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The Marantz PM7000N has a higher MSRP, has a bit higher output power (60W vs. 45W at 8 ohm, 80W vs. 60W at 4 ohm), the casing (thus?) has a bit more height, and it has HEOS built-in. Both are well built, both have MM phono and an AKM DAC buit-in. An external streamer (e.g. Bluesound node, WiiM...

Without a doubt these are excellent speakers. When someone mentions Buchardt, they are actually more comparable to the Buchardt A500’s (or better the A500 SE’s: higher SPL), although the A500’s are a 2.5-way design and the CDM65’s are 3-way, and the Buchardt only has one backward firing woofer...

Boy, do I have a crush on that Luxman amp. What a beauty..

I bought myself a single 7370 APM a few years back, to combine with my existing pair of 8351Bs, simply because that is the ‘level match’ solution that Genelec recommends (I contacted the company beforehand). The combination works really great, leaves nothing to be desired for me, but the reality...

Right. Likewise I still own and use a top-of-the-line Meridian CD-player of the 90s, equipped with the famous CDM4 transport and dual 1-bit DACs and chipset made by Philips. Dual to improve the SNR an extra 3dB. 1-bit of old wine in new bottles from the Topping guys, it seems, to convince you to...

The power of 1 Watt means a consumption of almost 9 kWh per year. Multiply that with the summed standby power of your gear and there you go. And imagine everyone on earth doing the same thing. I was amazed at the heat that even my NCore class D amplifier produced in standby when I bought it. So...

All three of them. Cheap Chinese caps fail prematurely, so you are basically buying electronic waste.

I don’t think signature sound is the proper term here, given the fact that both companies strive for maximum neutrality, and given the CEA 2024 measurements of both speakers. And I only know well the KH150 and the 8351B. I decided to put the Neumanns besides the Genelecs again today, to help me...

I wouldn’t consider it probable that the soundstage/imaging of the Neumann KH120 is inferior to the Genelec 8030 (why should it be?), since the imaging of my KH150‘s is at least on par with my 8351B’s. The phantom centre of the KH150 is razor sharp, and I don’t succeed in getting the phantom...

Because, as mentioned, I own some serious analogue stuff, and I want to keep using that. Looks are another thing, I’m not alone, you know.

With all this praise it seems that I appear to be the odd one out here. I’ve tried quite hard, but I have yet to be turned into a KEF fanboy, to be convinced of the superior sound quality of KEF. The original LS50 wasn’t for me, it pierced my ears. I mainly listen to active speakers nowadays...

I own Genelec 8351B´s and since recently also a pair of Neumann KH150’s. And I must say that (much to my surprise) I find the imaging of the KH150 to be superior. Phantom image of the KH 150’s is razorrr-sharp, placement of instruments equally impressive. The difference isn’t subtle, the Genelec...

Your “Valhalla” has already been reached years ago. The rest is GAS.

And he doesn’t know how to stop his ranting. Seriously pathetic case.

What’s the use? No use. At all.

They got even more expensive.

That‘s a small listening space. The Genelec The Ones are really good, and the 8341A should be more than enough. You can still use your Benchmark DAC for the mechanical volume control, and use the balanced analogue-in on the Genelecs. Yes, that means an additional DA-AD step, but in practice...

Why would that destroy the competition? For number fetishists maybe. But for normal people?

Personally? If you’re happy, don’t let this bother you, just stay happy with it. I also own an amplifier that doesn’t measure that well, but it still sounds great to me, and that’s what counts in the end. Apparently, the not so good measurements don’t noticeably affect the sound quality, thus...

I don’t think that’s true, actually analogue cassettes were still very popular in the days. And it wasn’t introduced only by Philips, but also by Matsushita (Panasonic, Technics, Sanyo). Philips introduced DCC in competition with Sony’s Minidisc, but they were too late, as they were with Video...