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I am new to all of this and trying to find best size speakers for a small room. I recently listened to B & W 802D’s (with a McIntosh MC452 & C-50) at a local audio store & loved the sound. It is a great deal of money for me, but worth it if I […]
Michael Vronsky asks editor Neil McCauley: Neil – is it jingoistic to believe that the English really are the natural leaders when it comes to sound quality? That would be a tough one because as an editor I can think of countries all over the world who give anyone a run for their money. I […]
I have managed to find a nice Sony Ta-F770ES amp and it came with a pair of Mission 770’s. I remember them being the must have speakers at one point but have never heard them. I am picking them up tomorrow but wanted to know if anyone still uses them and can give me some […]
Hi all. It seems like Spendors and Harbeths share a lot of qualities, while the Spendors seem to be less expensive. Are any Spendor models comparable to C7ES3s? I really like what I’ve read about the Harbeths, but they aren’t available in my area while Spendors are. Any other similar speakers to consider? Please click […]
I’m interested in buying one of the following:- Accuphase A-35 or Accuphase P-4200. Does anyone out there own or have heard either of these components. I’ve heard good things and of course one is Class A and one Class A/B so there will be merits with one over the other. I listen to mostly classical […]
The thread starts ….. Hi, Am considering buying a pre amp or maybe a phono stage which has a reverse polarity switch as found on some US stuff ie rowland / audio research/levinson and some cd players ie densen. Pre must have a channel balance control and ideally a mono switch. Anyone know if a […]
Electrostats are great speakers but unforgiving at the same time. Any little misstep in recordings can sound awful on these razor sharp speakers. The good news is when they’re playing well-recorded music they are hard to beat. But badly recorded music, even a little bad… Watch Now Paul McGowan
https://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?65728-Can-a-CD-player-s-sound-degrade
What is the significance of the folding transmission line in a loudspeaker? My guess is that not many of you have heard of a folding transmission line in a loudspeaker, much less ever heard one working. The late Bud Fried, from Fried Audio (pronounced “freed” as opposed to what one might do with eggs), was […]
Paul McGowan … TAS reviewer Michael Fremer has an extraordinary music system—the best vinyl setup I’ve ever heard. And it makes sense that he does. Mike’s spent a lifetime learning about vinyl audio reproduction and hand selected the best equipment in the world. His digital setup played through that same setup doesn’t quite match my […]
Greetings from the UK. Here’s a thread – from a while back – that some members here might find contains interesting observations, advice and, perhaps, more. In my view, certainly worth dipping in and out of if even if you have only a few minutes to spare. Neil / editor Opinions differ of course – […]
Aggravating a dealer or two! Whether dealers like it or not, there are certain things that headphones can achieve which even the world’s finest stand-alone hifi systems can’t. There’s no magic to this. It’s purely the fact that the driver mechanism of the headphone is within an inch or two of the receptive areas of […]
He said ….. “You want my opinion don’t touch it. I neither can nor will service it or help repair it in any way, it is Tannoys responsibility and I am contractually blocked and I don’t want to anyway. I have seen it before, every one of the *next persons* who end up with it […]
“Hi guy’s, I hope someone can help I am thinking about getting a garrard 301 with sme arm old type. I have at the moment a Michell gyro se spider, upgrades are orb platter hr power supply arm is rega rb300 rewired, with techno weight. I just wondered if anyone could rate both these decks […]
Anyone ever tried putting something like an Inspire Acri-Mat (or similar?) on their Orbe / Gyro and leaving the clamp off? What does it do to the sound? I ask out of laziness and because I’ve now got quite a few 180g re-released LP’s that have double the amount of vinyl and half the amount […]
My separate music system, currently MF A3.5 CD (impulse buy, and well pleased), Trends 10.1 t-amp, Royd A7 speakers (bought from new approx 1982). I have ordered a NVA pre/power amp which should arrive next week. I also have the said turntable, complete with AT95 cartridge, which has lay unused for a number of years, […]
I am planning a move from Linn Kan(powered by Nait 2) to Linn Isobariks(powered passive by 300/500). I have an LP12 as front end, but am doing a lot of streaming using a squeezebox classic/beresford dac. I have settled on the Isobariks, just because they are something I have looked forward to upgrading for a […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: The opinions expressed below here do not necessarily reflect those of our editorial team – just in case you wondered. Neil. hi all, just wondered which speaker cables would suit the harbeth p3esr, i have been using van den hul 352, but they seem very dull and very bassy, i next tried chord […]
I use Spendor S100s which are an earlier incarnation – I don’t think the differences were huge between the S100 and the SP100 – I don’t know what changes they made to make it the R version though. They are big, but a lot of that is depth, they don’t dominate. They will also […]
Neil McCauley asks Howard Popeck Howard, Historically, what did you mean by ‘accidental magic’? Well …….. a combination of equipment that previously you’d not encountered and which sounds right immediately. Unusual combinations. Amps and speakers that just by chance sound magical together – even though the makers probably hadn’t used each other’s equipment. That kinda […]
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I had a day off today and booked a demo of the Devialet 110 with Harbeth Pesr and M30.1. Unfortunately the 110 wasn’t in stock yet, so tried the D-Premier to get a flavour. As I already own the P3esr, I started there. It was certainly a wow experience! The Devialet was so transparent and […]
Howard Popeck writes: Mail-order bride anyone? All purchases, from cars to mail-order brides carry a risk. Audiophile gear is no exception. However there are unavoidable and avoidable risks when it comes to imported equipment. This article seeks to shed light on an unacceptable risk in the hope that readers are alerted and that some importer/distributors […]