tds3371
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| most beautiful (looking) speakers Best looking, most aesthetically pleasing speaker ever made? Gotta be the early generation Klipsch La Scalas in the raw birch plywood. (Sorry - I had to do it. No flaming, please - I'm actually a Klipsch owner!) 😁 Thanks to previous posters fo... | |
| Headphones Newbie; Senheisser HD 800s or Focal MG Clear @goofyfoot I'm talking looks alone. You mentioned "really liking the looks of the Focals and leaning in that direction." I agree: Focal cans are stylishly designed and aesthetically pleasing. IMHO, the jury appears to be split on the looks of ... | |
| Headphones Newbie; Senheisser HD 800s or Focal MG Clear While I would agree the Sennheiser HD800s are, aesthetically speaking, a somewhat acquired taste, I find the sound to be superlative in my tube system. However, I actually find them slightly LESS comfortable than the HD6xx line (for example), but... | |
| Least Expensive Power Conditioner/Surge Protector That Won't Worsen Sound For a few hundred dollars less than the Puritan PSM156 is the PSM136 - which also works wonderfully. I doubt you'll go wrong with either model. | |
| Looking for Blues with High Fidelity I find Buddy Guy and Junior Wells' "Alone and Acoustic" to have pretty good sonics. My version of this CD is on the Alligator label. | |
| Tweak or Replace? The Costs and Benefits of DIY Speaker Mods I appreciate all the feedback: @erik_squires - Thanks for the suggestion. I will definitely check them out. As it stands, my listening environment is completely sans treatment. @russ69 - The Belles do seem to be among the least common of the v... | |
| Tweak or Replace? The Costs and Benefits of DIY Speaker Mods @sns - Greg (Roberts) at Volti just came out with the new Tractrix V-TracII mid horns, but at $1500 a pair - plus the cost of the drivers (either $535 for the Crites A-55G/2 or $1300 for Volti's BMS 4592ND) - I'd be getting precariously close to t... | |
| Tweak or Replace? The Costs and Benefits of DIY Speaker Mods @jtcf - Good suggestion. I hadn't considered doing an actual A/B comparison. Paducah Home Theater is within driving distance - maybe I'll ring up Corey and see if he offers something similar. @sns - Thanks for the input. I realize K-Horns are ... | |
| Headphone amp? You can occasionally find HD800s headphones used, but expect to pay ~$1200 for a complete boxed set in excellent condition. I waited several months for the pair I recently purchased. I run mine with a Quicksilver tube headphone amp and Moon Audi... | |
| Antique Sound Labs To this day, my main amplifier is an ASL MG SI 15 DT integrated (5 wpc triode/15 wpc pentode) that drives a pair of Belle Klipsch horn-loaded speakers (104 db SPL). It's a very capable little unit, and also has the subwoofer out jacks - a necessi... | |
| Your experience with an inexpensive DAC? +1 on the Denafrips Ares II - a hard DAC to beat at it's price point. | |
| Is this Klipsch upgrade worth it? According to these guys, the difference isn't nearly as great as one might expect.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPJevbwL9VU | |
| What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey? WOWO - Ft. Wayne, Indiana - 1970s. | |
| Klipsch cornwall speakers I'll second both prior posts. I run a 1980s pair of Klipsch Belles with a 15wpc SET and rarely take the volume beyond 10 o'clock. However, I'm still working on "tubing down" a bit of shrillness on some female vocals: Tracy Chapman and Cassandra... | |
| Economical CD Transport - Thoughts? I have no experience with the Audiolab, but the Cambridge CXC is a solid performer for the money. I have one - no complaints. If you play your cards right, you can snag a refurbished unit directly from CA on eBay at a discount (for factory refur... |