dayglow
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| Is $3000 pushing the limits for a geat monitor?? ATC-SCM19. | |
| Floorstanders for $3500 What type of amplifier would you be using? The Sonus Faber Venere 3.0 would be my first choice regardless of my current amp. Was very impressed with its balanced and neutral sound. The 3.0 was being driving by a modest Integra(125w/ch)home theater... | |
| Accuphase E-460 vs Luxman 509u vs Moon 700i Jriggy-You nailed it regarding Sim/Moon. I heard a Moon i5.3 driving a Focal 826v and the description "synthetic" is the exactly what I heard. Another demo with the Moon P-7/W-7 proved much better with a Vienna Acoustic(The Music) but an AVI S2000... | |
| Can't decide on Integrated Amp - Please Help Ctsooner-Please don't speak for me I NEVER said Ayre is hot on top! The 4 Arye products I heard AX7/CX7/V1/K1 had a dry/thinness when used with a Thiel 2.3 Wilson Cub 2 and Magnepan 1.6. Pass Labs/Levinson/Rowland/Spectral and even Proceed have ex... | |
| Can't decide on Integrated Amp - Please Help Unless the Evolution upgrade changes the overall character of the Ayre AX7(have demoed it)I stand behind my statement. | |
| Can't decide on Integrated Amp - Please Help Ctsooner-You make many good points. I have not heard the flagship R series amp/pre, or the latest Evolution 7 series. I'm sure the latest Ayre products can sound fantastic when mated with the right speakers/cables ect. From my own experience I wou... | |
| My Parasound A21 review and VS Emotiva XPA The truth will set you free!!! | |
| Can't decide on Integrated Amp - Please Help No I have never owned an Ayre product. I had a lengthy demo with the K-1/V-1 at Stereo City(Grand Blanc MI)about a dozen years ago. The source was a Sony XA-7ES with Thiel 2.3 and the Wilson Cub 2, can't recall the cables(lol). The sound with both... | |
| My Parasound A21 review and VS Emotiva XPA NAD/Onkyo and Yamaha have recently made products of exceptional price/performance ratio but have NEVER claimed SOTA performance. Emotiva is trying to brainwash potential buyers into believing nothing is better which is the same SNAKE OIL many Emot... | |
| Can't decide on Integrated Amp - Please Help An Ayre AX7e mated to a Monitor Audio RX6 with wood flooring "might" make earplugs a necessity. IMO the RX6 needs a "calmer" form of amplification if natural timbre/texture is valued over hi-fi gymnastics. | |
| Suggestd Integrated Amp/DAC combination around $3K First of all my suggestion is based on many respected reviews and comments. That being said the Stello Ai500 is well worth looking into. I believe this model was recently discontinued so a NIB or demo might be found at a substantial discount. | |
| Best Sounding Musicians Well thought out list! Heifetz and Getz are stellar choices, the other 16 are very debatable. I would add Julian "Cannonball" Adderley-Alto Sax. | |
| My Parasound A21 review and VS Emotiva XPA Why can't Emotiva owners(fanboys) accept the limitations of that gear. They will never have the detail/resolution/speed of Spectral or the 3D presentation of VAC/VTL/Lamm regardless of what is spewed in that rat infested lounge! If you want an aff... | |
| Marantz PM-15S1 vs Roksan Kandy II? Keep your Kandy 2. If you like the Roksan sound move up to a Caspian M2 which will add refinement. I have heard the previous generation Caspian and thought it was a true(entry level) hi-end amp. Current reviews claim the new M2 is even better. | |
| Walwarts I have always considered a "wall wart" a severe compromise. That's a major reason(tonearm the other) why I purchased a used Rega P9/RB1000 over a new massive(22kg) Pro-Ject Xtension 10. |