gimmeheadroom
Headphoneus Supremus
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Are those AKGs? ATs?
Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please...
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Are those AKGs? ATs?
tmb821
100+ Head-Fier
AKG K240S with brainwavez xl pads and a diy cord.
and welcome!
Pharmaboy
Headphoneus Supremus
You'd need to get stands for this: based on my extremely good results w/a pair of ATC studio monitors in my desktop rig (SCM12 Pro), I'd recommend their larger volume 2-way, SCM 19. No sub required here; bass power & impact is very high for a 2-way. This tweeter is just about the best I've ever heard in all these years...
http://atcloudspeakers.co.uk/hi-fi/loudspeakers/entry-series/scm19/
kkrazik2008
100+ Head-Fier
Here is my setup in it's current state. Recently added items are below.
Metrum onyx -> Hugo TT2
Auralic Aries G1
Transparent powerbank -> transparent power wave
Solidsteel audio rack
I know that some folks might take offense but, I was auditioning an mscaler with the TT2. I used to own one with a hugo 2 and thought that it made a bigger difference with the hugo 2 than it does with the TT2. I actually found the addition of the Auralic to make a bigger sonic improvement than the Mscaler. I am finding this improvement to be more apparent on my speakers than with my Abyss. The improvement is there but it just shows more on the Magicos.
That is a beautiful PRS axe!
You could get some used Dynaudios in that price range (creditingkarma had a nice set prior to the Magicos), if you wanted active you could check out some of Focal or Adams studio monitors too.
funkle II
100+ Head-Fier
johnzz4
500+ Head-Fier
When I’m ready to go 2 channel, the Tekton Double Impacts are the front runner for now.
funkle II
100+ Head-Fier
I have my sights set on the DIs myself. They are some big speakers though, not very high on the W.A.F.
johnzz4
500+ Head-Fier
Don’t worry, the DIs will accept your wife if she’s nice...
Let her pick the finish and call it even.
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I have the Brilliance and even they are large. The sound is very good.
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Yup, it’s the good old approach of „let’s use loads of tweeters and make a line source“...
Infinity used to be good at this (back in the 80s).
Now I wonder how a pair of RS1b would sound on the back of a modern digital (Class D) amplifier. These days, power is cheap. In those days, they were considered virtually undriveable!
Infinity used to be good at this (back in the 80s).
Now I wonder how a pair of RS1b would sound on the back of a modern digital (Class D) amplifier. These days, power is cheap. In those days, they were considered virtually undriveable!
Pharmaboy
Headphoneus Supremus
From what I know of the RS1b, they came with an external crossover, allowing use of a big SS amp on the bass towers & tubes on the mids/treble ribbons. In that scenario, any good class D amp would certainly be smaller & throw off less heat (pretty easy to get 500 WPC w/class D amps). But there were some behemoth A/B SS amps back in the day, especially big mono's (1 per bass tower).
I heard the IRS very briefly one time, but never the RS1b/RS2b's. My speculation is that if any part of that system would sound "out of date" (ie, less than high-level audiophile range du jour) it would be those ribbon mids/trebles, and possibly the external crossover. The latter is something often modded/upgraded by latter day owners, to very good effect.
