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Post by HTfanHungary on Apr 8, 2016 13:52:08 GMT -5
If budget was no concern, I would go for MBL's Reference series.  If I only won the state lotto I'd maybe buy Halcro. Ooops! I've crapped in my pants...  |
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Post by HTfanHungary on Apr 8, 2016 13:55:26 GMT -5
That looks like the worst room for acoustics imaginable. I like these promotional photos... always taken in unbelievably bad acoustic environments. |
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Post by guitarforlife on Apr 8, 2016 13:57:14 GMT -5
That looks like the worst room for acoustics imaginable. I like these promotional photos... always taken in unbelievebly bad acoustic environments. But they LOOK good. We hear and eat with our eyes. |
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Post by hemster on Apr 8, 2016 14:01:36 GMT -5
That looks like the worst room for acoustics imaginable. Clearly a marketing image. It wouldn't look as sexy with a room full of padded sound absorbers... Those speakers (the ones nearest to the monoblocks and those sub towers in black) would look AND sound great in my (acoustically-treated) theater! Having auditioned the MBL Radialstrahler 101 X-treme speakers, these are the best speakers I've heard. |
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Post by hemster on Apr 8, 2016 14:09:36 GMT -5
I like these promotional photos... always taken in unbelievebly bad acoustic environments. But they LOOK good. We hear and eat with our eyes. They're not bad looking eh? Although the twin sub towers (the black ones furthest from the center) may not garner the same WAF. Finish on these units is top notch. When I auditioned these (with LCSeminole and jlafrenz) at Axpona it was in a hotel room - with incumbent horrible acoustics - and yet they sounded sooo good! I can only imagine how good they can be in a properly treated environment. At 6 figures, they're not cheap by any definition.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2016 14:10:01 GMT -5
I need to amend my original post and say marantz..
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Post by MusicHead on Apr 8, 2016 14:19:45 GMT -5
I need to amend my original post and say marantz.. Eh,eh,eh, I guess that new Pre-Pro ended up sounding pretty good :-) Had I not jumped on one of the last new Fusion 8100 at the end of 2014, by now I would have the SR-5009 or SR-6009 Marantz AVR. |
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Post by guitarforlife on Apr 8, 2016 14:29:24 GMT -5
But they LOOK good. We hear and eat with our eyes. They're not bad looking eh? Although the twin sub towers (the black ones furthest from the center) may not garner the same WAF. Finish on these units is top notch. When I auditioned these (with LCSeminole and jlafrenz) at Axpona it was in a hotel room - with incumbent horrible acoustics - and yet they sounded sooo good! I can only imagine how good they can be in a properly treated environment. At 6 figures, they're not cheap by any definition. They look so cool. Like something Tesla should be standing next to.  Attachments:
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Post by LCSeminole on Apr 9, 2016 0:04:24 GMT -5
No doubt that these MBL's are the best speakers I've heard as well. |
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Post by rogersch on Apr 9, 2016 1:17:25 GMT -5
If cost wouldn't be a problem then off-course the Dutch brand Kharma. linkWith the Kharma Enigma Veyron Speaker system... ($1.5 million  ) link |
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Post by highfihoney on Apr 15, 2016 0:48:02 GMT -5
For me Emotiva was a distraction that went well then petered out with the discontinued XPR line & the lack of tube gear , Our main gear is & always will be Mcintosh 1st & Krell 2nd , all other brands including Emo gear are just fun distractions .
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Post by leonski on Apr 28, 2016 1:29:25 GMT -5
Old Krell amps are TOPS. Like the KSA series. www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/191krell/#ucWJkAZuhpUzbLuX.97Electric Bill warning for above amp! These days? Cost no object, or say, beneath the cost of a BMW? Pass Labs for the amps + pre. Magnepan Speakers. Mac Mini or some such for a music server. Shop a PREMIUM sub. A pair, at least. Emo MIGHT be a distraction, but it IS affordable by large numbers of persons. I've heard 350$ emo Monoblocks driving 7000$ speakers and NOBODY of the large number of listeners had ANYTHING bad to say about the ampllification. And as for what may be a step UP from EMO? NAD? ROTEL? PARASOUND? Wyred 4 Sound? I"ve owned 3 of the 4 I mentioned, at one time or another, and currently love my Parasound. |
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Post by vneal on Apr 28, 2016 7:50:18 GMT -5
I have to admit either system just above this post and it would be a struggle but I would get by
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