avanti1960
Responses from avanti1960
| Is D for Dry? Class D... heard many SOTA amps and they are still dry and brash to my ears. | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions Living with and working with a speaker long term in your room and system is the best way to evaluate them. In order to get there requires a leap of faith based on what you hear at auditions, audio shows, etc that they have potential to make you h... | |
| Paradigm 120h vs Goldenear Reference @dep14 do you have any info about how to manually update any settings in ARC ? the dealer i visited was unclear. | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response The Spendor D series are extremely fast speakers. I had the D7 and now the D7.2 and am amazed at the transient quickness. Read the Stereophile review of the D7. A jack of all trades speaker that has the quikness of horn speakers with the refine... | |
| Do No Harm ... well the least harm anyway your speakers have great low end. high pass is a waste of them imho. if you have time and money to burn then use mini DSP between amp and preamp and dont bother unless you are good at RTA measuring. | |
| Keep McIntosh C2500 pre-amp or upgrade to C12000? Cary Audio SLP 05 two chassis preamp sounds competitive to tha Mac at half the price. a new one is on sale at cary direct for 5997. love mine completely. | |
| Preamp suggestions for Atma-Sphere Class D Monoblocks @srama, of course but to me more gain does improve the energy and dynamics. no need for the ultimate upgrade, just get some nos sylvania down the road. The SLP 05 is now on sale at cary direct for $5997 ! https://carydirect.com/shop-now/pream... | |
| Preamp suggestions for Atma-Sphere Class D Monoblocks @srama The atma sphere monos have unusually low gain for an amplifier (22db) compared to most that typically have 29 or 30 db gain. much like my Pass Labs XA 25 amp that has 20 db gain, they really match well with preamps that have higher tha... | |
| Recommend an MC cartridge Anywhere near the $2K price range and Lyra Delos gets my vote and would be suitable for your arm and phono preamp. It does everything right and sounds great at all frequency bands but the midrange is stellar. Betters the comparable range in the O... | |
| Borreson X2 I considered a pair of X2 and still might. I have heard them sound very good and also very bad. I believe the issues I heard when they sounded bad could be sorted by speaker placement and amplifier. | |
| McIntosh 2105 pairing with Klipsch Cronwall’s? The 2105 is more old school Mc sounding and very very smooth. It sounds great with the older Klipsch Heritage, even up to the III Forte and Cornwall. To my ears the IV Cornwall and Forte are smoother sounding that the IIIs and the match with t... | |
| Best upgrade path from Borresen X3s Something less aggressive and smoother sounding ? E.G Spendor Classic or D9.2. | |
| Plugging rear ports of "bookshelf" speakers? @immatthewj If the speakers came with plugs (e.g. many KEF models) they are designed to be plugged so that the sound will be more balanced when you place them closer to the wall. The KEF LS50 for example has three modes- open port, half plugged... | |
| Subwoofer placement - back or front of room? I have found that the subwoofer aiming directly at the listening position enhances the impact and punch. | |
| Warm, yet detailed tube preamp LTA has the most neutral sound of any tube based products I have heard. I like it but warm it isnt. A Rogue Audio RP 5 is definitely warm and polished, a Rogue Audio RP 7 was actually too warm in my system. Cary Audio SLP 98 is the ticket be... |