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| Thiel Owners Great info thanks. I will likely hear back from Benchmark that mono is not doable with the CS3.7. Your comments give even better reason to look at other options. | |
| Thiel Owners I did some online research and I found out that 1 AHB2 in stereo puts out 259 watts into 2 Ohms. That is not too bad.https://benchmarkmedia.com/blogs/application_notes/speaker-efficiency-and-amplifier-powerNear the bottom in the section titled, "... | |
| Thiel Owners @unsound I hear you. I have very good sound now, I cannot stop listening. However, I think there is still another level I can get with more power. I sent Rory Rail at Benchmark an email asking about a second AHB2. I know 2 AHB2 and the CS3.7 has b... | |
| Kef reference 3 @kenjit Of course man, I was only trying to get the person to spend more. You really do not need to say the obvious. | |
| Kef reference 3 In that case I think your choice of the KEF is great. It sounds similar to the Vivids to me. I have heard both a lot. I was looking at USAuidomart yesterday for some KEF's because of some anxiety I had with my 'new' speakers (resolved today). Ther... | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant I ordered the Mofi version of Santana’s Caravanserai. My current SME version now sounds better on the CS3.7 than on my Meze Empy headphones. It sounded better on the headphones prior to my speaker repair today.Looking forward to the MoFi v... | |
| Thiel Owners I want update my journey with the Thiel CS3.7 now that some changes were made.1) A speaker repair tech came to my house today and re-soldered the crossover wires to the tweeter and midrange of my right speaker. They were wired out-of-phase during ... | |
| Kef reference 3 I would wait for the Ref 3 with the META stuff on the drivers. | |
| Seriously? Why Buy ARC Ref 6SE? seems Benchmark LA4 is a better choice. @aewarren You must have been a good hockey player with those deflection skills. Whatever, man audiophile talk is not that interesting to me. | |
| Your favorite male soul voices I don't like all his music but my favourite sounding N. American male vocalist is Lou Rawls. I always stop when I hear him singing. | |
| Seriously? Why Buy ARC Ref 6SE? seems Benchmark LA4 is a better choice. @aewarren Yes we were talking about the OP's choice in preamp, not yours. I never asked what preamp you use or really care. I am curious as to how you can make a judgment on the LA4. Have you heard it? Next month The Absolute Sound will do a revie... | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 I think the HGC is some sort of hybrid volume control but nevertheless te LA4 volume is killer.In Dec that Absolute Sound review will likely be a rave. It will be interesting to see what happens after that since the LA4 is relatively so low cost. | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/benchmark-media-systems-la4-line-amplifier-and-dac3-b-digit... | |
| Seriously? Why Buy ARC Ref 6SE? seems Benchmark LA4 is a better choice. @aewarren If you seriously think the Benchmark preamp is "the better choice", then that's what you should buy. I envy your lack of discrimination. A statement like that makes me think that you have never heard the LA4. I have heard some very ex... | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 With regards to cabling, I bought the Benchmark StarQuad for my DAC-2-Pre (1 foot) and Pre-2-Amp (15 or 25 feet). It sounded very good and I was thinking I should consider it for my other 3 sources too, even though the 24+ dBu StarQuad signal carr... |