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Zero Feedback: Atmasphere vs. BAT
A few obserrvations based on 8 years of ownership of Atmasphere amps (M60s) and preamp (MP-1)I spent 45 minutes on the phone this morning with Ralph. A friend of mine just bought used MA-1s and wanted to know if they have negative feedback. The an... 
You can't have too many apostrophe's
We have no choice but to snatch up all of the apostrophes we can now before Harry Pearson gets 'em. As you can readily see by reading his reviews, he purloined the total available supply of commas out there many moons ago. 
ELP Laser Turntable & Trickle Down
Regarding my last post, scratch "eminent" and substitute "imminent". 
ELP Laser Turntable & Trickle Down
I spoke to the friend yesterday who owns the ELP I have alluded to earlier and asked him for his evaluation thus far. He said, and this is almost verbatim, that the table is a "...god hifi table but does not compare to a high quality audiophile co... 
ELP Laser Turntable & Trickle Down
There's quite a bit of "information" if you will (almost entirely anecdotal) at Arthur Salvatore's website, including the big blowup with the then current distributor, Smart Devices, who nixed their relationship with the line and issued warnings a... 
The most unique style speakers that sound good?
Jadis Eurhythmies, hands down. 
what's under your Parsifals?
Jimmy Hoffa! 
New Orleans, La.
Always on the last Thursday of the month starting @ 7PM.Host location is delivered via email early in the month. 
Hum from Atma-Sphere MP-1 Power Supply?
Sounds like the transformer is on the way out. It happened to MP-1 and it got progressively worse until the unit shut down. Time for a visit to Lake Woebegone. 
xover settings for Avantgarde owners - survey.
I've had Duos for six years. After about six months of use I dropped the XO setting from factory default (can't remember what it is, 170 hz, maybe?) to 140 hz and haven't looked back. 
Questions from a new Loricraft user
Sorry, Bill, but in this case, it's the manual. I just got my PR-3 back from Smart Devices. Some part of the internal drive mechanism unscrewed itself and made the machine inop but your problem sounds different than mine since mine wouldn't work o... 
Speakers to hang on to for LIFE
Probably Sound Ultimates or the big Maggies would be ideal. If you can jump high enough you grab hold of the top frames of the speakers and "hang on" from now 'til doomsday, kinda like with monkey bars. However, if we're talking abouth speakers we... 
Basis Debut Mk v or Walker or Brinkman ?
Like Rushton, I'm a Walker owner of long standing (9years). I have a friend with the full blown Brinkman system but have had no experience with Basis.A couple of personal observations would be that the Walker is not really that fussy to set up but... 
Stealth Varidig Sextet Break In Period?
Agree with TJ. Mine sounded great immediately with minor improvements wrought over time. It is the most neutral and "not there" digital IC in my experience. 
Einstein OTL amps experience
Hey DocS. As an A/sphere MP-1/M60 owner running them on Duos, I can only say that I wished I lived in S Fla. to be on hand for this most interesting sounding shootout. Please keep us posted. I think the worst possible outcome will be a great one.