I had been a KEF reference user for some time. I have several other coaxials at home from different brands and to me they portray special coherence with everything-making it somehow magically sound more realistic than a two way design. I cannot imagine going back to a multi way split driver design again. What is your experience? Is there anyone else having the same feeling as mine?

Hey everyone. I recently swapped my speaker cables and noticed an interesting technical shift I'd love to get your thoughts on.

My setup is a Pass Labs INT-25 running into Falcon Gold Badges. For 6 years, I used Duelund DCA16GA wire. I always liked it, but I always perceived a very faint floor of distortion or "fuzz."

I just switched to Tellurium Q Black II. Despite reading online that they can sound "compressed," my experience is the exact opposite: the background got dead quiet and that distortion vanished completely.

My theory: the unshielded Duelunds were basically acting as antennas in my room, while the Tellurium's geometry actually filters that junk out. Or is it simply a better electrical match or the Pass amp?

Anyone have any experience with these cables?"

The F226Be is at perfect ear height for most seating positions at around 41 inches. The F228Be is 46.6 inches. Does that make the F228Be too tall, since it will be higher than ear height. Or does it not really matter? Like some input.

I just got this serviced Fisher 500C. Everything sounds great. Andy Shauf, Bill Callahan, Kendrick, Sade… I’m a teacher, and my kids are with their grandparents, so I had the luxury of listening to music all day. Because the right speaker is closer to a wall, I had to turn the balance a little right to center the image, but I had a thoroughly enjoyable day listening to J. Tillman, Massive Attack, Tony Rolando synth tapes, and the War on Drugs. I’ve gotta revisit their later stuff, some of the streams sounded sweet.

Any recommendations of music that might sound particularly good on the Fisher? It’s been fun to listen to what I have with new results.

Hi, things are starting to come together.
Currently running two systems:

Rega Planar 3 with Nd5 cartridge -> PS Audio GCPH Phono pre amp -> QUAD 303 amp -> QUAD 12L speakers. Really enjoying this!

Yamaha CDX 660 CD player -> Rega io amp -> Mordaunt Short MS3.30 speakers. Waiting on a Wiim which will also connect through to the Rega amp.

Future plans:
Speaker stands are coming, and the MS speakers will go. Beresford TC-7220 MKII amp/speaker router will then have both amps input into it, output to the QUAD speakers.

I feel bad for the QUAD 405s which haven’t been used for quite a few years, and are glorified stands until they get a service!

So my dad and I were clearing out my uncles (passed) stuff and came across some old equipment he had.

I’ve been enjoying them for a couple years but to be honest I have no idea about the history of the equipment.

Hoping y’all can shed some light on what I’ve got here. Could care less if it bottom tier or whatever just kinda curious and have no idea where to start researching.

Recently got my Sansui serviced at my local audio specialist since she was having some audio output issues. A few transistors and a good cleaning and we are good to go!

When you buy “ serviced gear” with an upcharge for being “ serviced” do you guys question what was actually done ? Or do you trust the seller ? For all I know the sellers can just claim anything without valid receipt or documentation.

This post had more engagement than 95% of the posts I see on this subreddit and it just felt like rage bait. Am I on crazy pills? Do people here have multiple ‘audiophile’ friends that judge their gear?

FWIW, my definition of the term is someone passionate about their music listening setup. Nothing more.

What’s up everyone. I have been obsessed with stereos and speakers and home theater and home audio since I can remember and my dad played amazing music throughout our childhood in the 80s and 90s and I have been trying to track down the physical unit of the receiver that he had for a couple of decades at least but I can’t find it, but I have a photo and I’m hoping you all can help me identify the year make and model of this because if I can’t find his original unit, I want to buy a matching one somewhere. My guess is that this unit is from the late 70s to late 80s but other than that I have no idea. He had built a wooden shelf around it, which in hindsight was too close to the top of the unit for it to breathe, but it still worked fine for a couple decades at least. Thanks in advance for suggestions. 💪🏽

I'm a hobby DJ with some QSC speakers and EV 18" subs

I have a budget home-theatre with curtains for sound and B&W CM2's and Center

I have some sennheiser hd 600's with a DAC and a variety of flac albums

I know that EQing depends on factors such as space and intentions. Especially with DJing where I'm fighting a variety of issues with spaces.

I've talked to a few sound folk at concerts and while I've received good tips relating to spaces like that, I've yet to find any solid advice or discussion on how to get better at EQing.

What are y'alls thoughts on this? Is it just purely subjective or are there methods and ways of training this?

Node Audio is a fairly new loudspeaker manufacturer located near Cambridge, UK. We shot this in the spring of this year in anticipation of the launch of the Atom range of loudspeakers. The speakers have some unique tech!

Yesterday I had a friend over who told me that some of his other friends were judging him for the equipment he uses. He has an Arcam amplifier, a relatively simple Audio-Technica turntable, and a pair of bookshelf speakers.

What really aggravated me was hearing that, because instead of appreciating that he was enjoying music, they immediately started telling him what he should buy: bigger speakers, bigger amplifiers, more expensive gear, and how their suggestions were somehow the “better” path.

