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| Your thoughts on my quest for new speakers I have been an audiophile 40+ years and owned a Audio store System synergy is most important the #1 most important part of the Audio system and starting point is your sourse Quality first and foremost ,the Blusound, and dac in the Hegal are both ... | |
| Can a great system make a mediocre recording sound good? The most important part of your system is the source for Everything starts there good or bad ,the signal once lost cannot be made up down stream, I personally like Multibit,or R2R dacs they sound very natural ,vacuum tube Dac also ,good design i... | |
| After years of separates, I'm going integrated. Anyone else do the same? My Made in U.S.A. Coda -CSIB integrated amplifier is a Excellent integrated, Many people still don’t know that Coda has been around over 35 years and all were Engineers with Nelson Pass at Threshold under Nelson went solo ,Coda has 3 power opti... | |
| Why has focal raised their prices so much on Sopra line My friend bough5 the Sopra2 with a couple cables WWorld ,and AQ and Perrotta consulting gave him a very attractive deal. If you want New then Anthony is a very good dealer I have even dojng business with him for years. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I see Apos audio in Ca selling it for $3395 | |
| Why has focal raised their prices so much on Sopra line Because they can ,they used the virus and shortages to raise 20% for others did they had to follow suit.that’s why you are far better off to buy used . totally unlike used cars That went up 35% ,used speakers have been stable and plenty of us... | |
| Do larger planar speakers produce more accurate sound? Much has to do with design the larger the diaphragm. The better the bass Soundlabs is the best although big with their excellent autoformers their panel has different size segments for high frequencies,mids and bass you truly need at least ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I would like to see how it measure up the the latest $4600 Denafrips Terminator -2 this is one of the best dacs out there under $10 k which is getting a lot of good press and I personally bought ,and now has U.S repair facilities if needed which... | |
| Why do folks spend more on electronics than on speakers? I feel 20-25% of your audio system should go to your Loudspeakers having owed a Audio store synergy is key ,and the most distortion by far comes from your speakers roughly 3-5% on average when pushed ,Electronics under 1% cables to 15-20% of yo... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? That statement says it all your expert is none of the above . hav8ng owned a Audio store ,parts quality and design are essential to good sound as well as quality digital cables which I just was part of extensive testing in our audio club ,and yes... | |
| Least Expensive Power Conditioner/Surge Protector That Won't Worsen Sound Brick wall out of PA for $300, matched several-line conditioners in the $1500 range andSterphile used to have it in class-B which is respectable ,I bought 2 and find them pretty effective ,I upgraded mine by upgrading several internal capacito... | |
| Vandersteen Speakers.. Are All Other Speaker Makers Doing It Wrong ? I have had several Vandersteen speakers ,they used to be a great value , not by todays standards , the Xovers inside always average at best , Maybe the $30 k speaker they are good , and drivers ,not even sure who makes them . look at Dynaudio f... | |
| After years of separates, I'm going integrated. Anyone else do the same? If you are not married to the meters ,then Coda Audio design makes excellent products made in U.S.A Nelson Pass engineering team at $7k retail. Maybe a little less See Mike at Audio Archon , 3 power choices lower power higher 1st watts in pure... | |
| Thermal Distortion your loudspeaker most likely suffers from it. But do you care? The Xover helps to relief stress high quality Xovers are one Big thing most mags don’t address unless spending over $20 k even then not top parts quality, personally I have been doing high quality Loudspeaker upgrades for years, for example m... | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. Hello thanks for the info I spent $1500 on the New Reference Excellent Final Touch Audio USB cable for my dac, ,which is a Huge step up from the AQ Diamond ,WWorld platinum 8 , purist 30 anniversary and several others 2x as much ,their $900 Ca... |