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Full thread for ref if useful? - https://hifiwigwam.com/forum/topic/78443-audionote-an-k-spe-speakers/

I know but still seems to be the recommendation as a preference from AN - (below taken from an old thread). Hi Lee As long as your stands position the tweeter at roughly ear height at your listening position, all will be well. That said, the K is remarkably happy placed in / on bookshelves at...

Before you go spending, can I ask how you have positioned the speakers? You may well know, but if not they should ideally be positioned in the corners of the room or at least tight to the wall. My j's sounded brilliant when I bought them but when we moved I never quite got them sounding right as...

I had a home dem of the tdai and whilst ultimately I preferred my (much more expensive) valve set up I thought it was an impressive bit of kit. With the room perfect off it sounded like many other SS state amps I've heard. It took a huge leap forward when the room perfect was turned on ( you...

It's funny thinking about this question as I was about to pile in with a few options then realised that I can't answer it. It's too contextual to location or room. I've had speakers that I thought were great, moved house and rendered them useless. I have no context as to how the ones I've...

Irrespective of the sound quality arguments, sitting to listen to the deck is more involved and mentally prepares for proper listening. Puts me in a more receptive mood so I'm psychologically one step ahead anyway I like streaming but it's not the same ( especially if the internet goes down LOL)

He's rather good, isn't he!

Trying to remember what they used to run them on at KEF in the showroom room when listening. I'm pretty sure it was a big old Luxman and occasionally Chord amps at shows. Not sure if these things are in budget second hand but may be worth looking for?

I changed my An-J's for a pair of the Direkts as couldn't get my AN up against a solid wall or in the corners. Couldn't be happier. Lovely big sounding, unfatiguing, and some proper deep bass from my 10 watts. all personal but I've had Naim/shainain in the past and prefer what I have now. But...

Do you know what I don't know! I've not yet compared the two. I've actually been listening to Spotify quite a lot as I've not had it for a while and it's been a bit of a novelty again. It also prompted me to change my router. I kept getting dropouts on my wifi and despite going through...

That 5% can make quite a difference. But how much of that is in the DAC element of the CDP anyway? Having done a load of new kit listening recently. Those marginal differences were enough to not want to downsize my kit. To my ears, I can't hear much between transports (not enough to...

Thanks They do, I had seen them just didn't want a full-size unit. My AN biscuit tins are big so have picked small boxes

Node is up and running - not had a chance to listen in anger yet. Nicely packaged, well-built bit of kit, and fairly straightforward to set up. Struggled to get it connected to the NAS initially as it was asking me for a share path that, for the life of me, I couldn't work out what I was...

Have a good listen before you give up the crofts. I tried to do exactly what you are a month or so ago. Listened to some nice kit, but when I put mine back on it's clear I'm not going to be able to give up the valve take on the sound.

I've ordered a Bluesound node 2 to replace mine. Same NAS as you! With a lot of help I did get LMS running for a while and then it collapsed again. It seems to boil down to if you can be bothered with LMS and the pi route with the cost benefit etc or just something that should sit and do its job...