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Just words are not enough. Many people do reviews of audio equipment, DAC, Speakers etc. Until now, I haven't found someone who can rate speakers for different types (genre) of music. Starting from classical music, jazz, pop, techno, opera .... to brutal metal. Everyone listens to certain music and makes a review according to their tastes. It's not fair.

Having participated in a blind test of a fancy transport versus a stock CD player feeding the same DAC at a Stereophile sponsored New York City show in the 1990's (when my hearing was better) I am skeptical about a transport making *that* much difference. However, I might buy it for the track selection knob alone. What a great usability feature! My Sony N9100Es universal had one (which doubled as a job wheel for video disks). One thing the Sony had that this Teac apparently does not is a track index display. That feature of Red Book CD seems to have gone by the wayside. A small number of classical CD's with long tracks e.g. Mahler symphonies, had them. My main player now is the Oppo UDP205, which is the "audiophile" version of the 203 you compared in this test. I love its versatility as a silver disk player, network streamer and Roon endpoint, but hate its ergonomics for playing CD's. It's the only CD player I've ever used where you can't just enter a track number on the remote keypad and have it immediately start playing that track. I am seriously thinking of either putting this Teac into my system, or putting back the Sony, plus a good DAC. But I would hate the added complexity. Although judging from many viewer systems of the day, many of you do not seem to object to having two or more pieces with overlapping functions.

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:( so they are not build they way as intended (back then) extra tweeter is not exactly the same as a fullrange method. anyhow im glad there are small companies making weird speakers :)

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Why do people all lump African music together? Different African countries have different musical traditions, just like European ones or different regions of the USA.

Can't wait for the review of the Van Alstine CA1. Thanks, Steve!

Is hi-fi not an acronym for high fidelity? Is high fidelity not the art of pushing technology to reproduce music as close to the creators intent as possible? So then, is not the addition of tone controls, or equalisation, moving away from the creator’s intent, lowering the fidelity.

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You missed the point of the DSP built into the system which is that it can be tuned to exactly replicate any sound stage from any other speaker. The A10 represents the beginning of the end for hifi separate systems. Those two boxes and a hidden streaming box can literally meet all your listening needs. It actually is the universal speaker, you just haven’t realised it yet!

What a first world problem to have to look at a pitch slider. Shame on you Technics! That Japanese engeneers have had a real brain child in the 70s to forsee that it would be a "dj thing" and forgot that it would anger the whole audiophile and home / hi-fi market. What a sin?!

Led Zepplin was smart. When Bonham passed, they were done.

Hi Steve, transmission line and especially this model is not new. I bought a set of Impulse 54 in 1986. Designed by the brit Keith Marshall. Very detailed and exceptionally low. Interesting to see this speaker again.

Not enough people have experienced these types of speakers. You and z reviews know whats up.

Hegel is usually considered to be highly neutral and dynamic, wheras Electrocompaniet was traditionaly warmer sounding. Its really interesting that Electrocompaniet is the more detailed one in this comparison 😄

Bought a pair of ESS AMT5 bookshelves in 74 as I was a poor college kid. Used them well into the 90's and still have then stored in the original boxes. Just turned 70 and need to get them out and see what needs to be done to revive them. Loved the sound. I saw these Pure Audio Trio 10's at the Tampa show this year and got excited to see the big Heil's being used and the ESS logo. Got me thinking...

I love headhones, but their cup/pads aren't like "little" rooms? My biggest problem w cans is their frequency response. Big deviations in midrange and high freq

I bought my a1 to tame the kantas no1 focal analytical top end.

if my fans are quieter there is a problem

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lol ok, maybe I am in that "cables are snake oil" camp a bit, but yes always coming back to see and learn more whether or not I think about the product in the thumbnail. Because at the end of the day if we are on an island in the ocean with nothing but a crosley and a stack of records, it's probably going to be "ok what are we listening to first??"

