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| KEF LS50 vs Dynaudio Contour 1.3 MkII vs Thiel 1.6 If you are going the Bryston + KEF LS50 route you do not need the 4B-SST2. That is more power than you will ever need with those speakers. I actually had the KEF with some 7B-SST’s for about a week before I sold the 7B’s (I had no other amp to use... | |
| FM alive and well here...curious question Since I love KCRW from Santa Monica so much. I bought a xdrguy modified Sony XDR F1HD tuner (discontinued model) from eBay. It was delivered yesterday. I have a Magnum Dynalab St-2 antenna (located in a porch) and this antenna is connected to my M... | |
| Paradigm Personas: A First Listen For anyone going to the LA Audio Show in June 2-4. The Persona (not sure which model) will be demoed by Shelleys Stereo in one of the rooms (likely room #433). | |
| Audiophile quality streamer/server-in-one without a DAC. Does this exist? There is nothing as powerful as a computer as an audio streamer. However, a computer is not a good audio device since it is electrically noisy. My solution to this is to use the Sonare mircoRendu or SonicOrbiter (I have 2 rooms with speakers). Put... | |
| FM alive and well here...curious question Internet radio sounds very bad to me. I am all digital except for a tuner. I can only listen to internet radio or other low quality streaming with low resolution speakers like AudioEngine A2 desktop speakers. When I upgraded to KEF LS50 speakers f... | |
| FM alive and well here...curious question I bought a Magnum Dynalab Signal Sleuth (demo unit) last week so that I can try to pick up S.Cal's KCRW better. I get the Santa Barbara signal from 88.7. I managed to get marginal improvement with this unit and my Magnum Dynalab indoor/outdoor ant... | |
| Recommendation for Good Quality Desktop Speakers Passive version of KEF LS50. Not sure if your amp can drive it tough. Used prices are coming down now likely due to the active version of the LS50 being available. I use it on my desktop with a $480 ebay Parasound A23 amp. My KEF's were $1100 used... | |
| LS50s on desktop. What stand/base? IsoAcoustics are also what I use for both my KEF LS50 (passive) and KEF 3000A (active). It sounds better than directly on the desk. I have the LS50 stands on a 60’ long desk. | |
| Blade 2, Sabrina, Fact 12, Sopra 2 or Scala ? Out here in Southern California I have had the opportunity to hear most of the speakers you have listed. I liked the Focal quite a bit but the best of the bunch for me was the Blades. I have not heard the Blade2 (only the big brother) but it looks... | |
| Resonessence Mirus Pro DAC review I heard the previous model at THE SHOW in L.A. playing directly into some 20 year amp. The amp was nothing fancy and was purposely chosen my Resonessence to show how good the DAC was playing on a so-so amp. I loved the sound it was the best DAC ... | |
| Best speakers under $500? Fire away! KEF X300A can be had on Amazon for $500. I bought a pair and it is OK for the bedroom system. | |
| Paradigm Personas: A First Listen Audiotroy,Thanks for your detailed response. I can see you are a fan of audio. I will take you up on your invite to listen to the 2 speakers I am interested in. I will be doing this when I have cash in the bank to buy. It has been a long time sinc... | |
| Paradigm Personas: A First Listen Thanks Audio Doctor + staff for the commentary here. It was well received by me and it showed me that you guys have similar thinking to me. I think I will fly to NY and visit your store when I am ready to buy my new system. I have been trying to ... | |
| Paradigm Speakers Hi AudioDoctor,If I am not mistaken, i believe you guys carry the KEF Blade(2). If so, would you care to provide a comparison between the Blade2 and the similarly priced speaker in the Persona line. | |
| April 2017 review of the Paradigm Persona 9H A home run for Paradigm! I am hoping that someone will do a comparison between the KEF Blade 2 and the equivalent model in the Persona line. |