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| Stereo Preamp suggestion Parasound P7 is worth consideration here, as many listeners, including me, believe that its sound surpasses that of P5, P6, or HALO integrated’s preamp section. The P7 has only one sub output, but you can use a y-cable to split that output for use... | |
| Which Harbeths? OP: Congrats on your purchase! I'm guessing that you'll be happy with the C7's, and I hope that the price was right. | |
| Which Harbeths? OP: I agree with akg_ca’s assessment of the 30.2’s. Treble and midrange are wonderful. Vocals sound lifelike to me. I did not intend to suggest that these speakers are in any way less engaging than the C7ES3’s, only that the latter are musical as ... | |
| Which Harbeths? While I have no experience with Totems, I have owned both of the Harbeth models that interest you. I replaced a set of C7ES3’s with Monitor 30.2 XD’s when I found a great deal on the latter pair in late 2020. For the money, the C7’s are a superb v... | |
| Raising standmount speakers arafiq: As someone else suggested above, shims should solve your problem, as they did for me before I bought purpose built speaker stands to replace some Ikea stools that I had been using. I’m talking about cheap plastic shims that you can buy at ... | |
| Upgraded from Parasound Halo Integrated to Modwright KWA 100 SE While I agree that the KWA 150 SE would provide more juice to my Harbeths, that amp weighs almost twice as much as the 100, and the extra weight would require that I replace a shelf in my Symposium rack. I don’t usually play music at high volumes,... | |
| Subs And The Downstairs Neighbors OP, the sub dude suggestion (manufacturer is Auralex) is a wise one. While I live in a standalone house and have my system in the basement, I bought sub dudes when I bought a pair of Rythmik F8 subwoofers. I wanted to avoid vibrations, and those p... | |
| To Harbeth or not to Harbeth, That is the question... I had C7ES3s for five years and was happy with them, whether powered by Creek Evo 100 or Parasound Hint amp. I had considered upgrading to Monitor 30s or SHL 5s. Late last year, I found a good deal on Monitor 30.2 XDs and sold the C7s. The 30.2s s... | |
| 2 channel amp upgrade question OP, I have the original Parasound Hint amplifier, and I believe that you won’t be disappointed at all if you choose the Hint 6. (The earlier Hint can be had for $1500 or even less used these days.) Besides the sound quality, I really like the flex... | |
| Help with first cable upgrade. Audience Ohno cables are worth a listen and quite reasonably priced, especially when available used. | |
| Shipping rates on site always lower I suggest opening an account with FedEx and/or UPS, which will net you a discount. FedEx’s discount for a non-business account is listed at eight percent, but I received a fifteen percent discount after I shipped a pair of speakers and an amplifie... | |
| Subwoofer Decisions - REL/Rythmik, Pair/Single, Paper/Aluminum Driver, etc. When I was trying to choose between REL and Rythmik, I considered cost, size and weight, and place of assembly. Those factors led me to choose a pair of Rythmik F8s. I have not regretted that choice at all and appreciate the array of options to ad... | |
| Why are equipment racks so expensive? I agree with ghdprentice’s remarks about choosing a rack that is in a price tier that makes sense in relation to the cost of your components. Like you, I have used Ikea products: Ingolf stools as speaker stands for about five years. I chose to buy... | |
| Wood racks and humidity Here’s an update: UPS delivered my Symposium Foundation Ultra rack last Wednesday, and I found time to assemble it this weekend (had to clean much of basement in the process). Dadsears is absolutely correct; this rack is rock solid and made in U.S... | |
| Symposium still in business? My rack is beginning its journey to my house today according to UPS, so there is more evidence that Peter and his employees are indeed still at work before the Memorial Day weekend. As it turns out, build time on my rack was just over six weeks. |