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| Vandersteen 1 repair. " Part of me feels like being daring and looking for a pair of drivers to use that may equal or possibly improve performance " Why not, after all, adventures can have happy endings (albeit, woofers can be expensive off the shelf!). The only drawb... | |
| Value of burn/break in? Speaker placement is fundamental to good sound (as is the speakers' dispersion pattern-but we can't change that!). I suggest you try the following: measure room width and place the spkrs at ~45% of that width from the back (i.e. behind them) wall ... | |
| HiRez to Redbook May I recommend you NOT down-convert them? Just play the music 24/96 through your mac using Audirvana or any other music player of yr choice. The difference between 24/96-192 & 16/44.1 is not subtle. If you must, then most media players will d... | |
| Revel Salon 1 still worth it? Possible a small room? I listened to Salons with a friend in a room not much bigger than yours and the result was depressingly below par: poor mid-bass, anaemic bass, pronounced upper mids and hi-frequencies, unconvincing mid-range... We tried placement along the long w... | |
| Tidal streaming and classical music I second the Qobuz option. Not as many titles as Tidal overall, but definitely more (and intersting) classical. | |
| Polite Rules for discussing Audio related things +1 ElisabethI too subscribe to civility—after all, it can't hurt even in this emotionally charged hobby.Following some rules of civility is not censorship, is it? | |
| WHAT HAS WORKED FOR YOU? ISOLATION PLATFORMS, FOOTERS, ETC. for a DAC? I have a relatively heavy DAC that is very sensitive to treatment (Ayazi) and after extensive testing with cones, stillpoints, etc, I finally ended up with 2 magnetic levitation (maglev) & one alu cone. The one maglev is under the transformer,... | |
| Avalon Isis or Sonus Faber Liliam Judging by your brief description alone, I would say stick to the Isis. The SF would probably be slightly more pronounced in the high frequencies and, while quick & dynamic enough, they would not be appreciably more so than your Isis; nor woul... | |
| Avalon Isis or Sonus Faber Liliam Hi, I am familiar with these speakers (albeit not in A/B audition). What would you like to know? They are alike in that they both offer a competent, consistent, and pleasant musical experience and different in some ways -- not least in that the Av... | |
| Internal Power Supply Technology Changes since 1999? The major diff, I think is the advent of switching / digital PS that take up less circuit board real estate (and don't get hot, to boot). As to the smaller size, surface mounted technology allows the use of very small components and take up a lot ... | |
| LCR phono stages we know about "I would also like to hear from anyone who has actually listened to any LCR type phono" I have listened to the Ypsilon (driven by a Lyra, on a Yorke parallel arm, S Yorke 10 TT). Mind you, I just heard it: I never had it at home.Well, it is very d... | |
| Devore or Harbeths to replace my ESL63s? Out of the spkrs mentioned here, the Harbeths are probably your best bet -- BUT the model you choose does not have much bass... Pity you can't go for the bigger monitor 40.1: it;s a very good speaker.Anyway, I think you can dispense with the AN, t... | |
| Stereo Amp To Match With Magico V3s Your speakers are not an easy load, so first of all you need an amp with driving ability. That means lots of current on tap.Out of the amps you mention, the Pass or the BAT are probably the safest bet to drive your V3s.Now as to which one of the t... | |
| Stylus Rake Angle As a consequence, I now never (even with two tables: an easily adjustable and measurable air bearing arm and a Triplanar) adjust for the MM or couple for various pressings. However, I was told to forget how weird it looks and really crank that bab... | |
| Speakers that do pianos really well Apart from the ones you (&others) mentioned, many (most?) up-scale active speakers acquit themselves OK with piano. The dynamics of a piano & of course the nuances are hard for most speakers.Interestingly, Bosendorfer also makes speakers... |