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have you heard the Pioneer speakers that he designed? for the money, they are very good speakers, I think they are as cheap as $150 for a pair of bookies, but those little bookies outperformed some moderately priced speakers that I have heard. I was pretty surprised, they were in a room with Polks and Klipsch at best buy and really played much better then both their towers from about 100 hz on up.
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I haven't been listening to anything this evening but the 24/192Khz HDTracks download of Ella's Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie through my Bifrost DAC. Amazing. Astonishing voice.
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Lumin P1 streamer/DAC/preamp, Constellation Inspiration integrated TT: Michell Gyro SE MkII, SME V, Koetsu Urushi Vermilion, EAR324. Harbeth 30.2s, REL R-305, Shunyata Alpha V2 ICs, Alpha V2 SPs, Sigma XC, Sigma NRv2, Omega QR-s & Alpha NRv2 PCs, segmented Altaira SG stack w/ Alpha & Omega CGCs, Everest 8000 PD. Remote Server Room: Uptone EtherREGEN, AfterDark Master Clock & LPS, Alita, Battle Angel, (Akasa NUC Roon Core), iFi DC Purifiers (for SMPS used for Alita & router), Shunyata Gemini combo power distributor & Altaira-type CG GP-NR hub, Venom & Alpha CGCs, Shunyata NRv14 power cords for digital components. Last edited by Puma Cat; 04-10-2012 at 01:04 AM. |
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For $150(or $180), they are very nice little speakers. They don't have much low end bass, or it could have been the room/electronics, but if you had those bookies and a Hsu STF-1, with say an Onkyo 609 AVR and a NAD C515BEE CD player, you would have a very good musical setup for $1k. My sales rep wants a small 2-ch/HT setup, and I told him about this combo and thought it would do him very well. He is set on some Dali Lektor 2s, which I like a little more, due to the bass performance and a slightly more detailed mid-range, but the Pioneers don't get up much in terms of upper mids and highs, for their price, they compete with the 3x the price Dalis.
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Master Lu, you may want to move this thread to the new TAD forum you have, just a thought.
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Done!
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Joost,
I am floored how good the CR-1's sound. I can't wait until my mono 911mk3 arrive. My Dartzeel NHB-108 is freaking awesome! Can it get any better? |
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So, you're off the merry-go-round as far as speakers go. As for the amps, will the 911 monos better the Dart? I don't know... Different yes, but better in absolute terms may be a tougher call. The only thing I would do that you're not presently considering is add a first-class turntable.
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Don't you think that the Dart preamp could be a better match than the GAT with the NHB ? Sent from my iPhone using A.Aficionado
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