mtbiker29
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| Are solo efforts ever better? Gabriel is a good vote here. No chance on Sting. @dekay the Beatles are the epitome of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. Not sure many would agree with your assertion. | |
| Best music in 2022 Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow Really impressed by this one so far. | |
| Focal Diablo EVO vs Prior Gen(s) @simplystereo to be clear are you saying Diablo Utopia stand mount sounds better than Sopra 2? I’ve been weighing this exact comparison in my mind and have been meaning to ask to the general forum. In my case largely rock, with some acoustic/folk ... | |
| Best music in 2022 @slaw based on what you have posted you might enjoy The Heavy Heavy - Life and Life Only. So far one of my favorites this year. | |
| Looking for Advice on Focal Speakers @suboost Per your last question, when you are not using bypass your integrated amps preamp section will be in use. When you are using bypass, it is removed from the equation and the integrated just becomes a power amp slave for the HT receiver po... | |
| Has anyone truly compared Vintage vs. Modern? @glennewdick @viethluu I think the question is pretty clear. I gave examples of exactly what I'd be comparing against on the old side. and my virtual system tells you I run a Luxman 509x today. Everyone else, thanks so very much. I didn't thi... | |
| Looking for Advice on Focal Speakers @suboost happy to help. If you click on my virtual system you'll see my setup....I went through the same path as we are recommending and have a very satisfying best of both worlds combo using HT bypass. I personally. wouldn't use tubes in this s... | |
| Looking for Advice on Focal Speakers @cd84 nailed it in the first response. @suboost you can buy just a pre but what i've seen is for basically the same money you can acquire a high quality integrated instead. Parasound, Anthem, NAD or even Marantz the possibilities are endless. ... | |
| Looking for Advice on Focal Speakers @suboost I think what @mceljo and I are saying is you'd be better off with an upgrade of some other components with Aria vs. going Kanta and staying with what you have. Looking at your room Kanta will be huge and stick out a bunch, definitely not... | |
| Looking for Advice on Focal Speakers One man's opinion and you can take it with a grain of salt. If you mean you have a Halo power amp going through an AVR pre then I would look to upgrade to an integrated that does HT bypass and stick with Aria (i'm assuming some sort of budget). ... | |
| Why does rock concert sound suck? Thank you @wolf_garcia @panzrwagn for sharing and validating that yes, it can be done. @sparksgja "Lots of washy echo, clear yet layered guitars, keyboard synths and a bass so firm my mid chest vibrated (and I kept telling myself to buy a s... | |
| Looking for Speaker Recommendations OP I would suggest that the Bryston/Focal combo is going to be as harsh as it gets. I would change one thing at time, and see how you like the results. Luxman or Accuphase integrated will get you the meters you like with far better results. Lu... | |
| Why does rock concert sound suck? I have to disagree with the central premise of this thread, and kindly suggest that some bands should not play some venues. I saw My Morning Jacket this summer at a small outdoor theater in Dillon CO. The sound was impressive beyond belief. I d... | |
| Help fine-tune my speaker search MA Gold or Focal Aria would be my start point if I were you. Good luck, fun search. | |
| U2 live. Music realism I'm as big a fan as many....and have to say U2 recordings are inferior once you start down the rabbit hole we all find ourselves in. Which is surprising considering Brian Eno had a hand in some of their best efforts. As to this recording I'll ... |