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I will be happy to join you in a class-action lawsuit. Your data have enlightened thousands of audiophiles, and by following your forum I have learned how to spend my hard earned dollars more wisely. Ad maiora!

Fantastic review! Thank you Amir. The choice is for me now between the 206 and the 208. They get the job done as reported by Amir: “By then, I could barely hear my wife trying to tell me something.” Priceless!

It is surprisingly high: most cars at 70 mph read between low 60 to 75 dB, not counting the noise from the traffic around you

So so results. The low continuous power at 4 ohm (compared to the 8 ohm power) usually points to a lack of current from the toroidal transformer. Considering the price, and the much better measuring offers from Buckeye Amplifiers, it is a pass in my book.

Yes…and no. My musical evolution might (and probably does) benefit from excellent equipment. When I move from a 1960s recording of poor quality (say Ornella Vanoni’s Senza Fine) to a high quality recording of Mahler’s Third (SFSO Micheal Tiilson Thomas), I rely on my existing equipment to go...

Among the worst measurement all around. Since time left on Earth for each of us is a finite quantity, do not waste it any further to such trashy music maker. Gladly, we are way past the music cassette and the sapphire piezoelectric pick-up needles.

Thank you Amir for helping us decide the worthiness of audio equipment. It seems overpriced. It is a pass in my book.

I own a Yamaha A-S301. I used it for a few month years ago, and then moved to class D amps (in part, thanks to ASR). Since then it has been sitting on a shelf, to the chagrin of my wife. It never gave me the same involving experience when listening to Classical Music from CDs and FLAC files...

Do not waste your money (and time) on this crappy streamer. Thank you Amir for another splendid review and for your honesty to call a spade a spade. Specialized magazines probably could not find enough superlative for this failed product.

And yet more acolytes of an old source, the LP, with orders of magnitude lower Sinad. No reasons to have a poorly optimized headroom for both MM and MC and a wrong design of the rumble filter. Thank you Amir for an impeccable review. I am so happy with FLAC files from my red book CD collection...

Invisible to the eye & wall mounted seems to be a major constraint for speaker design and sonic results. I am soooo glad my wife does not know these type of speakers exist as she would force them on me, like broccoli and mangoes.

Nice review! As someone who enjoys daily a 2.2 system with a pair of old Paradigm Studio 100 v.3, I agree: tower speakers are throwing a larger soundstage. I wonder if these Polks are missing a midrange, as it would have made the woofers’ job easier.

Reporting on Nilai 500 stereo. Almost one year after my piecing together the amp (27 Apr 2023), it has worked flawlessly with no troubles. Great product at a reasonable price.

As an ex-ProAc acolyte (Studio 100, Response 2s and Tablette Anniversary) I can tell you you pay more for a fair to good quality sound. Some models (Studio 100) degrade the woofer surrounds after about 15 years. The midrange (vocals) sounds very pleasant.

Your statement goes against at least a century of experience in Medicine. It shows profound disregard for accumulated data, studies of efficacy of interventions and long term follow up of patients. I suggest you to avoid writing about what you do not remotely understand. This forum is not Facebook.

As a consequence of your detailed test of these 10+1 SW, I have purchased one from Arendel, the 1729 1V, because I need balanced connectors for the source (Okto DAC8 Stereo). It will take at least another month to receive the 1729 1V. Thank you for a detailed and impeccable test.

A loud pass in my book. When these speakers were current in the 1960’s, most people had experienced only AM radio quality reproduced sound, a 4-inch full band speaker with no bass below 100 Hz and no treble. It must have sound sensational. Having conquered the important lower and higher octaves...

Nice review! Avoid at every cost! However, it is puzzling how the port output does not add any bass extension to the in-axis response.

I tried to purchase some Speakons, only found those for low voltage/low amperage…where on the web can you purchase the Speakons designed for high current/power amps?

Great review, great details. Eco mode still burns 19 W each hour. That makes 456 W/d or 13 kW/mo or 156 kW/yr. Considering that overall (generation + distribution) each kW costs about 20 cents of a Dollar, you end up wasting almost $ 30/year for the “Eco” mode, not to mention the potential...