helomech
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| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? Total agreement. 6 inch woofer is simply too big for the mid range. B&W and countless other speakers never sound completely natural for this very reason.Appraently you've never heard a BBC 8" - only ESLs can compete. | |
| The Truth about Modern Class D Not to steer this off topic, but no system can produce a convincing life-like sound, partly because the recording equipment cannot capture it. This is most evident in note decay. Musicians will know what I'm referring to. Anyone who thinks their s... | |
| Another amateur in need of advice @cleanshirt,I haven't heard the XT8Fs, but I've had my XT6Fs in my 15×26×8' room and they produced plenty of bass for my taste. However, I typically don't listen louder than 85 to 90db peaks, and I sit about 9' from the speakers. I suppose you cou... | |
| Another amateur in need of advice $4k speakers will sound terrible with $400 amp, the other way around - it depends on many things.^I have to disagree. I’ve powered $4K Spendors with a $400 Yamaha A-S500 and the sound was more than good. In terms of bass extension and PRaT, it was... | |
| Another amateur in need of advice I'll throw out my anecdotes FWTW.Component allocation: I agree with some others that a large portion should go toward speakers. They contribute the greatest amount of distortion by far - that's a fact, therefore you'll want good ones. This isn't t... | |
| 3 best 10k speakers now imho I could be wrong, but I thought Spendor manufactures the LPZ tweeter. They use the same wide-surround soft-dome for all their current models. The only difference is the D-line tweeter is hidden behind the LPZ (linear pressure zone) "microfoil" pl... | |
| The Truth about Modern Class D What many of you will realize is class D is the future of audio amplification. I believe that is inevitable. IMO.It already is, but that's because most consumers don't care about audio quality and manufacturers are constantly looking for ways to s... | |
| Spend my $1000 on a turntable I forgot about the Traveler. A used Traveler mk II is a great option. | |
| Spend my $1000 on a turntable I recently got a chance to handle the latest U-Turn Orbit (just happened to be a red one) at my local dealer. I have to say I was surprised by its build quality - seems much nicer than the Pro-Jects, Regas and Music Halls <$1K. It was very quie... | |
| My music sounds brighter Drinking any? | |
| The Truth about Modern Class D @erik_squires helomech - So you heard Parasound and Devialet amps on Magnepans and did not like the Devialet. That is 1 single sample of a specific Class D amplifier you did not like. Is that correct? Maybe you didn't read through my other posts i... | |
| The Truth about Modern Class D Can you tell us about the speakers you evaluated with when you say the Parasound took the Devialet to school? Magnepan 1.7is - so it didn't even take very high performance speakers to do so. | |
| The Truth about Modern Class D We better put up the question again to what this answer above relates to, which is:" Is Class D competitive with linear designs in sound quality, and if not, will it ever be?"I believe it may be someday but it isn't yet to my ears. I've heard the ... | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 Best to start by mentioning what you have heard or owned, and what you liked/disliked about those speakers. | |
| The Truth about Modern Class D Vladimir Shushurin (Lamm)"No, it is not. And I would like to respond to the second part of this question with an allegory. Any field of human activity defines a number of requirements which, when properly implemented, guarantee a positive outcome.... |