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| So I just bought a Hegel H390 and In your 15X15 room a closed enclosure speaker might help to control bass better than a ported type, I have a room very similar in size and Magico ( old V3) made it for me, that after many trial and error… | |
| Spendor D9.2 vs. Harbeth super hl5 plus xd + REL Stentor III vs. Spendor Classic 100? Hello,I didn't have the chance to hear the Spendor 100, but I owned the Spendor 9.2 and I now have the Harbeth Super HL5+ XD,The Spendor 9.2 speakers have great qualities, among them: spacial presentation, dynamics, efficiency, speed, and they pro... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 Aqua La Voce or La Scala, owned a Yggdrasil before I had a La Voce a significant step forward in terms of timbres realism... La Scala is even better but closer to your higher price range, I use it in a secondary system as my reference DAC is a DCS... | |
| tough choices I don’t know the SF Aida, I own an AE pre and before I bought my current amp ref150SE; I heard the pre coupled with a Boulder amp driving SF Amati Futura it was nothing short of breathtaking... Couldn’t afford the Boulder at the time unfortunately... | |
| Pass Labs x250.8 vs tube amps I own a Ref150 SE, it is at its best in 35-40 minutes but I must run an AC unit 12 months a year to be able to stay in the room ! LG 12MBH mini-split with low ambient kit for winter months, use it with Magico V3 ( not the easiest speaker to drive)... | |
| What isolation feet under your amp with great result? If you can find a dealer to lend you samples for a try, could be surprised...my ARC Tube power amp loves isoacoustic absorption feet while my class A Luxman plays dull with them, it prefers symposium feet, improves dynamic and rhythm...Without lis... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? Tons of costly experimentations, my latest decision is one for the ages, I decide to install a secondary system in my basement to let my wife sleep better while I could listen to live music level downstairs thinking that I could be happy with a ba... | |
| What's the best non-DAC streamer? Haven’t tried most of the suggested items but I own an Yggy and used it primarily for the last 2 years with an Aurender N100H, I was satisfied until I tried it with a DCS network bridge with the AES connexion...I was floored... Never heard the Ygg... |