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| Full range speakers, 40"-44" max height Oooops, thanks yogi and sorry. @piramis , my post above was intended for you! | |
| Full range speakers, 40"-44" max height Hi @yogiboy, since you liked the Wilsons, here are some excellent sounding suggestions (and unusual ones, too). By excellent I mean better than the standard, good quality, hi-end speaker offerings. All of these are within your budget -- either ne... | |
| What's A Good Upgrade From A Manley Steelhead? Interesting case @rooze : you are looking to improve what is already a v. good system, and within a specific budget limitation! Given your reticence in modding the Steelhead (I wouldn't either), the Moon that Raul rmentioned seems like one of the... | |
| Lamm M1.2 vs Classé CA-M600 for Vivid giya 2 I heard the Lamms powering Kharma Exquisite classique and I remember loving the sound on jazz, chamber music, & rock. I'm not sure they were better than your Giyas though... Congratulations! | |
| Any experience with ?Neumann Yes. I auditioned the 420 about a year ago (I did listen to the smaller one for a moment, but it was uninvolving compared to the 420). Empricially speaking it’s an expertly balanced speaker, with an inbuilt dsp (sort of - an equaliser), so very fl... | |
| Lamm M1.2 vs Classé CA-M600 for Vivid giya 2 Based on experience, I would no doubt opt for Lamm, paired with the big Lamm pre. The Lamms are transparent, dynamic, & have no phase anomalies that I could discern. The big Classes are a bit rough around the edges, I find. I love your speake... | |
| Klemperer Mahler 7 mystery? The 7th seems to alternate between day & night and is all about "mood". This said, I prefer Bernstein’s 1966 over Klemperer’s --even though it’s faster it seems to be better at bringing out the moodiness. I heard another superb live performan... | |
| Ideon DAC's Hi @singere I purchased my Epsilon at the 2022 Hi-End show in Munich. I bought the actual show piece... (Previously, it was the consultant who supplied me with the Ayazi.) I found the Ion DAC+pre very good, definitely in the upper echelons of ... | |
| Ideon DAC's I currently have the Ideon Absolute epsilon. To say it is exquisite is to fall short of its level of performance. It is my preference out of my 3 best DACs out there (one I can't afford anyway😀) Some time ago I had to downsize and sold most of my... | |
| Perception and Watts: Doubling of power I really did just want to ask, how can we tell what twice as loud is? I mean, I think I can, and it happens to match 10 dB. Hi Erik, twice the volume, i.e. twice as much sound pressure level, is 6dB(spl). And this requires 4x the power in watts... | |
| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll @richdirector a wee dram could shave off the chill! | |
| Dan D'Agostino S350 vs Luxman M-10X I've listened to both and they are different enough to need you to listen. Both are excellent. but I would go for the luxman because it has better detail restitution and it sounds subjectively faster. Mind you, I listened to them driving Goebel, ... | |
| Qln, Joseph Audio, Audiovector, Marten, or Canton...? Hi @mrdseitzer , I have audiovectors (among others) and have listened to most of the other choices. The Audio vectors are probably the best bang for the buck in your short-list, along with the bigger Martens mentioned above. There are 2 choices ... | |
| SabrinaX vs JA Perspective2 Graphene From the measurements alone, both speakers' in room response looks very good, the JA's pointy lower bass making it sound a tad lean overall... The Sabrinas show a dip in the presence region and a more uniform decay in the bass with a usefully low... | |
| Looking at best option for 20-25k for DAC Streamer combo I invested a lot of time listening to digital front ends recently and my recommendation would be slightly off the norm: Keep the Lumin as a streamer (I like the Lumin x1, it’s a very decent, nice sounding product!). IRC, it sounds good & is u... |