Rel T/7i is $100 off everywhere including Rel website. Other reductions on T/5i and T/9i if you want to get your boom on
https://rel.net/shop/powered-subwoofers/serie-ti/t7i/
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I'll just leave this here without comment beyond the emphasis I have added to the quotation:
"Siegfried Linkwitz was a rare combination of music lover who could hear analytically, and an engineer who could design, measure and interpret the performance of loudspeakers. He contributed much more...
I have no dog in this fight (except the refundable $650 I spent yesterday to see what the commotion is all about). My $.02? Driving them with a tube preamp and lots of power (I've tried them with Krell and McIntosh), these are astonishingly good sounding speakers for jazz, classical quartet...
Amir, You may singlehandedly changing the industry. The power of the internet coupled with subject matter expertise is an incredible one-two punch. Thank you.
You mean, you don't have a "a dedicated cryogenically-treated electricity system?"
https://www.acousticsciences.com/projects/hammer-hand-custom-hifi-room
Amir, did you let the device "break in" first?
Did you plug it into one of these? https://www.psaudio.com/products/power-port-classic/
And don't get me started on the breakers in your box! :p
This stuff never ends....
This has quickly become my favorite audio website. Amir is father every audiophool needed growing up, but never had. There are a lot of wire lickers out there ("Son, don't lick the wires...")