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| Intimate, warm and holographic alternative Rosso Fiorentino should be on a short list for these requirements. The Elba 2 has a handful of reviews out now, including Robert Harley from TAS in the April Issue. I would suggest looking at the Volterra as a real option and pairing it with a N... | |
| Moving up the Harbeth line My experience with the models is that they are a family, but not a nuclear one. The P3ESR is like an only child. The Monitors (30 and 40) are one set of siblings while the C7ES3 and the SHL5+ are another set of siblings. They are all cousins an... | |
| Moving up the Harbeth line I am a dealer and am local to you. Feel free to reach out - that emotional connection is what I build my systems around. If you don’t get that, it doesn’t matter how much detail retrieval you can achieve. I also prefer close field settings so it s... | |
| Stereo Times list of the " 2020 MOST WANTED COMPONENTS" It appears to me the reviewers had to choose a single product they reviewed that most impressed them. I know Greg and I were in serious discussions of him purchasing the review pair of Rosso Fiorentino Elba 2, so at least in that case it was not ... | |
| Integrated amp for Focal Sopra 2 Norma Revo IPA-140B. It has a darker nature that will match very well with Focal and will only be limited by the gear around it.Note: I am the distributor. I didn’t want to be from a pure business point (I wasn't really in a position to pick up an... | |
| ???Anyone Here UpGrade From Yaqin/Cayin/etc... To Another Tube Amp Considered Hi End??? While tubes do make a difference, the design is the key. The BoX has well extended treble and a shocking amount of bass. The Dueventi is more of what you'd expect from an el34, giving the richness with a smoother top and bottom end while still m... | |
| ???Anyone Here UpGrade From Yaqin/Cayin/etc... To Another Tube Amp Considered Hi End??? Congratulations on your purchase, but I do wish you had jumped on the BoX instead. Yes, that is my inventory listed that you saw. I am no longer the US distributor (mutually agreed decision) but their products are fantastic. I probably would ha... | |
| Amp for JBL 4312 SE As displayname suggests above, the MastersounD Dueventi is a great product for the JBL. I have 4311 here and the previous owner was also using a Dueventi to run them. I’ve done the same here and it is a marvelous pairing.The Dueventi pairs well wi... | |
| Minimonitors Of the speakers mentioned, I like the Amphion suggestion. PMC also has some nice monitors and are, to me at least, a cleaner and more refined version of Amphion.The Sonner Audio Legato is another candidate with an open/airy sound and some warmth ... | |
| Polk L800 The L800 aren't bad speakers and NFM is a bad place for a demo of any speaker, much less one that has specific setup requirements. Whether or not they hold up to their retail is a different story and one I won't comment on. | |
| Are tubes really “warm”? Good post @noromance The tube sound for me has always been about the presentation, not the linearity of its FR. There is a holographic nature and weight to images that can be tough to get right with solid state. For me, if a tube amp sounds 'soli... | |
| Diminishing Returns At under $5,000, you'd be hard pressed to best the Rosso Fiorentino Elba 2. Francesco made massive improvements from the gen 1. Zero Fidelity and SoundAdvocate have both published reviews on it.At the bottom of the barrel so to speak, the Polk T... | |
| Speaker suggestion between $1000 and $2000 please........ The Polk LSiM series is a great option at their bargain pricing through Adorama. The Usher N series is another good option with two floorstanders: the 6311 at $1590 and the 6361 at $1950. Another option that doesn’t get a lot of publicity is the C... | |
| Buchardt S400 Special Edition speakers -- any impressions? Hello whitestix,the Buchardt speakers are fine speakers and I have heard from ears I trust that the upgraded versions fix some of the issues the originals did - namely that if you paired them wrong it was easy to get an unpleasant edge to the musi... | |
| Thoughts about Jadis and Harbeth vato, if you are hellbent on tubes with the Harbeth, you should consider the MastersounD BoX. It does a great job even with the harder-to-drive SHL5+ and even though it is Single Ended Pentode, it is 35 watts and has incredible punch and drive to... |