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| Moving up the Harbeth line I ran the SHL5+ for a few years relatively close to the front wall (probably 1.5 feet, as you're considering doing), and I consistently had bass issues I was never quite able to solve. I'm not keen on over-generalization from a single case study,... | |
| Recommendations for 3rd party power supply for Chord 2qute? +1 on Keces. Built like a tank, sound great, look great, good value. | |
| MHDT Orchid TUBE ROLLING I too want to bump this thread and thank 213cobra for this suggestion; and to encourage anyone who is looking to roll tubes in their MHDT to consider using the 5670 to 6922 adapter.I installed the adapter in my Istanbul and rolled in a 1970 Siemen... | |
| 845 Tubes, what's a good source in US? I bought my Shuguang 845b from thetubestore.com. Very nice tubes and no problems. | |
| Best high-end headphones with noice cancellation ... Build quality on the Sony WH-1000XM4 is poor. My pair’s headband broke after a year of moderate daily usage. | |
| Help me tame my out of control bass Over the past 15 years, I have moved my system through 4 NYC apartments, so I feel your pain.In one of my places, I experienced a very similar situation to what you describe. I tried everything I could - moving the system, moving the listening po... | |
| Do I hurt my ears by listening to music at... In my view it’s quite unlikely you have caused damage, let alone tinnitus, with your relatively modest listening habits.There are a lot of covarying factors involved with tinnitus; some psychological, and of course, there can be purely physical un... | |
| Bookshelf speakers for small room @labelman - the Super Alnico Monitor is probably the ideal model for your situation. The proprietary Alnico driver Omega has developed is something special - super quick, extremely rich tonally, detailed without being fatiguing, very "lifelike".L... | |
| Bookshelf speakers for small room +1 on Omega recommendation for low volume, intimate listening to jazz and acoustic music. I've owned both Harbeth and Omega, and Omega excelled in this application. | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? Wow, you’re opening Pandora’s box with this thread!As with most things audio, I think this is a matter of personal preference more than anything. Any speaker design is a compromise, it’s just about which trade offs you prefer.For myself, I ran Har... | |
| First Watt SIT-3 preamp pairing advice Also want to second what Nelson Pass said, and which @vinpic highlighted earlier in this thread: the SIT-3 behaved like a different, happier amp when I wired resistors in parallel with my 8 ohm speakers to drop the load the amp sees down to 4 ohms... | |
| First Watt SIT-3 preamp pairing advice @longinc My speakers are 95db Omega single drivers, and in my system/room and my listening tastes, I have no gain issues using the MZ2 with the SIT-3. Others may have different experiences, of course.The Don Sachs is an excellent preamplifier, but... | |
| First Watt SIT-3 preamp pairing advice I use the LTA MZ2 to drive my SIT-3 with superb results. Very good synergy between these two units. The MZ2 is not a gain monster but I have no problem driving the SIT-3 to a happy place. The SIT-3 really showcases the unique blend of tube liquidi... | |
| High Output Preamp for First Watt SIT-3? I run an SIT-3 with 8 ohm Omegas and definitely got better performance out of it by dropping 8 ohm resistors in parallel with the speakers. I run it with both an MZ2 and Don Sachs Model 2, works well with both although obviously very different pre... | |
| Finally found THE SPEAKER!!! Congrats, those speakers look fabulous and I’m happy for you that you’ve found something that works so well for you.Not to hijack your thread, but I wonder if you’re ever had a chance to work with Frank Rinella? He engineered some recordings my b... |