stevehardy1
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| KEF R3 META or Dynaudio Special 40? Not really!.....Something tells me you were very very unjust with this monitor because the audiophile that you are heard the words ’yamaha’ and ’pro-monitor". If you even have it, the exact hs8 model (the 8 inch model with the ab amp in it and a... | |
| KEF R3 META or Dynaudio Special 40? Not really!.....Something tells me you were very very unjust with this monitor because the audiophile that you are heard the words ’yamaha’ and ’pro-monitor". If you even have it, the exact hs8 model (the 8 inch model with the ab amp in it and a... | |
| KEF R3 META or Dynaudio Special 40? Get these Yamaha HS8 active monitors ($800/pair new, also found in white, grey) that have a lot of sparkle, clarity, resolution etc.. the other 2 options you were looking at are not very good at all. Surely you jest! I have a pair in my project... | |
| Favorite Album Cover (picture or art on the cover) The most unique album cover I’ve seen is the original Sticky Fingers with a real functioning zipper on the front. Andy Warhol (a friend of Jagger) took the cover photo. Roger Dean’s artwork on Yes LPs was great, especially when accompanied with h... | |
| Mark Knopfler & James Taylor Boom, Like That - Knopfler When You're A Free Man - Moody Blues Third World Man - Steely Dan Under My Skin - Sinatra Tell Me What I Gotta Do - Al Jarreau | |
| Can you tell the difference between a $200 and a $200,000 guitar? jasonbourne71 827 posts 05-08-2024 at 11:13am Different pickups and strings will produce different sound for each guitar. The wood they are made of has no effect when they are plugged into an amp. Tonewood is a myth employed by marketers t... | |
| Qobuz vs. Tidal I had a very strange experience when comparing Qobuz to Tidal a couple of years ago, when I was trying to decide which service had the best sound quality. I pulled up "Jack of Speed" from Steely Dan's "Two Against Nature" album. There is a prom... | |
| Maggies and subwoofer integration I'm running 2 Rel T/7x subs with a pair of 1.7i Maggie's. Both sets of speakers are powered directly from my PS Audio BHK 250 Amp. The RELS are fast enough to keep up with the Maggie's & integrate seamlessly. One sub worked well, but using two... | |
| Speaker for 11x12 room KEF LS50 Metas with REL T/5X sub. For me personally, the KEFS don’t produce enough low end, so I added the REL sub. The REL blends seamlessly with the KEFS & is fast enough to keep up them. | |
| Musical subwoofer under $2000 I’m using two Rel, T/7x with Magnepan 1.7i speakers and they work amazingly well in my large room. I started out with just one, which sounded very good, but adding a second one took the bass to another level. They blend so well with the Maggies, t... | |
| Looking for an all-in-one just-add-speakers streamer for my son to take to college I don't know alot about it but PS Audio has the all in one Sprout on sale now at $300 off https://www.psaudio.com/products/sprout100-integrated-amplifier | |
| DAC DIRECT IN TO AMPLIFIER OR TO PREAMPLIFIER I have a PS Audio Direct Stream that i ran directly into a PS BHK 250 amp. It was very pristine & revealing but seemed to be lacking somehow. A friend brought over his PS BHK Preamp one night & the difference was dramatic. Everything was m... | |
| Recommend me a DAC under 3k Take a look at the RME ADI-2 DAC FS. It excels at clarity & detail, yet isn’t overly bright or clinical. I have mine installed in my secondary system & I’m extremely happy with it. It has toslink input & is well priced at $1300. Best b... | |
| Cleaning audio components with 90% isopropyl alcohol Use Deoxit D5 for initial cleaning, then apply PreservIT P5 to preserve the surfaces. This is an industry standard in recording studios world wide. | |
| Budget amp that will give Magnepan 3.6Rs better depth of soundstage You didn’t mention how far away your Maggies are from the front wall. In my experience with Maggies, they MUST be a minimum of 4 feet out to get optimum front to back imaging. Anything less and the soundstage will suffer and no amp is going to mak... |