JohnnyCanuck
Headphoneus Supremus
... and it was like the TV was bonching together with the music!!!...
I looked up "bonching" to see if it was a thing, and I now wish I hadn't.
Damn! Now you made me google it.
... and it was like the TV was bonching together with the music!!!...
I looked up "bonching" to see if it was a thing, and I now wish I hadn't.
And my home office near field setup of Wyrd, Yggy, Rag, KEF LS50, JLAudio e110sub, and Audeze LCD-X over WyWires Red put a complete stop to my need to EVER think about spending another dollar on audio electronics. I got pretty heated reading this month's edition of TAS and seeing JV falling all over himself about the latest and greatest 105K table with the 19K arm and then seeing the ad for the same table sporting not one but FOUR arms on it!!! My kid's 4 year college education sitting there waiting to do nothing more important than to spin some grooved plastic.
Try to audition the Gelenec M030 or M040.
I have a pair of M030 (they are around USD500 each) and they deliver the most pristine sound that I've ever heard. If someday they die, I'll buy another pair without even looking at other brands.
And while subjective, I love the design. Very modern yet minimalist.
Do you know how your KEFs compare to the less expensive KEF X300A?
Very different beasts. The X300As are powered speakers with their own internal DAC as well, intended as a good price/convenience/performance tradeoff. The LS50s, OTOH, were the best speakers KEF could build in that form factor when they came out, and they got uniformly very strong reviews, including with the Rag pairing. I had a pair for a while, loved them, but then I moved and the new, much larger living room was too big for the LS50s, even with a high-powered amp, so I traded them in for KEF Reference 1s.
The Fins are at work. Thanks for this recommendation as I didn't know about them. I'll check them out. They have a sub. Are you playing them with a one and if so, do they connect in series from the MJ2 to a sub to the M030s or does the design with amp for the woofer and amp for the tweeter work well enough without a sub?
Fair point. But hey: you don't have an integrated 2 bucks DAC for playback, flashy neon lights or assorted VU meter displays, a yearly subscription to Tidal, HDDtracks discounts and MQA certification, as well as an integrated phono stage... Hopefully Schiit's wares don't go the way of the Xbox One, where you can browse the web and order pizza.
I think a subwoofer for a movie setup is absolutely necessary, whereas for music reproduction is only needed if you're using very small speakers. Genelec M030 woofer is 5" (for the M040 is 6.5") which in my opinion can't be considered small at all.
Since I own the M030, I can only comment on them (@Zojokkeli can comment on the M040) and to be honest, I don't see the need for a subwoofer. The M030s deliver plenty of bass, the low frequencies are super tight, punchy and controlled.
When I listen this James Blake tune
if the volume of my Asgard 2 is around 11 o'clock, the deep bass sound that you can hear around 0:55 makes my home office's windows to begin to rattle (the room is 25 m2 approx.) and I for sure feel the punch in my chest. That's more than enough for me. In fact, at that level, being a meter away from the speakers make my ears hurt.
What I'm trying to say is: If you're going to use them for nearfield listening, in my opinion, the M030s have more than enough power and bass extension. Having said that, if you're a basshead, go for the M040 (they provide both more power and lower freq response), but a pair of M040 are around USD1600.
Other option is to buy a pair of M030 for USD1000 (pair) + Genelec subwoofer 7040A for USD795 (that model is recommended for the M series). I think that would be the ultimate combo for your needs haha
Good luck finding your perfect setup!
The Fins are at work. Thanks for this recommendation as I didn't know about them. I'll check them out. They have a sub. Are you playing them with a one and if so, do they connect in series from the MJ2 to a sub to the M030s or does the design with amp for the woofer and amp for the tweeter work well enough without a sub?
High-end pricing is not surprising. This is a good example of market with asymmetric information when seller/manufacturer has more information about product quality than buyer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_asymmetry). This leads to marketing low-quality products as high-quality. The only solution is to reduce/eliminate asymmetry – buyers must have instruments/methods to asses quality of audio gear. Current audio metric is very complicated and has low correlation to perceived audio quality. We are working on better metric and results are promising.
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I guess when you have obscene amounts of money it doesn't matter how much your system costs, or then the whole point is just to show off, not listening to music.
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It's not the size of someone's bank balance, it's the size of their insecurity.
Subaru owners?I call it the magpie syndrome. Bling ain't cheap.
OTOH, there is the second crowd that subscribes to the adage, "You get what you pay for." In the absence of being knowledgeable about the subject matter, and commensurate with their ability to pay, that in all probability accounts for a substantial percentage of the high end purchases that drive the market.
Who actually buys their car based on drivability comparisons, discernible functional quality differences or added capabilities?
(snip) OTOH, there is the second crowd that subscribes to the adage, "You get what you pay for.(snip)