I thought so too until I heard the Linkwitz 521 which are joke good, especially with soundstage and imaging:Originally Posted by Audio Al
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I thought so too until I heard the Linkwitz 521 which are joke good, especially with soundstage and imaging:
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Which ones did you hear. You do realise that just like boxes there are good and bad ones.
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SW1X Universal Music Server UMS I Signature with Power Supply Unit PSU I Signature
SW1X USB II
SW1X DAC III Special
Audiolab 6000 CDT transport
Amps
Pre amps -- Hi fi Collective twin mono ladder stepped attenuator, with Charcroft Z-foil and silver wired. And First Watt B1 active no gain buffer.
Power amps -- Welborne 45 SET monoblocks 1.8W / Decware Taboo 6W / Elekit 300B TU-8600SVK plus further improved components 9W / ICE Power 1000W
Speakers
Highly modified Endorphin P17 open baffle speakers containing both vintage and modern alnico drivers and paper cones. All silver wired - 8" Cube Audio FC8 full range drivers and vintage 15" Altec VOTT 416 bass drivers. All sat on Townsend Audio Podium seismic isolation platforms.
BK Electronics XLS400FF Sub.
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Silver mains cables, interconnects and speaker cables by SW1X
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HRT HeadStreamer and SennHeiser HD650 headphones
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