I haven't used the Benchmark. One thing I've found is some speakers i've owned show little or no change with regard to source while some speakers can change dramatically to source. I can't afford to swing and miss, so I try what I think I want with what I have first. When I buy a new product and...
My dealer is always taking trades and he sets them up for quick resale. I was listening to a pair of focal 1028be's and was completely stunned by how much new information the speakers were delivering. I asked him to play a track from Supertramp 'Breakfast in America' and all that resolution...
It's crazy how some speakers are hyper sensitive to placement and the components they're connected to, Some speakers need 500 watts to come to life, some need can't have any reflective surface within 5' of them. I resold a half a dozen speakers in the price range you're shopping because I...
The million dollar question. I have a Hegel H590 I bought new a year and a half ago and replaced with the components in my sig last feb if you're considering that direction.
How many wives do you have? I’m all in on don’t ask don’t tell, but I can’t help but think multiple wives would just increase the odds that one of them is going to ‘disappear’ the rest of us for material value.
If you're around the west chicago suburbs Simply Stereo has the new Kore and Epikore 11 on display. I was hoping for a more consumer friendly price for the epikore 11, but the sound is all I could ask for and they were showing them off with a modest Mac Ma352 integrated.
audiophiles show up at my house to buy my used gear in 6 figure vehicles. I expect they can't help but think my priorities are a little messed up. The Kef Blade and Mac Mc611's are hi-end to me.
Idk if the 390 and 590 use the same dac but I would think the least amount of components in the chain offers the smallest chance of noise entering the system. The h360 is a clean quiet unit, but slightly softer on top next to the h590. Sorry I never got the 390 home.
I put a bid on the Aeries that were at the 22 axpona, but they were fully active so when I was outbid I let them get away. I enjoyed the effortless presentation and am a sucker for their looks. Congrats.
never owned a sb but this pulls hard to 175 mph and with street gearing and surprisingly good qs is really quick off the line. I have rerouted that wire since this pick at the blue ridge pkwy summer 22.
There was a pair that came up locally and it was $1000 more than others were asking and I let them go. kinda wish I woulds ponied up. The Blades are good, but the music are still on my bucket list.
I was at a point when I had 3-4 pair of full range speakers at the same time, salon 2, usher be20dmd, persona 7f and Meridian dsp 8000seup and enjoyed swapping them around for their different trade offs, but in reality I was just not ready to commit to a single pair to build around.
I have some buddies that love their Klipsch speakers. I find the overly chesty male voices and tizzy trebly too distracting even if I gladly concede they bring the party to the music I find they tend to make all music sound the same. The K-horns don't sound like the other speakers and I really...
Thats why I allocated a million fictional dollars for the fictional listening room on the billion dollar estate. It really doesn’t matter how it sounds in reality as those are just a fantasy for me
top of my list should I ever win a billion dollars. For speakers like I think a million dollar listening room is appropriate.. now that I think of it 2 bil.
Look at contributors sigs. You'll start to see we all like what we like. There's a bit of Chevy vs Ford, ahem, Ford vs Chevy crap that happens here, but it usually flames out pretty quick. As long as the speakers cost 6 figures they get interest here.
I don't remember what was driving them at axpona 22, but the s7t sounded like a very detailed and accurate speaker, precise imaging with a large soundstage if the images would lean towards mini monitor rather than life size. I take demos with a grain of salt since so many elements can effect a...
At Axpona the big wilsons in the big room are very impressive. I enjoyed the self powered Legacy Aeris enough to make an offer on the floor demos at axpona 22. In short demos I'm easily impressed tho' and usually after time I find something that ruins the illusion.
If you find a $5-8k amp that brings the best out of your $50k speakers...Tell nobody, buy them out, relabel them and sell em for $25k ahem $40k retail.
We appear to all have had similar experiences. Hear a pair of speakers that stand out from the rest, Grab our attention like no others do and buy them. Bring them home hook them up and they sound dull, lifeless and flat. We call dealer and ask 'what's up?' dealer says 'let them break in for a...