bar81
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| Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass Anything with a berryllium tweeter is going to be touchy in the highs. What kind of power conditioning do you have? What room treatment? | |
| My experience with Galen Carol Audio Deal with him for my Shunyata items. Very professional and knowledgeable. | |
| D'Agostino vs. Ayre Had a nice chance to compare the two top of the line offerings recently. It was surprising how different they are in terms of presentation. If anyone is interested, I wrote up a full report on my virtual system page. | |
| How important is component “aesthetics” to you? Performance is paramount but it has to not be ugly. Homely I can live with if the performance is amazing, but I always prefer that it be an attractive design. | |
| cost of speakers in relation to the rest of the system These ratios are at best guidelines and will vary depending upon overall budget as well. Ratios at $20-50k are generally going to be more speaker leaning in terms of total percentage than a $200k system. There's also a general (incorrect) belief... | |
| Getting an outlet to grip better.. You can't really fix lack of grip. It's a sign of poor design/craftsmanship. Agreed that you should look into something from Furutech depending on your budget. | |
| Audioquest Niagara 5000 or 7000 It's pretty easy to determine. Listen to your system over a few weeks at 2AM or another time when electricity usage is low vs other times of high usage like 8PM on a weeknight. If there's a significant difference and you'd like your system to s... | |
| Focal Scala Utopia V1 vs Competition in 2017 @emerald Congrats on the speakers. There's really no way to tell what cables will work best with a particular setup. Best option is to work with your local dealers or set up an account with the Cable Co and try out various brands until you find ... | |
| Focal Utopia Scala V2 or Persona (9H/7F) I don’t agree. The Scalas will work just fine. Any treble or bass issues should be able to be handled by the jumpers. Please stop promoting your goods on these forums. | |
| Speakers for Room Size @prof agreed that big speakers can work in smaller rooms - there may be limitations to their ultimate performance but even then they can sound better than smaller speakers. The issue as you point out is that you can't really say for sure until yo... | |
| Upgrading amplifiera. All that really matters is how well the amps work with the speakers you are using. If you're upgrading to improve some performance aspect (for example, need more power on a difficult speaker), that makes sense. But most times it appears that peo... | |
| Focal Utopia Scala V2 or Persona (9H/7F) If the reason you’re considering anything other than the Scala V2 is that they might be bright, I wouldn’t sweat it much - there’s a jumper on the base in the back that shelves treble down slightly if you have any issues. I’m really sensitive to t... | |
| Focal Utopia Scala V2 or Persona (9H/7F) Well, the guy above never responded and it really doesn't matter anyway, nothing Focal can do to the Scala is going to make it a Maestro - which is the big jump in performance. If you are going to get the Focal, what you're thinking is correct - ... | |
| Focal Utopia Scala V2 or Persona (9H/7F) @contuzzi Where have you heard the EVO? To my knowledge the speaker isn't out until September and was on static display in Munich. | |
| Playback Designs Merlot dac Sounds like he's moving up to the Aqua Formula. |