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| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 Most of those preamps I heard were excellent. However, I came to feel that I do not want the preamp to add anything to the sound, especially noise. The amp and speakers can do that. | |
| Thiel Owners @tmsrdg Not a trader but a long bag holder on a stock that was supposed to pay for this current audio system. Next year will be the year for that (which I say every year). I do software development. I have a lot of servers on the cloud that run pr... | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 My gear is linked on Virtual Systems.Preamps I owned and demoed.Bryston BP20BAT VK-42SEBenchmark DAC3 HGC*Luxman c900u*Hegel P30*Mark Levinson 526*D'agistino something*T+A P3100 HV*SimAudio 740P * Bryston BP17 Cubed* I demoed these at stores in th... | |
| You can Vote for Most Valuable Lead Vocals (Rock Groups) @mapman David Bynre release a new concert video 2 days ago on HBO it is supposed to be amazing. My vote for goes to in no particular orderBob MarleyChris ConnellEddie Vedder | |
| Thiel Owners @unsound I was thinking of getting a hardware based DRC system in the past. I looked at Room Perfect, Space Optimization, Deqx (sp?), and ARC3. I remember Space Optimization was describing setups where you can place the speaker against a wall and... | |
| Thiel Owners Some interesting changes with the AHB2 and the CS3.7 after some playing last night and repositioning. I did the following for todays listen.1) I moved the speakers closer to the side wall, 26 inches from the center of the tweeter to the side wall.... | |
| Thiel Owners @catalysis The reason the AHB2 is a keeper is because it is an outstanding amp. In the top 3 of amps I have heard, I like silence. The fact that it works for me so well with the KEF LS50 is reason alone to keep it since I am not getting rid of the... | |
| Thiel Owners If anyone is interested. The CS3.7 I got had some scratches on the top black shell. So I contacted Rob Gillum and he told my to use a semi flat black #1613. So last night I taped the speakers up with some great 3M plastic wrap and spray painted it... | |
| Thiel Owners Well it was a car long journey to pick up my new Thiel CS3.7. A stop at IKEA for some kid shopping and a little driving day dreaming made it longer trip than expected. I am testing the speakers out now in my small office (see virtual systems for s... | |
| Have speakers really improved within the last 20 years?? I will buy a 16 year old design next. My other option was a cutting edge new design, Thiel CS3.7 vs Yamaha NS5000. I think the CS3.7will be a good choice. I shall see. | |
| Does anyone do off-axis listening as well as Magicos? Every speaker that I heard with the tweeter placed on top of the midrange seemed to sound good from many listening positions. The best being the KEF Blade. | |
| Preview: CODA Technologies new generation number#8 Stereo Amplifier Is the #8 stable at 2 Ohms? | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel @tmsrdg A big thanks for the posts about John Siau’s analysis and the hands on experience with the AHB2 + CS3.7. You guys just saved me a whole bunch of hassle. I can just concentrate on the single stereo amp and it sounds like I have a ... | |
| Thiel Owners @unsound I saw your prior post on this and do have some concern that the amp may not work. Not a big deal if it does not, the CS3.7 is not going anywhere nor is the Benchmark stack. I plan on setting up 2 rooms once things get back to normal.The M... | |
| Thiel Owners "Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker "https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/running-benchmark-ahb2-in-bridged-mode-and-4-ohm-speaker?high...Here is the designer of the AHB2 addressing the posts on the thread linked above.http... |