KEF XQ-40 vs EPOS M22i: feedback welcome

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Submitted by Pigpen on

Hello Guys,

I'm trying to marry the Rega Apollo and Mira3 with some well-behaving speakers.

I have some problems in finding the new M22i.

In my quest for a good speakers I came across the KEF XQ-40.

May I please ask your advice: did anybody test them?

The dealer of B&W told me: "they are made in China", with a special glitter in his eyes when he was showing the "made in England" label for B&W 704...

Thank you!

Dilemma with Epos M5

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Submitted by emptystring on

A while ago I had posted about bi-amping with the Epos M5 - I still haven't gone bi-amp, but now I have another dilemma, and hopefully you guys can help out =)

Right now I'm running the M5 with the Exposure 2010s integrated amplifier - I love the sound that this setup produces - great high/mid and controlled bass with natural crossovers. However, I'm sort of a bass-head and would like to hear more of it - my M5 delivers quality bass, but sometimes I wish it simply had more in quantity.

Hales Audio speakers

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Submitted by luckyaj on

I am a noobie to high end audio systems and a friend of mine has given me a very hi end stereo system,and I have a few questions about it. All of the equipment is from the 1990's. The system consists of 2 Audio Research Classic 120's, AR DAC 1, AR LS2,Wadia CD,Etude tuner,Velodyne 18" subwoofer,Billy Bags audio stand and Hales Audio Two Signature speakers w/external crossovers. This is the most awesome system I have ever heard. My friend tells me it was about a $20,000 system in the 90's.The system was handed down to him,and he had no interest in it.

Rockit!

Rockit!

Mar 03, 2008

Yesterday's episode of Sunday Morning on CBS included a segment with Herbie Hancock, whose <i><a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/fredkaplan/101507jazz/">River: The Joni Letters</a></i> won two big prizes at the 50th annual <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/musicroom/robertbaird/021108/">Grammy Awards</a>: Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

Subwoofer on carpet

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Submitted by greenelec on

I have had my REL Storm placed on the (new)carpet w/spikes for several months. The sound has been ok, but a little bit boomy for my taste. As an experiment I obtained a 16" sq. ceramic tile from Home Depot and put it under the sub.

I was thinking that the carpet and pad were adversly affecting the output by absorbing some freqs and trying to compensate, I was over driving the sub.

This Is Your Brain on Jazz

This Is Your Brain on Jazz

Mar 03, 2008

A study published in the open source science journal <I>PLoS One</I> investigates the neural processes of jazz improvisation. Johns Hopkins neuroscientists put piano players in a fMRI scanner with a special keyboard and asked them to perform different five-finger exercises: play a scale, play a melody, and improvise on either the scale or the melody.

Dahlquist DQ-10 loudspeaker Specifications

Dahlquist DQ-10 loudspeaker Specifications

The Dalhquist DQ-10 loudspeaker has not as yet been formally submitted for review. (The designer tells us he is still working on the low end.) We auditioned a pair at the one local dealer we could find who had the DQ-10s on demo, and were immensely impressed. Obviously, Jon Dahlquist is on to something that other speaker designers have been overlooking, for, despite the multiplicity of driver speakers in the system, the DQ-10 <I>sounds</I> like one big speaker. There is no awareness of crossovers or separate drivers (except at the low end, about which more subsequently), and the overall sound has a degree of focus and coherence that is surpassed only by the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/artdudleylistening/706listening/">Quad full-range electrostatic</A>, which don't go as low at the bottom or as far out at the top.

Company Info

Dahlquist Corporation
30 Riviera Drive, Unit 1
Markham ON
Canada L3R 5M1
(905) 470-2649
www.dahlquistcorporation.com

Dahlquist DQ-10 loudspeaker

Dahlquist DQ-10 loudspeaker

Mar 03, 2008 First Published:Jan 03, 1977
The Dalhquist DQ-10 loudspeaker has not as yet been formally submitted for review. (The designer tells us he is still working on the low end.) We auditioned a pair at the one local dealer we could find who had the DQ-10s on demo, and were immensely impressed. Obviously, Jon Dahlquist is on to something that other speaker designers have been overlooking, for, despite the multiplicity of driver speakers in the system, the DQ-10 sounds like one big speaker. There is no awareness of crossovers or separate drivers (except at the low end, about which more subsequently), and the overall sound has a degree of focus and coherence that is surpassed only by the Quad full-range electrostatic, which don't go as low at the bottom or as far out at the top.
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