wester17
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| Wilson Sabrina X ... oh my God! and Jadis... or? For a limited budget, my Wilson dealer recommends the Michi amps (Rotel's high-end amps). The list includes the S5 (500 wpc) and the X5 and X3. I heard the X3 with the Sabrinas last week and it sounded very nice. Just to make everyone jealous, I... | |
| All Hail the meek --yet mighty – NODE 2i I should have mentioned that I use the NODE 2i as a streamer only -- into a stand-alone Dac. The other gear in my system costs in the range of $15k, but I've never felt the Node was a weak link in any way. I haven't tried a LPS but have been tempt... | |
| Eversolo or Aurender: Options and Opinions I bought into the Eversolo A6 hype early on, but when the product arrived it was very disappointing. While it delivered lots of high-end detail, it was due to an overly hot – and bright – top end. Other aspects of the spectrum were mediocre in my ... | |
| My Caladan Impressons mofojo The Caladans have pretty good visceral impact. I've owned a couple of different pairs of Magnepans and it's true, their visceral impact is minimal. But the Caladans aren't like that at all. They are quite comparable to a box speaker in that... | |
| My Caladan Impressons Bigkidz: Fair question I suppose. Here’s a list of most of the speakers I have actually owned over the years: Klipschorns, Harbeth SHL5plus, the original Spatial Audio M3s, Tekton Impact Monitors, Magnepan 1.7i, Spatial Audio M3 Sapphires, SVS Ult... | |
| My Caladan Impressons Clayton Shaw designed the Caladans and all of the Spatial Audio speakers. Clayton recently sold Spatial and I understand they will be coming out with their own designs soon. They already have a high-end tube power amp and pre-amp on the market. A... | |
| Caladan Rumors and Insights My number was 85, and I went through the same PayPal hassles as you. They are now at full production so you should be getting yours soon. I received mine on Monday of this week. Be patient and give them lots of break-in time and you will be reward... | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? Advisory to Caladan Owners!!! If you have ordered or received a pair of Caladans, please know that they require a lot of break-in time. Mine sounded rather lame, with almost no bass, until I reached about 45 to 50 hours of run-in time. At that po... | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? I received my Caladans today. I'll report much more once they've had some break-in time, but I can definitely say this at this point: These are very detailed very revealing speakers without sounding analytical or dry -- in fact, quite the opposite. | |
| New streamer I don't like to say anything negative about any product. It all comes down to personal taste. For my taste, I tried and was not a fan of the G1.1. I felt it was a bit dry and analytical. I notice that in this stream there haven't been many accolad... | |
| Speakers - Your "Safest" Choice You simply can't go wrong with a Wilson Audio speaker. The Sabrina X will fir your budget, or you may consider a used Sasha. | |
| Are cable “upgrades” just as likely to make your system sound worse? coppy777 - How did you know I was using Nordost cables? You've described what I've heard very well. They are too bright, and I've learned that detail isn't everything -- especially not musical. | |
| Are you on or off? What say you? I’m Off, and still trying to get the bad taste out of my mouth from being on. Over this past year my room has seen three different streamers, multiple cable interconnects and speaker cable, and a highly reviewed integrated amp. Each one of these t... | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? I have heard from a good source that Clayton is contracting with Spatial Audio to fabricate the baffles and assemble the Caladans. Spatial has the equipment, a trained and experienced crew, and lots of capacity. This is a good thing for both Clayt... | |
| Caladan Rumors and Insights I placed my order on October 26. As I understand it, the Caladans have not started shipping yet to anyone, but hopefully that will change soon. |