johnread57
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| The two stages of audiophilia Stage 3pack up the lot, sell it, and move to something else… | |
| Objective Review of the ModWright Pioneer LX800 @jafant yes mate I continue to enjoy my LX800SE | |
| Upgrade my CD player or futile effort? I thought I would share my cd player journey.Stage 1 were the following:Oppo 103D SEfollowed by a major step up to my Esoteric K03xs SEDissatisfied with the harshness of leading and trailing edges, I sold itMeanwhile, I have bought and upgraded tw... | |
| What Integrated Amp do You use Esoteric F05SELINE MAGNETIC 805/518iathe Esoteric was a gemtraded it for an ARC LS10SE D240 MK IIi sold the 518 because it was boring after a while | |
| ~$15K floorstanders: opinions sought Try a pair of these if you’re into horn speakers https://www.viking-acoustics.com/grande-voix | |
| Best Class A Amp under $2,000 used? So, have you chosen yet? | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) Does anyone else treat the room before buying speakers? What about change the treatments if you install new speakers?The OP has said he’s not going to treat the room first. Is this a deal breaker? OP - what about Monitor Audio say Bronze or Gold? ... | |
| Ever feel like a "low dollar" customer that your dealer doesn't think worth their time? A third world problem...there are no Hi-Fi stores in the country I live in. I buy and ship. That has interesting ramifications for developing relationships too. Misunderstanding is easily come buy. Frustration and delay is normal. Then we can talk... | |
| How many NICE looking high end floor standing speaker are there at present Too many to count. | |
| Who's Gone Topless? Unhappily the amount of dust present in this Saudi Arabian environment inside our houses is just so high that haptic micron filters makes no difference whatsoever. Consequently we cannot afford to take off covers. I’m actually using muslin cloth t... | |
| Almost embarrassed to ask, but... @taheeti May I ask which preamp are you using? | |
| Esoteric K-03Xs Player K03Xs So two filter options...PCM to DSDFilter Option 4Mmm more to try.I find the unit sharp on leading and trailing edges of music. Still amazing resolution definition and articulation.Ill try these to try and tame the sharpness.For me though if ... | |
| Any love for newer Krell amps? I now have two Krell.KAV 400xi.Duo 300 XD.The KAV 400 sounds old fashioned to my ears. Soft poor bass articulation lacks definition smooth maybe rolled off. So it will go into a second system unless anyone here wants it. It has been fully upgraded... | |
| Speaker recommendations 10 to 30k and no beryllium So grills always on then... unless you block or teach the children otherwise That rules out my suggestion of PMC MB2SE | |
| Almost embarrassed to ask, but... Oppo and Marantz are both directly addressable as streamers. Both use UPNP and HEOS. I use both and often compare them. I find my Marantz 8805SE performs better than the Oppo205SE.I've also wired the Oppo’s analog XLR stereo out to other amps Incl... |