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| Recommend speakers for Hegel H190 KEF Reference 1@ jjss49 I am doing is the other way around this time. Gear first (which I recently got) and speakers last. This new system will be better than anything I built before. | |
| Thoughts on Peachtree Audio Nova300 The Peachtree Nova 150 (used with KEF LS50) that I owned for a while and was sold last week, was pretty good. The 150 is identical to the 300 except for the power difference, the Nova 500 is improved across the board, DAC, preamp and amp section. ... | |
| Headphone amp + DAC + Volume + ROON READY An update to the comparison of the BHA-1 vs HPA4. I did some exercise and came back for a final listen with the Bryston BHA-1 before it is returned to the bedroom.This time I decided to replace the upgraded Meze Empy XLR cable, the WyWire Platinum... | |
| KEF Reference 1s or LS50s I have heard the Ref 1 sound awful and also brilliant. The difference was the rooms. Actually my LS50 sounded awful in my small room until I got it treated by GIK. In my treated room, the Ref 1 wound be an improvement for my sub less LS50 system. | |
| Headphone amp + DAC + Volume + ROON READY I am doing a head-to-head comparison of the Bryston BHA-1 vs the Benchmark HPA4. The only external DAC I have today is the Benchmark DA3B. My headphones are the Meze Empy with the WyWire Platinum XLR cable. My digital comes from a computer via a S... | |
| KEF Reference 1s or LS50s https://echohifi.com/details/14467/KEF_Reference-1 | |
| KEF Reference 1s or LS50s @big_greg What is the difference between B-Stock and regular stock? Where did you see the $4K B-Stock? | |
| KEF Reference 1s or LS50s The KEF REF1 are going for around $4K used nowadays. It is a much better speaker than the LS50.I am a happy LS50 owner myself (5 years+) but I do miss having the low frequencies and I do not want subs. I should have gotten the KEF REF1 but at that... | |
| Lots of bass at walls, lack of bass in center of room/listening position Headphones are amazing these days but do not get me to the same level of musical greatness as a great speaker. I say this as someone who sold my amps this week and have nothing to drive my speaker. Just 2 great headphone systems today. | |
| Lots of bass at walls, lack of bass in center of room/listening position You may want to give your local guy mitch a call, https://accuratesound.ca/ Are you doing mostly digital streaming with ROON or JRiver? | |
| Persona and cable and interconnects match? Nice system. What made you go with CODA and how does the CODA sound with the Persona 3F? I have a 12 x 11 x 9 room and I am thinking of squeezing a Persona 3F into it.I am a big fan of Audience speaker cables and interconnects. The Persona is a li... | |
| Computer Guru's, Does my external Hard Drive go to sleep if its still blinking? Looks like the HD is still up and running. You should check the X1 documentation to see if there needs to be some configuration done on the X1 or external HD to allow the X1 to put the HD to sleep. Or better yet contact Lumin, they are active on A... | |
| What's your "diminishing returns" preamp choice? Benchmark HPA4 ($3k). The best audio component I have ever bought. The LA4 is the same without headphone ($2.5k).The great thing about this unit is that it is quieter than likely EVERY other preamp and DAC out there. It also does not have much of ... | |
| Removing a ZERO from the price of amps I think the AHB2 is an awesome amp, especially for the KEF LS50's (bedroom system). I owned it for a few years so I am confident in my assessment. It was awful on an Magico A3 though, that speaker was more demanding. I also do not think Beryllium ... | |
| Removing a ZERO from the price of amps Actually ricevs I do not only go by measurements. The AHB2 is something I owned before and know will sound good. The Purifi stuff is so new that I have no trust in it yet. I will wait and see what consensus is reached on what is considered good Pu... |