Recent content by steve f

The closer you sit, the narrower the sweet spot. Roger Sanders purposely designed his speakers to have a narrow pattern which mitigates room interactions. It’s possible to change the image perspective by moving just a couple of inches , mostly left or right, but depth equidistance matters too...

I’m another Sanders ESL owner. If you are willing to sit in the sweet spot, they are excellent. It’s not a head in a vice tiny sweet spot, but at 12 feet away, it’s only 2 people wide. I’ve owned Quad 989s which allowed a wider listening area. The segmented Sound Labs, just my opinion, are very...

The preamp performance is quite good, but I want a balance control too.

Sorry, but I own more speakers than T-shirts. I need to thin the herd myself.

Just curious. What are the balls made of? I own Morrison preamps. He makes good stuff.

I also enjoy ESLs, and my Sanders 10C speakers are excellent. The only ESLs I’ve had panel failures with were Quad 989s. They used an assembly adhesive that failed. I hope their current offerings are better.

I remember that tonearm.

I believe the Freya S is by far the superior unit. I’m not a tube guy at all anymore.

Why don’t you email Ed and ask him. Promise that you only want to play with the circuit type and are building only one line stage for personal use. The worst thing he can say is no. Yes this thread went pretty sideways. Ed, and a few members got a bit hostile, but he’s not a bad guy. You can...

Schiit seems to be such an inconsistent company. Some of their stuff like Mani, and Freya S are good values. Others, not so much. I’m hoping someone sends Amir a Schiit Tyr power amp to review. In fact, I haven’t seen any of the subjective guys commen on one yet.

Thank you JD. Please keep us updated. Customer service is always an important part of our hobby.

Dear Topping, Please apply your engineering expertise to the development of an affordable and excellent phono preamplifier. Sincerely, Many audiophiles

And here I thought XLR interconnects needed flexible, shielded wiring with durable jackets. Add in connectors that can take some abuse, and fit well into related equipment. I’ve been keeping my spares in an orange five gallon bucket. Perhaps I should scrap the WBC, and change out the bucket to...

This product is remarkably disappointing. My first impression was that the unit was broken. Guess not.

I’ve owned Maggies but never fell in love with the sound. ESLs do a better job of “floating the sound in space” for want of a better term. Beveredge speakers with that lens were remarkable. And yes some conventional speakers by guys like Linkwitz are excellent. I suspect the type of speaker is...