to do with a parts issue. I decide... | |
| What is Wrong With HD Radio & Why Aren't HD Tuners Being Made? The thing with streaming is the loss of the human factor in music discover. I am lucky that I have 1 incredible NPR station (for music) locally available and also a classic rock station that I am surprisingly fond off (in short bursts). A great e... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Thanks for the ROON feedback. My issue could be related to the Benchmark DAC3B and the "inter-sample overs" thing they support. The thought of that was what made try to adjust the ROON headroom management in the first place. Though last month ever... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC The famous ROON fly by on the tunes was something that has happened to me a few times, Usually, when I was setting up a new install. I forgot the reasons why it happened in the past. BTW - I went to the Sonore web site to check out a new LPS for ... | |
| What is Wrong With HD Radio & Why Aren't HD Tuners Being Made? I also have the Sony XDR modified by the XDRguy.com. It is a killer tuner if you use a great RCA interconnect with it. I have 4 tuners from $500 - $8K and I listen to radio a lot. HD radio is awful in the instances I have heard it. I always tune ... |