willemj
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| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? Nearly all nice analogue meters grossly underestimate peak power, however. The meters on the amplifier that Alan Shaw used in the Netherlands were digital peak level meters. But of course, a lot depends on the combination of speaker efficiency, r... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? Well, it is a free world, fortunately. However, for me it is not the job of my gear to change the sound of the music - I am not the artist. What I want is simply what Quad once called ’the closest approximation to the original sound’. I accept tha... | |
| Newbie here again with a follow up Speaker question I can think of two interesting alternatives to the Quad electrostats:1 cheaper Martin Logan electrostats.2 Harbeth. I have the P3ESR in my study, and these are the only dynamic speakers I heard that come close to the Quads in uncoloured clarity an... | |
| You pick I have owned Quad ELS75’s since the mid seventies, but replaced them a few years ago with the modern 2805. I had two reasons. The first was that their life expectancy is finite, and they had already survived longer than could be expected. The seco... | |
| Harbeth 30.1 or legacy calibre Legacy is not imported here, so I cannot comment on their products. However, I htink two things need to be added about Harbeth speakers. They have a very flat frequency response and are not just midrange speakers, even if their midrange is to die ... | |
| I need to buy a complete system. I agree that the Audiokinesis Swarm system is a very interesting option. If I were living in the US I would certainly give it a very hard look, as it addresses precisely the biggest issue with the reproduction of low frequencies.However, I am sure... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? A flat frequency response is crucial for a natural representation of the music. You don’t want the system to artificially boost or depress certain frequencies, and hence change the sound from what it was. As has been remarked, there are two sides ... | |
| A Must Hear under $5,000 Harbeth M30.1: http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/harbeth-monitor-301-loudspeaker/ | |
| I need to buy a complete system. re room treatment. I sympathise: we live in a modernist house that was designed for us, with enormous glass windows, a pretty minimalist interior and hard floors. If your situation is only a bit comparable, you will need to do something to dampen ... | |
| I need to buy a complete system. The reason I suggested the Harbeth M40.2 and not my personal favourites the Quad electrostats is that by the description this is for a very large room where the Quads would struggle.For a review of the M40.2: http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articl... | |
| Open Floor Plan Listening Room I would suggest an Antimode 8033 room eq unit to smoothen your subs even more. They are cheap, easy to use, and highly effective. | |
| I need to buy a complete system. Harbeth M40.2 speakers.The forthcoming DPSpeaker X4 preamp/DAC/room eqAny beefy 300+ watt power ampOppo 203 disc player + nice tv screen to watch opera etcroom treatment to minimize reflectionsupgrade potential: multiple large subs | |
| Help a guy out? Renovating home theater system after 10 years and have a few questions. The only downside of the receiver is that it is old fashioned and does not support UHD video and some modern formats. So as long as you do not upgrade the screen to UHD it should be fine, however. Good modern AV receivers are not particularly ... | |
| Help a guy out? Renovating home theater system after 10 years and have a few questions. To be precise:We get what is called HD ready i.e. 1280×720p broadcast/cable television. Full HD as in Bluray discs is 1920×1080p. UHD/4k is 3840x2160 pixels. Do you have significant UHD content, or just HD? If the latter, it is not yet worthw... | |
| Help a guy out? Renovating home theater system after 10 years and have a few questions. We also have a Panasonic plasma screen but I have decided not to upgrade for the time being. I had a look at many modern 4K screens and felt that the ones that I saw were pretty gross with too bright colours. But that may be the way they were pres... |