IF the item is sold by crutchfield, you have a 60 day return, I had this fear. I bought my Sonus Faber Lumia 2's from cruthfield because of their return policy. I also bought the Emotiva PT1 and BasX A2 and I am in love with my system. Sounds wonderful. Entire system $2K

This made me excited about music!

Have you ever demoed the original energy reference connoisseur floor standing monitors.

How does this compare to the Freys+

Audiophile speakers are not meant to be "accurate" (there's no such thing as an accurate studio monitor either). Audiophile speakers are designed to sound "good" to the average, everyday user.

Sera una Noche - WOW! What a fantastic recording. Thanks Steve.

Hi Steve Which super tweeter would you recommend using with cornwall 4’s

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Sir as y mentioned no bass and treble. So how to adjust them apart from the volume

Sometimes there is blind luck OR maybe it's just not that important to most people . in 1985 i bought the original polk SDAs monsters , a carver M1 amp and a parasound preamp at half price . my room was 10 feet wide and 15 ft long with fifteen ft slanted ceiling . i set up everything as instructed by the company and treated the room as well . the result was spectacular . fast forward to four weeks ago when i bought a new system ( i gave the old one to my son) and the room where i listen , sleep , watch tv etc. must be considered the anti audiophile room .everything about it is wrong for good listening . not being able to change the room ,i plopped down the new towers on either side of the tv up against the wall and toed them in to my sitting position in bed . hooked up everything , turned it on and miraculously , i was back in 1985 with an almost identical sound. how is that possible ? well i do t know but i'm not going to sabotage it by following some rules of placement and room conditioning .

If you don't like electrostatics stay true to your Zu Audios Steve. They are efficient and go loud after all. I'm guessing a a roller coaster frequency response and gobs of ringing and stored energy is your idea of accurate sound, right?

I have a chance to buy an older pair, not as dynamic as the 2C . should I do it? I am using ADS towers restored now, great bass, highs ect. I have decent power to drive them.

Very articulate young man, his father I’m sure it was very proud

We lost our house when I started my business as well about 15 years ago. Going strong now.

Just purchased the hta 200. Can't wait to receive it. It is the big brother of this amp and this one has a remote with motorized volume control.

It’s a cracking amp. Hooked up to MA Studio Gold 100’s it’s just brilliant - rich, detailed, and no harshness. The critical thing here, is tone controls - balls to so called “purity” - it goes a long way to correcting music or compensating for a room that doesn’t place nice with your speakers. Audiophools will tell you that it muddies the sound, I call nonsense…! Don’t get me started on cables….

The whole idea of purity relies on a lot of things being right for you. Your room, speaker placement, the recording, the mix, the mastering, your source, your pre, your amp. As an audio engineer, I find it essential to be able to adjust EQ in those instances when all of those things conspire to make a record not suit me. Especially being able to control the high end. So many mixes/mastering jobs are just too bright and saturated. Being able to roll a little off makes them much more enjoyable. And not being locked into the typical single treble control is great. What a terrific little $150 EQ! With a hard bypass, it really makes no sense not to have one.

I dropped out at the price....... I'm a sub

these look like 'Romy the cat's horns

FYI, the word Darko uses to describe what you are after is "density".

How does mounting work? Are those like special tripods?

I listened to Noga Erez-Kids Against the Machine. I had to listen to Dave Brubeck-Time Out to get my ears straighten out. Noga is not for me.

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thats why we never bought parasound,,,, sorry to john curl

The flexibility in the crossover is the main reason I'm looking at this product. I love my outlaw rr2160 but the crossover is sellectable (60,80,100hz). Nice but I'd love to cross lower. This amp is variable down to 40hz. Killer.

Wharfedale rs 12in dd full rang cabs form early 70ts , late 60ts . The sound is great. Nice night time with tube amp. Second set up.

How is it my discontinued $35 Google Chromecast Audio using the built-in dac can make my entire system sound so fantastic?

So many interesting choices..... torn between borresen x3, revel f228be, dali epicon 6/8 and perlisten s7t..... too much reading (no option to listen to any of those in my country), and my brain is boiling... oh, forgot to add one more participant - kef r11 meta....