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| Any modern rock recommendations? The Black Keys | Arctic Monkeys | RUSH (Vapor Trails 2013 Remaster, Clockwork Angels) Going back to the 90’s Pearl Jam | Soundgarden | Alice in Chains | Stone Temple Pilots Pulp | Suede | Oasis | The Verve | Manic Street Preachers BTW - ... | |
| Seeking Advice to Improve My Audio System ($1000 Budget) @carlyleciv I realized that I forgot to mention that you should add the KC62 sub to the mix with either the LS50 Meta or the Maggies I mentioned. The KC62 sounds great and is fast. It is not a must but when added it takes the system to a better ... | |
| Seeking Advice to Improve My Audio System ($1000 Budget) Long ago I owned Audioengine A2+ speakers as my main setup for almost 5 years. The top end is muddy and not clean as you describe. If you want to stay with a powered speaker the KEF LS50 Wireless II (active model) will be much better. Maybe you c... | |
| Finally up and playing And people say A'gon is useless. Great system. | |
| White cabinet popularity? KEF has a nice-looking white speaker with blue drivers. | |
| Kef Blade or Wilson Audio Alexia? The soundstage on the Blades is the best I have ever heard. I do not think the aluminum drivers on the Blades are the top of the heap, but the overall package makes it my favorite speaker. I do not like the KEF Reference 5 because it does not crea... | |
| Network Switches I have 3 switches ranging from $45 to $450. The $450 is today’s price, I paid MSRP of $150 before it became very popular. All my switches support fibre optic output. They take RJ45 Ethernet input from my router, I take the bits from the SFP outp... | |
| Best amplification for Magico S3 newer version on your experience The Luxman 509x is rather weak compared to the Luxman m900u and the new amp (m10?). I have heard all 3. These Luxman amps are warmer that the other amps I mention later. The CODA #16 is a great amp and even though it is 150 watts it is incredibl... | |
| Audience Front Row vs Cardas Clear I use FrontRow cables with Magnepan Mini speakers in my office system. I use the FrontRow cable on the small panels with the speaker cable connect to the Magnepan bass panel. The Schitt Wotan amp is connected to the bass panel with a different lo... | |
| Speakers for 2nd System! My office on the second floor has one side facing the first floor Livingroom. It is a small space. In my 12 x 11 x 9 previous room I used Magnepan LRS+. I liked the wall of sound effect of the Maggies, but the clarity of the sound was a bit below ... | |
| Tube Amp for Coda 8 Part 2 From my preamp to my CODA amp, I use low-cost Benchmark XLR (25 foot). The Benchmark HPA4 preamp definitely does not benefit from costly XLR. I think I tested the CODA with various XLR’s and went with the Benchmark XLR. However, I do use expensiv... | |
| Best amp options between $2k-$4 to power Magnepan 1.7? I owned the LRS+ and Mini speakers from Magnepan. LSA Voyager GAN 350 - not good with Maggies, not enough power for the demanding Maggies. Benchmark AHB2 - needs more power but has some beauty in a small room and more restrained music Sanders M... | |
| Tube Amp for Coda 8 Part 2 If you do not listen at very low volume, then the digital volume on the DAC should be good enough. The only DAC that had a volume control as good my best analogue preamp was the Lumin X1 DAC/Streamer with the Lindh volume control. That thing was a... | |
| How large (or small) is the audiophile market? KEF (U.K.) Rockford (U.S.) Bowers & Wilkins (U.K.) Pioneer (Japan) Dynaudio International (Denmark) These are top end audio companies who can compete with anyone. BTW - to see where audio market is going head over to Head-fi. The fact that t... | |
| Tube Pre-amp Suggestions. @kds I like a bit of clarity in my sound and the Freya+ was a bit too thick for my tastes. I did get it sounding to my sonic preference with the uber neutral Benchmark AHB2. However, other preamps sounded better to me with the AHB2, so the Freya+ ... |