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| Speaker upgrade I am extremely pleased to hear your report on the sound of your new PL500IIs. I also was concerned, feeling that many Monitor speakers of old were too strident for long listening. Glad to hear that has changed. These should be truly world class in... | |
| Can B&W Seres 80 802 Sound This Good? I'll bet you're not losing your ear. I think the newer 800 diamond tweeters impart a brilliance/fatiguing nature that I can't deal with, so those older ones may not be so tough many of the times I heard them, but not all.Those Mahlers I've heard a... | |
| Vandersteen 1C Tweaking distance to front wall Ah, the joy of the now near-ancient 'Loudness' button for those low level listening sessions where bass can disappear.A decent tone control like the one mentioned may be easier than sliding them back and forth for listening sessions and enable the... | |
| Not Thrilled with Vandersteen 2CE Sigs - where is the first place to work on? Although the perceived musical problems were not originally stated, I believe we have got down to it with lack of resolution, etc, excessive warmth. Woolly as a descriptor seems fair in the overall scheme of speaker sound, imo. I don't think they'... | |
| Paradigm Sig. V3 vs Revel Studio 2 I'd have to give the nod to the Revels but have not hear that Paradigm model. I have heard the Paradigm sound for over 25 years and always thought they were great value speakers and very recommendable for folks getting into the game. I'd sure try ... | |
| Repair JL Audio F112 or buy new Rhythmic, SVS, or ?? It's a shame that JL Audio quality is not better. Tough call on repairing but if you're stereo subbing your mains, the repair may make the most sense as two F-112s are nothing to sniff at performance-wise.I just acquired an SB-3000 (sealed) for my... | |
| Speaker suggestions under 4k If those Pioneers are anything close to the TAD speakers in sound quality you have made a great choice, imo. I hope you will be thrilled with them. I think Andrew Jones is one of those great speaker designers who can make stunning high end speake... | |
| Dynaudio resolution I listened to, and greatly enjoyed the soft dome Esotar II tweeter on a pair of Dynaudio Sapphires from 2011 to 2016. They were not fatiguing like I find many metal domes to be. I did have Excite X-12s a few years but they offered far less of cour... | |
| Warm romantic & detailed This makes me think hard, but perhaps 6-7 years ago at RMAF I listened to large 3-way Harbeth's with superior electronics playing classical music and although not my normal diet, I was very loath to leave that room and stayed for some time. The so... | |
| Speaker recommendation $10-20K (with some requirements!) It is surprising that the Dynaudios seem harsher than the 803s. I have to agree with keithr. I own old B&W DM-302 bookshelves and have heard the B&W line-up consistently over 25 years. I've always thought my Dynaudio Sapphires were smooth... | |
| The blackest black paint ever Thanks for mentioning this new black erik. Hope they make progress.Black is NOT black. I worked for ten years in a huge printing company and when I wanted a trailer custom-matched to the black of my Goldwing, any body shop that said, "Oh, black i... | |
| Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital" Have to agree with madavid0 in that this guy doesn't seem to know much at all about what he criticizes.If he's trying to explain why people prefer vinyl because they can play with the records and the record jackets, that is fine. I play with mine... | |
| What is the best audiophile speaker for a tiny square room? Good luck.I am simply stunned you can listen to those speakers in a room of that size. I had Martin Logans for 16 years and they HAD to be pulled about 6 ft from the rear wall to enjoy what they could do. I'm not sure how you managed it but congra... | |
| Anyone hear SF Venere's? Thougts? I heard them several times at dealers when they came out and enjoyed them a lot. A very musical and warm speaker with nice detail too.Don't tempt me. I need no more speaker. But, at $1400 for a nice used pair, folks should smile and buy, if they l... | |
| Warm romantic & detailed Congratulations and here's hoping these make you smile for a lot of years. Good work taking your time shopping. |