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| Bluesound Node 2i & Ayre Codex - How would this work? I have a BSN2i picked up new 6 months ago. Love it. I use both optical and RCA. The optical is an Audioquest Vodka and the RCA a Nordost Silver Shadow. I cannot tell the difference sonically. Moreover, I can pass 192/24 AIFF through the optic... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings jimman2You did not read my post. My Bryston 14b SST was bought new in 2009 and had the lowest noise floor of any amp I have heard, and measured. My noise floor on the Luxmans I have is negligible (think modern low) and distortion nonexistent. A... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings Good thread.I have twin Luxman M 05s in my system (Class A) and although 30 years old the sound is superb. Far better than the Bryston 14b SST they replaced, despite the age difference. I think, however, after hearing a few Class D amps they hav... | |
| Paradigm Personas: A First Listen I think with the 9H in particular, a tube amp would be ideal, as the bottom end, the tube amps weak spot, is obviated by the powered section. I use Class A amps on my S8s and they are phenomenal. I hope one of the major publications does a full ... | |
| Paradigm Personas: A First Listen smittyjs: it will be a while to find a pair to get the depreciation. I get it in audio there is always someone whom likes to rotate gear as often as handbags or shoes, but seeing how the Personas are new it will be a bit. And as for someone sel... | |
| Paradigm Personas: A First Listen Well, I will say that you could keep your nose "up" and EXPECT something to cost more to sound better. This part of human engineering is fact and well shown by the marketing department of almost all major goods we have. Magico, Kharma, Wilson, R... | |
| Paradigm Personas: A First Listen I think in all honesty, with time and reviews, that the "big boys" will be worried. Magico, Wilson, Rockport might be able to source a Beryllium tweeter, but the matched mid/tweeter that Paradigm has done is superb, sonically and especially the c... | |
| Wilson Audio Haters Audio is one of those hobbies where simply throwing money at the hobby will get you results, whereas with fly fishing, for example, if you cannot cast a fly with practice and effort, you get nowhere, despite any amount of money. Money can get you... | |
| Wilson Audio Haters Ivan: I agree; you see the same thing with high end cars. People with financial means can gain entry, but whether there is any ability to extract the best or appreciate it is another matter entirely. I can think repeatedly of seeing fine high ... | |
| Wilson Audio Haters crazyeddy: I still have the S8v2's but sold the Bryston 14bsst a few years ago. I happened upon a Luxman M 05 amp and the midrange liquidity and treble sweetness was to die for. I got a second (selling the Bryston for half of what I got for i... | |
| Wilson Audio Haters I think the polarizing attitude for Wilson is the pricing. It never goes down but only up, although I agree they are not the only one. The latest offering (the WAMM) is just ridiculous, not matter how you cut it. I suspect the price is just for... | |
| Paradigm Personas anyone heard them The fact that Paradigm has made a way to get both the tweeter and mid made of Beryllium is going to be a game changer. The only other speaker I know of like this is the TAD system, and it is not cheap. Although a little under the radar, funny en... | |
| Paradigm Personas anyone heard them I am aware of how biamping works. In fact, I was hoping, in my system, to use a Class A amp for the mids/highs and a Bryston for the bottom end. Turned out the Class A amp was running the highs only. So I went for dual mono bridged. Again, I u... | |
| Paradigm Personas anyone heard them I have loved Paradigm for 20 years (being Canadian its a given....) and for the last 8 years have had the privilege of owning S8v2s. They are exemplary speakers at a real world price. Moreover, as audiotroy points out, Paradigm is a big company ... | |
| Paradigm Signature S8 V2 review Acdvd:The S6 for the longest time was going to be my speaker. In DIRECT comparison with the S8, no other speaker, the S6 lacked ONLY in the low end in terms of weight and range. That's it. The same tweeter and same mid is used, so expecting ANY di... |