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To reinvigorate the hobby the first and most important part is for the industry and those that represent it to stop with the snake oil and present factual evidence for a product. I know a few people that don't bother because they find the whole thing very pretentious or even a scam. As the...

Me personally, Neumann for sure. There's detailed measurements of the Neumann, MA1 calibration, goes 5Hz lower, better directivity and just all around a known quantity really. Not to mention here in my country the Core A7's are like an extra £500 a pair, that's a good chunk towards a KH 750 sub...

You could try eltax MTR or eltax PWR. Cheap but massive and probably decent enough for a wall of sound type deal.

I think largely because this forum is largely based around a specific set of parameters, which is certainly no bad thing as it allows a window into the engineering of products. Regarding things like tube amplifier's it's a job to really judge unless comparing against tube amplifier's really as a...

For $75, for someone who just wants to try tubes it's not so bad really.

There are some normal people over there, but there are a lot of strange fanboy types. The ATC crowd especially get rather defensive of anything but ATC. Really odd thing to see in the 'professional' sector, just proves the absurdity of human nature and herd mentality I guess. I think it's kinda...

It mainly comes down to how will a speaker sound in the form at which it is sold to a customer. The KH 150 for example provides a response as measured out of the box and therefore that's how thing's are measured as a large majority that's about as far as they will go. You could PEQ a regular...

Lol, a prime example of the madness in the industry.

Yeah, it's a great time for audio really. Especially when some of these things actually beat out the much more expensive stuff. Those all in one's were something of a compromise, but a lot of cheap stuff today the only compromise in many instances is brand name and cache, and aesthetics really...

This is the kind of system I find fascinating, looks great. Even if I won the lottery, it's well put together realistic stuff not influenced by the mindset of the industry that really is very rewarding and a breath of fresh air in this hobby.

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/this-micro-stack-delivers-budget-beats-the-aiyima-a07-max-t1-pro-combo.55807/ Check out this thread, a really great system put together at really modest outlay, could well be an inspiration.

There is plenty of affordable stuff, just hifi publications don't really want to mention much of that for the most part. If you look around this site you will find plenty of affordable gear. One mans affordable is another mans unattainable, but just pick a budget and go with whatever that is...

So nice to see them supporting a product with updates. And to think you could spend many thousands and you simply get what you get and company swiftly moves on.

I may well do that, thanks for mentioning. My use case won't be pro audio, just hi-fi listening at home. I know that's not the intended use case, but just a level of quality in pro gear that's great for the price. Dead flat response with one bit of PEQ, amplifiers inbuilt and perfectly matched...

Yeah, I think all of those barring the Mission are likely capable. Any amp that doesn't list spec for 4 ohms is largely not much good for the vast majority of speakers. I wish manufacturers would be more realistic in their ohm ratings on the speaker side really. Although to be fair some do list...

I'd much rather the likes of Appolon audio, measurements are available here and their higher tier casework is much classier.

For that kind of budget, personally I'd be getting a Wiim amp, or possibly wait for the Wiim amp pro which should be along soon I think as they announced it alongside the Wiim ultra. You definitely want something that mentions 4ohm output as a large majority of speakers rated 8ohms really are...

For me I'll just go adapter route myself, seems a waste of a perfectly good already DAC. Unless when it's measured here it's pretty junky, but I doubt it. Speaking of such, I'm actually amazed WIIM haven't sent one to Amir for testing, I mean large swathes of us on here aren't really interested...

Having seen how many Uber expensive DAC's actually measure on here, it's highly plausible the WIIM could better it. Plus even if you can afford it, is it really $114,670 difference in sound quality? I highly doubt it.

Same here. Those adds, I'm sorry but no matter if the S21 was vastly superior it would be a no for me. Same as why I don't use certain browsers anymore because of the home page being adds and clickbait news articles. Sadly this is likely the future and it'll be forced everywhere, a lot of...