Mike's system

If you can sit down and listen to a complete album you have hit a milestone in audio. Right up there with your system being able to make your toes tap. Congratulations Mike on the Kharma swap. I have never been inspired by the Harbeth speakers.


Mike said:
It makes my toes tap.

But seriously, PRAT, superb musicality, dynamics, tight bass, big deep wide soundstage. Oh, and it’s a tweaker’s dream! After frustrations learning the tweakiness of NAIM, I have come to love what it can sound like when done right.
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Mike said:
It makes my toes tap.

But seriously, PRAT, superb musicality, dynamics, tight bass, big deep wide soundstage. Oh, and it’s a tweaker’s dream! After frustrations learning the tweakiness of NAIM, I have come to love what it can sound like when done right.
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but that's midfi stuff, too ;)

Kharmas look great!
 
nc42acc said:
Guess the best is not always the best. Ironic he is removing the Boulder separates.
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Boulder belongs to the store for demo. The NAIM stuff I bought for myself.


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It’s great to have those musical toys Mike! As much as I like the Harbeth 40s, the Kharma 9s are sooo good! Enjoy!
 
Every time I’ve heard a Naim component I have the same general impressions, plenty of PRAT.

Interesting placement of the turntables.
 
asindc said:
Every time I’ve heard a Naim component I have the same general impressions, plenty of PRAT.

Interesting placement of the turntables.
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It’s my new Zen setup,


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Has Karma improved their sound so much? The few times I heard them 5 to 10 years ago. I was always a bit embarrassed I heard they have Dutch roots. Not sure if they are still being sold in the Netherlands.
 
Mordante said:
Has Karma improved their sound so much? The few times I heard them 5 to 10 years ago. I was always a bit embarrassed I heard they have Dutch roots. Not sure if they are still being sold in the Netherlands.
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They sound amazing and they don’t use psychoacoustic bullshit like your speakers and of course they are sold in the Netherlands.

“It did not take long before I realized that the effects I was hearing were totally artificial.

So far out in an alternate sonic reality that it took me two rooms before I could fully adjust to more natural sound. I am not exaggerating.”

Jason's Discoveries at AXPONA's End | Stereophile.com


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a.wayne said:
Haha , left hook there Mikey !


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He’s notorious for spreading his bullshit. Shits on everything. Gave him a taste of his own medicine. His speakers use psychoacoustic bullshit that can be spotted a mile away by a trained ear.


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"How has Michael Børresen, Raidho’s world-class speaker-designer, managed a magic trick this astounding? The answer is by putting psychoacoustics ahead of acoustics—by making the way we actually hear music in real venues his prime engineering goal. Børresen’s formula is simple and logical: Since our ears are most sensitive in the 1–7kHz range and least sensitive in the 20Hz– 100Hz region, Børresen deliberately reduces energy in the presence and brilliance ranges and boosts it in the mid-to-upper bass, voicing his speakers to sound flat to the ear rather than to measure flat to a microphone."

Raidho Acoustics D-5 Loudspeaker - The Absolute Sound
 
Where do hearing aids rank in psychoacoustics vs acoustics? I know some audiophiles that wear hearing aids and are buying very expensive audio systems. Nothing like the sound of a hearing aid translating the expensive sound of an audio system that only the neighbor can hear in true fidelity? :rolleyes:
 
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