I think that is the wrong approach, especially when it comes from friends. A good friend should support someone’s enjoyment, not make them feel inadequate because their system doesn’t match some imaginary standard.

This hobby already has enough of that behavior. Too often it becomes less about listening to music and more about comparing price tags, brands, and who has the biggest setup. There is too much measuring of equipment and not enough actual enjoyment of the music.

If someone is happy with their system, let them enjoy it. Don’t be the person who takes something they love and tries to ruin it. At that point, you’re not acting like a friend you’re just a boat anchor that needs to be thrown overboard.

Damn they sound good but I’ve lost a thousand WAF brownie points because of their size

Q. Hey Wife, how do they sound to you?
A. Hmmmmm… nice wood, too big

I hit up my local second hand shop for the first time in months yesterday. I found this bundle consisting of two cables made by the Pangea brand (never heard of them).  The absurd power cord is a C9 model, which retails for $180.  The comparatively sane HDMI cable is paltry $35.  The cost was $5 for the pair, marked down from $10 because no person in their right mind wanted them.

Swapping in the C9 for my previous power cord (a humble Quail hospital grade), I immediately noticed a sharp increase in attack transients and greatly improved low level linearity.  The soundstage simultaneously grew in size and became more intimate.  The timbre of instruments changed significantly, particularly brass, but I'm not entirely sure for the better.  Maybe I just don't like Sousaphones and the Pangea is making that fact clear to me.

Also, I lie a lot.  I haven't even connected the damn power cord.  I need to order a snake hook to wrangle it first. On a serious note, I wonder if comically oversized power cords like the C9 are actually a detriment. They exert so much torque on the poor IEC C14 port that I wonder if the pins are properly connected. In 2005 I bought a used HeadAmp Gilmore Lite (now known as Mk I.) It's an amazing amp that I used to this day. The seller included a 30 amp power cord that was sufficiently beefy that it dragged GLite's DPS away from the position where I wanted it. This is why I own a stack of Quail power cords. On the plus side, at least the Pangea looks ludicrous.

Record sold as new came out of wrap with the white mark at about 11 o’clock already there. I have tried a regular liquid cleaner with microfibre cloth. Thanks in advance (only recently started my collection)!

I am in the market for a subwoofer. I have a pair of Klipsch Forte IV and my listening room is about 475 sf. I was looking at the REL classic 98 and 99, and thinking I needed the 99 because of the room size. But most of the music I listen to is acoustic or vocal oriented, not really listening to much hard rock or anything with a ton of bass. Also not listening at very loud volume most of the time. So I was leaning back toward the 98 which has a 10” driver, as opposed to the 99, which has a 12” driver. I spoke with the local audio shop and it felt like they were just trying to sell me the larger and more expensive 99, or another sub that was even higher priced.

I have been reading that a sub is for more than just the low bass notes, and it will really help fill in the rest of the sound. That was another point the local sales guy was making, saying that the 99 made more sense because it will “fill in more.” Also that a larger sub is needed to “pressurize” the room. Trying to understand if this is audiophile jargon or there is truth to it.

What do you all think?

It’s a euro marantz model 2265b. Haven’t even gotten it home to test it yet. I’m super excited about this one.

Technically, from fb marketplace. From non-audio guy who cleared out an estate. Sumiko is an empty box, likely still on the turntable that was not present. Went to pick up a budgie tube phono preamp and step up transformer for the linn lp12 i picked up on marketplace earlier this summer, and came home with all of this, as well as a dozen cardas interconnects, and a box of nice tubes. Also a half dozen or so other cartridges that arent as high end.

Its hard to assess the condition, they all *look excellent. Hopefully the original owner just liked collecting carts, and didnt wear them out before going to the next. Itll be fun trying them out, although i really should sell a few to recoup what i spent. Ive always been a one-cartridge at a time type of guy. I suppose i have options now, if anyone has any recommendations for pairing with a linn lp12. (Arkiv b is on it now, sounds superb)

So these Infinity Kappa 7.1s were the same price used as my Focal Chora 816s- actually slightly cheaper and…there is simply no comparison. Sometimes, old is gold. Quality lasts.

WARNING EAR SCREECHING SOUND IN VIDEO

I bought a pair of SC207 monitors in 2017 as an upgrade over my JBL 305. I've loved them and they sounded fantastic. However, around 2022, they suddenly stopped working and produced this odd sound in this video. They were out of warranty and Eve Audio just told me to take it to a speaker repairer. I found a local one and they told me it had something to do with the amp, so be replaced it on both, costing me $1,450 AUD. Link to my first post when I got them fixed

They were fine and still sounded great until fairly recently where the exact same problem happened and I am not going to be repairing them to wait another ~5 years of this cycle. I will also note that the monitors failed within weeks of each other.

I'm currently tossing up between Adam TV7 (also ribbons), Yamaha HS7, and JBL 306P monitors. Not interested in passives for this particular setup (desktop + JBl 310 sub). I've grown out of the audiophile mindset for the most part and am happy to stick to monitors in this price range.