audionoobie
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| Looking for suggestions on best small footprint speaker under $4K You may want to put the Kef R7 on your list of speakers to audition. They retail for $3800. | |
| What are the best speakers you have ever owned and why? The best speakers I have heard are my friend's TLS-1's (based on the original Ohm F) made by Dale Harder of HHR in Ohio. I haven't heard anything that sounds that realistic and natural.Vandersteen 7's would also be up there. I have owned Vanderste... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts vs the competition.... @tommypenngotti just curious how the Tekton speakers are treating you? Still digging them? I auditioned the Electrons, but ultimately decided they weren't for me. | |
| Hihat Question See also:What's the difference between a drummer and a pizza?A pizza will feed a family of four.How do you make a drummer's car more aerodynamic?Take the pizza sign off the roof.What has 3 legs and an asshole?A drum stool.Sorry to go OT. @viridian... | |
| Hihat Question Can’t swing a dead cat around here without hitting a drummer....(another drummer here).I too faced the same issue as you. I wanted more detail and was struggling to obtain it from my Vandersteen 2ce Sig II’s. The answer for me was to change speake... | |
| Speakers for a small room While I haven't heard that many speakers above the $4k mark, I would agree with tomic that the Treo CT is a very fine speaker. They occasionally come up on the used market for around $5,500. Good luck! | |
| All in one Pre/Power/Streaming/DAC or Streaming Preamp/DAC combo ~$2k-4k recommendations I would take a look at the Naim Unity Atom. Seems like it ticks all your boxes. I'm considering one myself. | |
| Revel Performa 206, PSB T-2, Focal Aria 936: Which offers the best overall sound? I recently heard the Focal 936 at a local dealer. Really nice from the mids on down but had no treble/ lacked detail. Very smooth and musical speaker. It was paired with a Naim Uniti Atom. Hotel California from Hell Freezes Over was jaw dropping. ... | |
| Songs for Speaker Placement I don't know if this will help you in setting up soundstage and imaging but, if you put on Stevie Ray Vaugn - "Tin Pan Alley." I've never heard a track with a wider soundstage. Absolutely cavernous!!! | |
| Songs for Speaker Placement @slash21 "reducing speaker distance apart increases mid bass."Is this true in general? I've never heard that before. | |
| Vandersteen Treo CT, Pair of Sub threes and Lyngdorf TDAI 3400 @mr_m what amplification are you using with your Treo's? | |
| Your single favorite musician on any given instrument? Here is just a brief sampling of some of my favorite musicians. There are a lot more that I can't seem to think of at the moment. Drums: Jeffrey Porcaro, Steve Gadd, Vinnie Colauita, Steve Jordan, Tony WilliamsBass: James Jamerson, Mike Porcaro, J... | |
| If attending Capital Audiofest 2018, can you provide your review of the Ohm F-5015s @michiganbuckeye Why not contact Dale Harder at HHR Exotic Speakers and see if he can repair/ replace your Ohm F drivers? My friend has a set of Dale's TLS-1's based on the original Ohm F and they sound incredible. My understanding is that no one ... | |
| Vandersteen Quatro Wood CT Setup Questions @pilrem "Step 7 - Set speaker tilt. "listen to Jennifer’s voice" - and that placement needed to be recreated. I was told that Jennifer was standing when this song was recorded. As tilt was adjusted, Jennifer’s voice raised from low between the spe... | |
| Room placement for Vandersteen Treo CT @tomic601 Ray Brown Soular Energy, yes! I just discovered that one recently. Sounds fantastic! |