bar81
Responses from bar81
| Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ? Interesting how some people try to justify actions that aren't justifiable - if you use a dealer to audition, you don't get to then decide unilaterally that the dealer is making "too much" money and thus you are justified in theft of his time. A ... | |
| No love for Verity? Is Verity even a factor anymore in high end speakers? I haven't seen anything interesting from the brand in years. | |
| D'Agostino vs. Ayre Not that it matters much but unless he got a S250 in the old casing for some unknown reason it's an original S200 upgraded. Should sound the same in any case. | |
| EMM XDS1 upgrade It's called the EMM Labs DA2. I let go of my XDS1 V2 earlier this year for the TX2/DA2. Sure it's double the price but it's something else. If you're off of CDs, then the DA2 is even more attractive. | |
| What Are You Powering Your Focal Utopias With? Tubes and that bright top end. Shouldn't be a surprise. | |
| What Are You Powering Your Focal Utopias With? I had the Scala v1 for many years powered by the Ayre MX-R and more recently the upgraded Twenty. The main point that you should be aware of is that the Scala has a bright/rougher tweeter so you need to have a setup that doesn’t accentuate the hig... | |
| Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed? @joey_v Fair enough. But then again I'm sure the OP knew what he was getting into by asking a question with such a limited scope. | |
| Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed? Synergy definitely doesn’t mean what you think it means. In any case, based upon what actual personal ownership experience are you making such generic ignorant statements?I’m still not quite sure what people who have never actually owned $50k plus... | |
| Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass While I haven't heard your cables, based on your description of the sound change with those cables, I can't imagine the 326S will be darker/more colored than those cables (which cables are probably going to prevent you from getting the "air" you'r... | |
| Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass I had the 326S. It is a very good preamp that I enjoyed while I had it and at its price it will likely be hard to beat. The things to be aware of is that it's a little bit darker/colored (which will likely go well with your treble brightness iss... | |
| Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed? I found that it's much easier to build a satisfying $25k system or even a $100k system. Those systems necessarily have the lower resolution that covers up a lot of faults in the recordings and the systems. I wasn't really ready for the jump to t... | |
| Advantages of beryllium? Wow, that Alexx waterfall plot is a disaster. It’s too bad you didn’t link to the actual measurements page where in the last (useless) paragraph where JA (if he needs to completely ignores the measurements and) blows sunshine up the manufacturer’s... | |
| Dealers hijacking the discussions @brf. When the moderators aren't doing what should be done then someone has to.PS you're still wrong ;) | |
| Dealers hijacking the discussions @brf. You are very wrong. If audiotroy would stay out of threads instead of pushing his products in so many threads then there would be no need for gpgr4blu to intervene. You should be thanking gpgr4blu for taking the time to stop the disgusting t... | |
| Dealers hijacking the discussions audioclown in particular is the worst. I barely come to the speaker forums anymore solely due to him. he's such a shameless shill. |