New Paradyne build
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Rocketman248
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Looks great!
Finally getting a little time to listen to the Paradynes today. I’m using them with some KLH Model 5s, which are rated at 90.5 dB sensitivity and recommended for use with amps between 20 and 200 watts. The Paradynes obviously sit at the low end of that range but I’m sitting about ten feet away with an original BeePre’s coarse attenuator sitting at its halfway point and listening at a level slightly louder than my typical preferred volume.
I’m a bad audiophile because I don’t listen to the typical Diana Krall or Tracy Chapman songs to evaluate, but I can say with certainty that I haven’t heard Talking Heads sound like this since Dan played Remain In Light for me when we were visiting his listening room pre-purchase. Dan’s room was sound treated (and he was using his Kaiju to drive the Jagers’ tweeters with an active crossover - my Jagers are upstairs and weigh a ton so I’ll try those later), so he gets the win here, but this humble (relatively speaking ) setup would hold its own.
Detail is incredible, plenty of bass extension, a surprising amount of headroom for how inefficient these speakers are. If the kids were awake right now I’d push a bit harder, but there’s plenty of time for that.
As an added bonus, the 805As are keeping my listening space nice and warm on a chilly day in Chicago.
Feel free to ask some questions, but if you’re on the fence I can tell you this as a diehard Bottlehead fan (who admittedly has a vested interest now): these monoblocks are legit. They’re on sale for $250 off retail until the end of April.
I’m a bad audiophile because I don’t listen to the typical Diana Krall or Tracy Chapman songs to evaluate, but I can say with certainty that I haven’t heard Talking Heads sound like this since Dan played Remain In Light for me when we were visiting his listening room pre-purchase. Dan’s room was sound treated (and he was using his Kaiju to drive the Jagers’ tweeters with an active crossover - my Jagers are upstairs and weigh a ton so I’ll try those later), so he gets the win here, but this humble (relatively speaking ) setup would hold its own.
Detail is incredible, plenty of bass extension, a surprising amount of headroom for how inefficient these speakers are. If the kids were awake right now I’d push a bit harder, but there’s plenty of time for that.
As an added bonus, the 805As are keeping my listening space nice and warm on a chilly day in Chicago.
Feel free to ask some questions, but if you’re on the fence I can tell you this as a diehard Bottlehead fan (who admittedly has a vested interest now): these monoblocks are legit. They’re on sale for $250 off retail until the end of April.
BrianJS
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"I’m a bad audiophile because I don’t listen to the typical Diana Krall or Tracy Chapman songs to evaluate"
No, that's fine, as long as you listen to Norah Jones...
Bad news
BrianJS
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Ohhh, okay, second chance...Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits...
Yes, spare us all from geriatric bands. And I suppose old geezers who brag about seeing the band back in the day - David Byrne announced that SF mayor George Moscone and SF Supervisor Harvey Milk had just been assassinated by Dan White and then went into Psycho Killer. Just so happened that four or five years later I worked with George Moscone's daughter Rebecca for a short while.
