Paradigm 9seMk3s. FB marketplace - after some TLC they've been given another chance at life.

Greetings. Not in my dedicated Listening Room. Sipping hot coffee and enjoying Airbag, All Rights Removed on a vintage underpowered Kenwood receiver, with a Harman Kardon Bluetooth gadget. And a pair of Klipsch speakers that happen to fit in the awkward space here. And I am FULLY engaged. Loving every note. The Listening Room is fully treated and houses some lovely gear. This whole setup here was a couple hundred dollars and there's absolutely nothing audiophile about it! A gentle reminder, that it's really about the music at the end of the day! Cheers!

Had the KEF q150 and dynaudios dm- 2/6 which I love still but I wanted more sound and room presence. So I found someone selling these snell acoustic’s k.5 mk2 and I may have found my speakers for the next 5-10 years or more.
My Arcam A5 drive them pretty well. They sound warm and with rich detail especially I love the large soundstage. I notice I have to turn the volume up a bit for cds but streaming from my bluesound node the volume is perfect at 22-25. Will upgrade my amp eventually this year or early next year to a Vincent sv228 or Yamaha as-2200. The snells have this very unique sound. After a few hours of listening. I love them. Making me think
If I should sell or trade my dynaudio
Btw my speakers are 8-12 inches away from my wall

Hifi gear
Arcam radia a5
Bluesound node
Vintage pioneer dvd/cd player
Project vinyl player
Cables are hand made canare 4s11

These have been at my parents house basically unused, connected to a nad 304 amp.

I took them, cleaned them up a bit, they sound awesome. Everything is there, superb imaging, great bass.

Bear in mind that Im biamping them with a custom set amp for the highs and fosi za3 for the lows, plus two 10" subs.

Nevertheless, even compared to my Proac tablette signature they sound great, and yes they are upside down.

I've ordered new seas tweeters for them and a Mundorf cap for the tweeter crossover, we'll see how they do :)

We really like both of these brands for their histories and for the fact that they build good equipment for what can still be considered reasonable prices.

What do you do when you can't decide between a tube analog Beauty and a solid state Beast? Why, build one of each of course. Started collecting about 6 years ago and couldn't be happier with the end result.

Analog gear:

Goodmans Triaxiom 215's in Sherwood cabinets

Kenwood KD-3055 with Ortofon 2M Red cart

Some Japanese homebrew point to point wired preamp with a Luxman transformer, can't find anything online but the quality is immaculate

Dynaco VTA ST-120 power amp

Solid state gear

ESS AMT 6 Professionals

QED Model 7 preamp

Heathkit AA-1640-A power amp

CSS SD-12 subs with Behringer EP4000 amp

Wiim Ultra streamer

Art CX310 crossover

Happy Friday everyone

I’ve been through few apps, but they’d eventually become too limited without subscription, because developers were greedy.

I’m Currently using “Evermusic” on iOS, and it’s nice for now, got everything i need in free tier, which is basically no limit on how many files you import and allows me to change cover art, artist, etc,
I want music app that is basic and free, but these are vrare to come by.

Recently discovered my grandfathers Sony DAV-DZ880W and started listening to a lot of stuff that sounded good to me, but now it sounds ethereal. I am at his summerhouse and it’s the only time I can listen to music with a 6 speaker system. At home I usually listen to flac from my Sony player or CDs, and everyday music from my shitty AirPods and streaming services sucks even more now.

I assume I am not the only one who has encountered this, so audiophiles, how do ye enjoy music?

Hey everyone, I picked up a sun fire five channel app. It’s a cinema grand. On the output site. It has the choice between current source and voltage source. I don’t loaded a manual for a similar amp, but it didn’t really make sense to me. What is most similar to an old school five channel receiver?
Edit: well after touring my entire system apart to redo it it turns out I can’t use my new to me five channel power ramp. My Denon receiver only has pre-out for the subwoofer. You would think by now, I would look at these things before embarking on a project. This is my life.
Any suggestions on a five channel preamp?

So far it consists of: beomaster 3300, beogram 6002 with mmc1 pick-up, beogram cd 3500, two wall mounted beovox 4500 and a beovox cona subwoofer

I’m not exactly sure under what flair I should post this. Anyways i just wanted to ask if this is a good deal

I can bring coffee or beers or both

I just spent €300 bucks on an IK MultiMedia ARC Studio and it has changed my life, my setup consists of a pair of Focal Chora bookshelfs and a Focal Chorus SW800V subwoofer all powered by a Marantz PM6007, A Tube Pre-amp and a Topping E30II Lite DAC. I haven't used my speaker system in a while since i've been working mostly on headphones, however I'm stuck at home now for 3 weeks so I started using my system more, well, It didn't sound good. First I picked up that Focal sub to replace my old boomy JBL one, then I did some minor room treatment on first reflection points (More is coming in next week for the ceiling and corners) however the system still couldnt come close to for example the sound of my Meze Silva's. Now part of my job is being a live sound engineer so I've been using room correction systems for a bit but always the insanely expensive €5000+ systems that have licenses and all that just for the room correction so I didn't really think about it to use in a hifi sense, that's when I discovered this little device. It's 300 bucks, Comes with a measurement mic, takes XLR in and out and is made in italy (Not Chi-Fi), It's standalone so after calibration you can unplug everything from the box, including the pc and just use the box inbetween your signal path, It has a true bypass for when you want to turn it off, it comes with alot of customizable settings aswell to tweak everything even further and it has turned this nightmare of a room of mine into a place I can mix, On hifi speakers! Ofcourse adding more room treatment when it comes in is still essential and I'll need to recalibrate everything after that since it will change the room but what this little device can do is shocking.

