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| Sonus faber choices - help me decide There's a pair of Amati Futuras going for 16 on AG in Chicago from a store that's reputable. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9h1e0-sonus-faber-armati-futura-grey-chrome-full-range | |
| Class A: Accuphase vs Pass Labs house sound? What speakers would the electronics be powering? That makes all the difference in the world i answering this. | |
| KEF Blade Two - Unbelieveable There is indeed an interim step between your LS50s & a new Blade. It’s the latest Blade, used. This one has been advertised for only a week (latest model) but would likely be available for half price with a little negotiating. You might want ... | |
| NORDOST SORT FUT VS. ISOACOUSTICS GAIA Absolute Sound did reviews of critical mass, Nordost sort fut & compared it with something else. Very informative. CM worked very well but took time to break in & the Nordost produced positive results but not as much as others, was the str... | |
| Audiophile virtues No, I can feel in every fibre in my being snilf was not being disingenuous. The nature of integrity & truth & how it intersects with our search for it in music, through its reproduction & how we examine this path through hearful analys... | |
| $39K for the Linn Klimax DAC/streamer? It needs to be remembered what this is, is the CD12 technology completely upgraded to the nth degree. There were 2 major revisions of it over a no. of years, the mk2 giving it substantially more dynamics & more & mk3 bringing it to an ent... | |
| $39K for the Linn Klimax DAC/streamer? Then this > https://www.soundstageaustralia.com/index.php/reviews/550-linn-klimax-dsm-digital-music-player | |
| $39K for the Linn Klimax DAC/streamer? Start by reading this > https://www.whathifi.com/us/reviews/linn-klimax-dsm-av | |
| Audiophile virtues It's bad jounalism seeking to camoflage that with all the vogor in the world - by proclaiming it's a textbook (with all the dryness, stolidness & intentionally banal aspects not just firmly intact but celebrated as worthy in & of themselve... | |
| Roon for high end audio? This will really open your eyes on how to maximize sound quality from Roon. This dealer is not alone in providing verified upgrades commonly available, but their video spells it out nicely >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaDN7lw6sMU | |
| Money Well spent This is what you want cable wise that's cheap by any high end standard & creaming every other cable >http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/1120/Silversmith_Audio_Fidelium_Loudspeaker_Cables_R...This is just one of many reviews con... | |
| I had a few drinks and bought some speakers I own Focal Utopia loudspeakers. If you're really looking to get much more of the best out of them, doing a parts upgrade in the xover is HIGHLY recommended. They may have an electrolytic as mine did that's well worth replacing but very high end... | |
| All substantive R&D has ended at YG Acoustics? This is excellent news. The co. they're working with has announced they're working on new driver technologies which sounds promising. I'd like to see the midranges upgraded at least to the extent they did with their billetdome tweeters. I've never... | |
| Biggest audio hoaxes Anything claiming to use the principles of Quantum Physics to make their products better. Some cable manufacturers in particular but other dubious products a well. The experiments involved to show how QP interacts in the non quantum realm is so e... | |
| Do you care about car audio? It's sad to see some answerers here (by no means all) who otherwise regard themselves as audiophiles proclaiming systems the car came with are high quality. The incredible amount of DSP used that F's up & homogenizes the sound FAR more then a... |