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| TRL Dude Dilemna Tellefsen, that is what I suspected. It's too bad you have the impedance mismatch with the Dude since it imparts enormous drive and energy and would most likely improve the Vivas performance on rock and large scale music. Another obvious and logic... | |
| Esoteric K-03/Plinius CD-101 Jkuc, you insolent little weasel! Lol. Merry Christmas to you as well.Audio feel, nice reference. That surprised me (coming from you....)Rampage60, I agree..... | |
| TRL Dude Dilemna "That "purity" and "thereness" you mention is very hard for most other types(non SET) of amplifiers to achieve, at lease when compared to the better built SETs."Charles, you make a statement like that and provide directional counsel to Tellefsen, ... | |
| TRL Dude Dilemna I think you guys are missing the larger point here (one that is actually pertinent to the OP and cannot be sidestepped by bland philosopical posturing): SS amplification can and does achieve the "purity" and "thereness" of a SET. Gary/Glory has ex... | |
| TRL Dude Dilemna And when you say the Vivas lack control, do you mean the bass is a little loose or bloated?Another solution would be to have 2 dedicated systems...and the AV side would not, IMO, need to be audiophile grade....something like Onkyo. | |
| TRL Dude Dilemna Understood. Have you ever heard the Vivas on more efficient speakers? | |
| Esoteric K-03/Plinius CD-101 Lol..... | |
| Esoteric K-03/Plinius CD-101 On the flip side, Audiofeil is absolutely correct regarding the influence of hardware. Two years ago, I briefly dabbled with the Emerald Physics speaker, and that system was not terribly cable sensitive. I know Roger Sanders and his stats do not r... | |
| Esoteric K-03/Plinius CD-101 Audio_madness, why exactly are you considering a source change? I know the K-03 can process streamed material from a PC, and thus has an added flexibility. If your desire to change is driven by utilitarian elements, great. If this move is motivate... | |
| TRL Dude Dilemna Tellefsen, how does you speaker behave with the two different amps? And what if anything is missing with the Airtight in the chain?My speakers are a relatively similar load to yours, and even the more high powered SETs did not have the same "swing... | |
| Esoteric K-03/Plinius CD-101 That was not really the question, but I understand not wanting to answer | |
| Esoteric K-03/Plinius CD-101 Budt, you are correct. There is a lot of witchcraft at work, but it's not relegated to cables.Audiofeil, touché. You are an industry guy. Any comments on Budt's statement? | |
| Esoteric K-03/Plinius CD-101 Actually the article in Stereophile describes measurement software that the two companies have developed which is a neutral tool. Their findings just provided a partial explanation as to why cables effect sound. That being said, the cost of cablin... | |
| Esoteric K-03/Plinius CD-101 Once you dial in a system and become familiar with its sonic personality, and assuming good overall resolution, cable differences are blatant. I have a done quite a bit of blinded listening tests with my wife and others to know its not simply self... | |
| TRL Dude Dilemna Wilsynet, good point. Duh.I don't know the sonic pros and cons of that approach. Good question for Paul. |