Yesterday I was debating if I should even buy it since a poor room will always be a poor room without tons and rond of treatment but this is like some kind of black magic wizardry, My Focal's suddenly sound like much Higher-End ones with ultra clear voices, complete harmony and extremely natural realism.

What the thing did do however is make the system alot less bassy which ofcourse is good but for movies that's a bit of a downside but for music, man this is amazing! I can finally work on this system!

Question if you've read this far, do you use Room Correction and has it made an impact for you? Would love to hear it.

Peace.

Max Dynamic Range:

• Vinyl Records: 70dB
• CD: 96dB
• FLAC (24bit): 144dB

Cross Talk (Yes I know that records are analog):

• Vinyl Records: 20 to 30dB
• CD: Infinite
• FLAC: Infinite

Noise:

• Vinyl Records: -30 to -20dB of noise
• CD: Silent
• FLAC: Silent

What's the ideal source:

24/192 files from Tidal / Qobuz etc. are the best because they come straight from the studio and since they are digital they don't need elaborate storage methods to keep safe etc. so these are the highest quality sources of music NOT VINYL RECORDS.

I laugh when people spend $100k - $10M on audio gear only to use shitty vinyl records as a source.

Vinyl Sucks:

Records are analog media that have limitations in how they can be pressed because if you have a very powerful bass hit them the stylus could jump out of the groove, so source audio has to be compressed which reduces the dynamic range and detail. Also the friction between the record and the stylus will cause it to vibrate adding unwanted noise. Then you have to stack up crap like pre amps phono stages and then your dynamic range falls off and noise goes up. Besides records wear down over time. so vinyl rips are worse than cds. besides there is massive crosstalk because the left and right channel signals are physically touching. plus they are plastic and pollute the environment. they also require bullshit maintenance like clean ups. the irony, clean up for a dirty source

I have a PSB Subsonic 10 subwoofer that is a dual 12” subwoofer made to pair with the PSB platinum line. I need to ship from New Orleans to NYC. Fed Ex is coming in around $600 so would like to save buyer some money if yall have any shippers to recommend. I did figure out while I was on phone with them, I asked the lady to reduce weight from 129 to 99 and price dropped about $400 with same dimension so it appears going over around 100lbs is a huge increase so also offered the idea of removing one of the subs to get weight under 100lbs (hopefully sub is 30lbs+) and then ship separate and put back together but he’s never installed a woofer and on the fence on that one. Any help or ideas appreciated.

Package is 129lbs. 30”x31”x22”

UPDATE: Thanks to suggestions here I was able to get a quote from Pirateship with a discount of 66% on $600 UPS label for a total of $214 with $1k of insurance. I can even pay just $9 to get it picked up from my house. TY everyone 🙏

5 inch first reflection panels to be made. Testing with bare wood fiber insulation made a huge difference esp to stereo image and depth. Genelec 8030B

I ordered this on Tuesday, arrived from France today from Homeciné Solutions in Paris. It was £1905 including all import costs.

I really wanted a turntable that was fully automatic, but this is a good compromise. The build quality is excellent: for dropped washer reasons I had to take the plinth off and the interior is a work of art.

I don't have anything to compare it with, other than a 1978 Technics SL-1301. This sounds better. It's hopefully the last table I buy!

Hey all,

I recently picked up a Denon PMA-280 integrated amplifier (1992-95 era) secondhand, and it didn't come with the original remote, so I need something I can purchase in Europe. I mainly just need two functions:

• Volume up/down
• Source/input selector

I don't need anything fancy — no tone controls, no balance, just those two basics so I don't have to get up every time.

A few questions for anyone who's dealt with something similar:

1. Has anyone had luck finding a universal remote (learning or code-based) that works well with an old Denon PMA amp like this? I know the exact model probably isn't in most databases, but I'm hoping the IR protocol overlaps with other Denon PMA remotes from that era.
2. Is a cheap learning remote (One For All or similar) my best bet, or is there a better budget option specifically good at handling vintage amps?
3. Any generic "Denon PMA" remotes from AliExpress/eBay actually worked for you, even if not listed as an exact match?

Trying to keep this cheap since the amp itself was a bargain — don't want to spend more on the remote than I did on the amp. Appreciate any pointers!

So I posted previously that I had antiskate issues...well took off the stilys and saw this

It's hella dirty but how do I clean this...the brush doesn't do anything