Recent content by Florestander

So this may not necessarily become bored with hi-fi or music, - just the perfectly ordinary situation of competing priorities.... Nevertheless, even if you were finding that this particular hobby is not currently giving the thrill that it once did, is that necessarily a negative? Probably...

I quite agree AI ears. I retired a pair of Celestion 300 floorstanders some time ago and replaced them with Dali Rubicon 600's. Whilst I love the Rubicons, I cannot quite bring myself to sell or otherwise dispose of the Celestions, because i also love the way thy sound too. This kind of beggars...

That is good advice on may levels matthewpianist. The urge to upgrade is almost like an addiction in some senses, particularly where fear of missing out on the 'next best' or a further upgrade becomes the real driver. Many people I know have spent unusually large sums in pursuit of bigger and...

HAha daytona600 - these are not too relaxing either - this is also the reason my daughter is NOT allowed to play her preferred genre of death metal on my kit!

I am not sure if 'challenge' is intended in this context to mean anything but relaxing, but to my ears, this is entirely that and certainly not to my taste. I don't think that I ill be testing my set up with this anytime soon :) As mentioned by Gray above, I tend to think that the spoken word...

Yes, I would tend to agree with this. There is likely top be a finite level of improvements that can be made that would 'improve' the sound quality after that, it may be simply preference as to the nature of the sound (colouration?), that a particular listener prefers and it is would probably...

I certainly agree with some of this. And in particular science can explain many things - including, for example why a dress of a particular hue can appear to be of a different hue to others, (remember the press furore about that). Humans are indeed strange biological creatures! I would clarify...

Deco Audio do a 'special' with the Hyper 2's which is a twisted and sheathed pair, with larger plugs, and these are what I have ordered. Partnered with MF M6 encore 225 (which includes the M6 integrated amp), and Dali Rubicon 6 speakers - sounds great to me!

Atlas Hyper 2's (previous cable was a Talk product.

Yes, I agree that would be a more scientific method of testing. However, the replacement cable did make a clear and discernible difference. And given that I was previously super-sceptical in the first instance, I have to admit to having been wrong. It is now clear to me that in some...

I did suggest that she listen too, yes, but not a blind test. Surprisingly, she did so and said that she could also hear improvement but was largely disinterested....

I have always thought that there was not much to heed in the upgrade of cables, considering that any perceived gains would most likely result from a desire to hear a difference to justify sometimes eyewatering costs incurred when changing power cable, interconnect cables and speaker cables, an...

Agreed, a lot of manufacturers are factory based volume producers, but pricing at 'hand built' or artisan producer price points.

I think Exposure are independently owned, by the fellow who previously ran Talk electronics, I believe....

In today's commercial markets, i guess hat this is an inevitable result of specialist market development and the push for profitability. A positive benefit could be that as the groups expand, their products will take on more of a 'family' nature making an upgrade path easier to follow as 'in...