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| Classe ca-2100 vs ca-2300 The circuit topology is the same for all three amps. The improvement you hear is due to having extra power. | |
| Avantgarde UNO set-up tips needed I'm glad they are coming around for you. You definitely need to make sure your electronics are burned in before you judge the speakers. AGs will point out all the changes your electronics are going through. You may even find that you will need to ... | |
| Avantgarde UNO set-up tips needed Hi PaulOk, first thing is that these speakers take FOREVER to fully break-in. If they don't have at least 500 hours on them, imaging will not be perfect. These types of drivers essentially don't move at all. I thought mine were great until I had t... | |
| Isolation Transformers--Richard Gray or Torus? Gbart makes an excellent point that rarely gets brought up. 115V primaries have given me headaches, especially in tube amps. Just about every tube amp I have had had to be tweaked to accommodate for this since my wall voltage is consistently aroun... | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? Yes, a lot of vinyl of modern music sounds terrible. A friend of mine LOVES his vinyl but he agrees that most of the new pressings are of very poor quality, worse than your typical CD. In fact, some of them are completely screwed up and unlistenab... | |
| Survey-What is your most used source? 50% iTunes through a 6N6P buffer stage, 30% CD/SACD and 20% FM tuner. | |
| Has VTL gone out of business? Their website requires you to contact them to find a dealer. In this day and age, is it that hard to answer a simple question? If I were a business owner selling expensive products, I'd be answering calls and emails on my iPhone as I'm eating a sa... | |
| Tom Evans The Vibe Feedback I've had my Vibe for years now and have used it with many different amplifiers and sources. I find that I can make it sound all kinds of ways depending on the amp/source I use with it. It is not up-front if used with a laid-back amp. It is super c... | |
| Mcintosh MA6600 vs Luxman 507u I love that: "smoked." Is that supposed to be meaningful? It just sounds cheesy to me. So much so in fact that it puts into question the comments altogether.We've heard the MA6600 twice now and we think it is fantastic. It was most impressive, mak... | |
| What time do you wear? My Omega Seamaster quit working! I had to get it completely overhauled after only 2.5 years of light (but regular) use. Luckily it was still under factory warranty since it has the "fancy" co-axial movement. But it was still a real bummer. My Role... | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- A melomane is one who is in love with music. It is from French, although I'm sure it is in the OED.Arthur | |
| Class A watts vs Class A/B watts We A/Bed the E550 and the MA7000 in the same system, the same day. There was no contest for us: the McIntosh had way more soundstaging, flow and rhythm. It made music. The E550 was dry and closed-in by comparison. It did seem more detailed but tha... | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- if you've ever considered selling off your stereo and getting out of the "hobby." Otherwise, you're a melomane, just like me.Arthur | |
| Most unusual/mesmerizing female voice. I have to say Rickie Lee Jones.Arthur | |
| musical fidelity a5 tipped-up treble Well that does seem like you should be getting enough bass to balance out the treble, but since you aren't, maybe the speakers are indeed the problem. The MA6500 has pretty powerful bass for its size so I don't think that's the issue. I know becau... |