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| Small Office - Wilson vs B&W vs Kef I have the same room size but have made it a little bigger by being a little creative. Take a look here. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/7605 I was thinking I have to settle on a small monitor in this room since it is small. Adding the GIK a... | |
| Thoughts on choosing an amplifier I owned the KEF LS50 + Benchmark AHB2 + Benchmark DAC3 HGC and it was my favorite setup with the LS50s.These are the other amps I had with the LS50sPeachtree Nova 150 (not bad, can listen long hours, maybe 80% of the AHB2 in details)Bryston PowerP... | |
| Yamaha NS 5000 The smearing you you mention is something I also had with my speakers in my small office. Adding the GIK acoustic panels at the first reflection was an amazing improvement for me. That smearing of the sound disappeared. | |
| How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect sites like Audiogon? I had no idea of how long this would last. The following article is about 3 years old. https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/07/health/flu-pandemic-sanjay-gupta/index.html | |
| How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect sites like Audiogon? NOBODY needs to hear more of this bad news.HELLO !!!!!!! I have no problem reading about it. Don’t read these comments if they hurt your sensibilities. nonoise, I am a very sensitive person, but the constant liberal drivel about how F. U. our res... | |
| Benchmark AHB2 Amplifier, opinions and competition Just curious if the following speaker can be vertically bi-amped? There is a photo of the back of the speaker on the link below.https://www.soundstageaustralia.com/index.php/reviews/110-follow-up-yamaha-ns-5000-loudspeakers-edit... | |
| Benchmark AHB2 Amplifier, opinions and competition Benchmark is selling them as fast as they make them, along with the new preamp(s). There is a 3 week waiting period to get it. When I got mine a few years ago (not much people knew about it) there was no wait.. | |
| Amp for kef reference 1 The Hegel 390 (not 360) would be a top choice to keep things simple. I have heard the Hegel 360 with KEF Blades (similar to the Reference line) and it was surprisingly good given that the Blade is a fairly big speaker. The Hegel 390, which I have ... | |
| Amp for kef reference 1 How big is your room?How loud do you play music? Do you like to listen at very low volume?Do you want separates or is an integrated preferred?What is your budget?Congrats on the KEF Ref 1, one of my favourites. | |
| Magico A3 vs Magico S1 MK2 I demoed the A3 with Mark Levinson 585, almost as good (85%) as the 60K combined ML preamp + amp + DAC system with the A3. You can get the ML 585 used now for around $6-7K. Great pairing with the A3.The 585 is still supposed to be better than the ... | |
| Integrated Amplifier for Focal Sopra 3 You should have a listen to the 2 new Hegel integrated, 390 and 590. | |
| Magico A3 vs Magico S1 MK2 @kingbarbuda I heard the A3 with my stereo Benchmark AHB2 and it was not that great, the sound seemed collapsed into the speakers. Have you compared the AHB2 in stereo mode vs AHB2 mono blocks with the A3? I had a suspicion that the single AHB2 am... | |
| New KEF Reference 5 speakers @allhifi There are 5 Blades on sales today on A'gon, 4 of them by dealers. Dealers hardly ever sell Blades on A'gon in the past. It was mostly consumers. My money is on an new upgraded version of the Blades in the pipeline. | |
| Preamps with Dual XLR Outputs The balanced standard is important to me for the reasons you have pointed out in many A'gon threads.That switch is an nice thing to know about. My old Bryston amps had that switch in their amps.Thanks for the sharing of knowledge. | |
| Benchmark ABH2 compared to Merrill Element Series and other ultra high end amps @dr_joe I hope you can post some info on the comparison. I am interested in the LA4 vs something in the Boulder 1012 price range, the Mola Mola Makua. |