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Responses from helomech
| Higher Efficiency Speakers Maggies would certainly be a downgrade from your Sig IIs. | |
| What is the best way to tame a slightly bright speaker? Get speakers with non-metallic cones. | |
| Why so many used focals? The Focals I've auditioned were far overpriced for the sound they produced. Music Direct is closing out a few models at prices closer to where they should've been priced to begin with. | |
| Integrated amplifier search I’ve had tubes before. Anthem pre amp, pathos classic one, and antique sound labs integrated. I’m sure I’m missing a couple. They didn’t do much for me and I’m convinced good solid state gear can go toe to toe with tubes. Best of luck then. I've y... | |
| Magicos are chesty I love the sound of polypropylene cones. My first higher end speaker was Energy Pro 22 with a poly mid-woofer woven onto a rubber surround.That said, my experience is that polypropylene cones almost always sound more rolled off in the 1 to 3 KHz r... | |
| Magicos are chesty The problem is that polypropylene is non-fibrous and tends to store rather than dissipate acoustic energy so it vibrates characteristically - not a good material either for a speaker coneWrong. It and paper are the best materials for a speaker con... | |
| Ahhh--Problem solved. Adding a REL sub-bass unit... Yup, a well-integrated sub (or two) can do that. The key word is integration. I think many fail at integration because they have their sub(s) crossed over too high and with far too much gain. | |
| Integrated amplifier search I’m willing to go up in price. My wife has tolerated my audio habit long enough and I don’t listen critically nearly as much as I use to, so going down in size is no problem for me. The Sony has intrigued me for a while. I don’t remember if it ... | |
| Integrated amplifier search There’s really nothing out there that packs equal power and features in a smaller footprint, especially for the price of the Halo. Parasound keeps pulling rabbits out of the hat when it comes to value/$. Just look at their new $599 phono stage. Wh... | |
| Topping Dacs D-50, DX-7, and DX7s I use the old Topping D20 in one of my systems - a great DAC for PCM duties. I'd pit it against any oversampling, filtered DAC. | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) @prof I can't speak for all their speakers, but the Bliss Silvers I own are very neutral. I've compared them back to back with my Spendors and the JMRs were only a tad more forward. They're certainly not anymore forward or bright than ATC or Harbe... | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) Jean Marie Reynauds also have an excellent, neutral and detailed midrange without the all-to-common fatiguing excess in the upper mids. | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) Stirling Broadcast LS3/6 - reference level midrange by any standard. Doesn't get any better and they're only $5500/pair. | |
| How important is it for you to attain a holographic image? Apparently it's not very important for most, judging by how many jam their speakers right up against walls and/or large windows. | |
| A very good ENGINEERING explanation of why analog can not be as good as digital.. Play a good recording on an SME 30/2, fitted with a Koetsu Rhodonite cartridge. Then play the digital version of the same recording using the highest rated DACs and tell me analog isn't superior. Yeah... Insert LMAO emoji here> |