Post your latest AV purchase(s)......
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I took a chance, again and bought a old pair of Gradient Revolution (a few decades old, but looking much younger) I did this after reading a review of these unusual speeches by John Atkinson (Stereophile). The looks of this speaker are unusual too with a kind of pyramid shaped enclosure for the coaxial tweeter and mid woofer sitting on top of a open baffle 12” woofer arrangement (dipole)
The combination of a very pleasing tonal quality, superb imaging, satisfying bass and transparency have made these speakers the most satisfying purchase i've made in years... I finally get what it feels like to hear ”unboxed” sound.
(No putting the genie back into the box for me.)
Will be trying out some amps with more power (hopefully) but I don’t have anything to complain about with the current chain at all.
Aurender X100L (streaming and stored CD rips) to Holo Cyan 2, to the Thoress EHT.
Several extended and pleasurable listening sessions later and I am still excited about the current set up.
The designer of this speaker set out to design speakers that minimise the problems caused by room acoustics, speacially standing waves between floor and ceiling. I am not sure how, but I now believe this is a great start point for any serious speaker designer. This is the easiest speaker I have had in terms of placement and it sounds very good across a number of musical generes. That for me is a rare thing.
The combination of a very pleasing tonal quality, superb imaging, satisfying bass and transparency have made these speakers the most satisfying purchase i've made in years... I finally get what it feels like to hear ”unboxed” sound.
(No putting the genie back into the box for me.)
Will be trying out some amps with more power (hopefully) but I don’t have anything to complain about with the current chain at all.
Aurender X100L (streaming and stored CD rips) to Holo Cyan 2, to the Thoress EHT.
Several extended and pleasurable listening sessions later and I am still excited about the current set up.
The designer of this speaker set out to design speakers that minimise the problems caused by room acoustics, speacially standing waves between floor and ceiling. I am not sure how, but I now believe this is a great start point for any serious speaker designer. This is the easiest speaker I have had in terms of placement and it sounds very good across a number of musical generes. That for me is a rare thing.
suku_patel_22
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Got a Dune Homatics Box R 4K plus. Perfect for playing DV remuxes, okay for streaming.
Sean de Silva
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Isoacoustics Gaia III isolators on my Q3050i floorstanders
Hi, is there any solid difference after adding IsoAcoustics? I am also looking forward to buying it for the turntables/speakers.
thank you
vishnu
Sean de Silva
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Chalk and cheese difference literally. Bass is tighter, mids are sweeter and more coherent, soundstage is more forward now. Probably the best value for money tweak I've made.
Wow. That's great.
reignofchaos
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Did you feel any softening in dynamics compared to steel spikes/cups? I liked everything other than that.
Sean de Silva
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Afaic the default spikes were the biggest culprit causing all the annoying vibrations and reverberations. I'm only too relieved to have replaced them with the outstanding Isoacoustics Gaia III isolators. With the spikes, the ever-important transients and dynamics were badly smeared to me atleast. With the isolators on, it's been a revealing game-changer to say the least. But as always, one man's meat is another man's poison especially in audio.
reignofchaos
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Which speaker?
Sean de Silva
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Q3050i
Knightrider
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Bought Mission QX2 MK II, My first Hi-Fi seperate component. Loads of Bass, Forward vocals, Laid Back and very Warm sound - Low frequencies overshadow all other frequencies except for vocal [Frequency below 77hz most prominent at all listening levels i.e. whispering sound level to high decibel]. Mid Bass is present and but not thumping. Highs are there but not simmering, somewhat restricted and sub-dued.
Finally, after 3+ years found a good Upgrade to my DAC Denafrips Terminator V1.
No Surprises here, Upgraded to Denafrips Terminator V2 12th Anniversary Edition
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All the traits of V1 but just better in many ways, though the difference in pricing may not justify the incremental upgrade but I'm quite happy with it...
No Surprises here, Upgraded to Denafrips Terminator V2 12th Anniversary Edition
. All the traits of V1 but just better in many ways, though the difference in pricing may not justify the incremental upgrade but I'm quite happy with it...
lol, set it up away from a wall to reduce bass reinforcement.
Knightrider
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Set up 1 feet and them 2 feet between wall and rear of speakers, din,t make much difference. Tweeter sounds restricted, as if its vocal chords get choked mid way (in songs where highs decay slowly e.g most of Shreya Ghoshal, it stops abruptly midway. It has almost 20hrs burn in, will twitter performance improve on further burn in?
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That I believe only Elon Musk can answer. Unlike woofers, tweeters don't move enough to cause changes in the elasticity of the tweeter cone material. So there won't be drastic change and Shreya Goshal will almost sound the same as now.
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