amfibius
Responses from amfibius
| Acapella vs. Avantgarde Markxii, the Violons I have the opportunity to purchase are the "high" versions. Strange, I thought that the next version up came with an active subwoofer. Maybe i'm wrong! (that wouldn't be a first!) Whart - by the way, nice Lamborghini :) I'm a ... | |
| Acapella vs. Avantgarde Wow, that's why I love this forum ... thank you everyone for your detailed responses. So far most of you think that the Avantgardes would be a better choice given that I only have 50W of SET power to drive the speakers. Actually, I own a pair of 8... | |
| cary 306sacd breakin The CD-306 has seperate DAC's for RBCD and SACD. You would need to burn in the circuits seperately. I have had my CD-306 since new and have not noticed any gains in SQ after 100 hours. It probably keeps on getting better with more time on it, but ... | |
| Is Supratek Syrah still the deal of the century? Things have not changed :) When I was a student, I was in a hi-fi shop when Mick brought his first prototype power amp in. He was a scruffy bearded man in faded jeans and old sneakers. I haven't seen him for >10 years ... he's probably an older... | |
| Harbeth C7 vs Proac D25 Review I own a pair of D38's and I concur that the newer ProAc's have moved from a sweeter more honeyed sound to one which is more detailed. The amount of detail my system resolves with my SET's and SACD front end is simply astonishing. Sure I have heard... | |
| Melbourne, Australia Just had another gathering last week at rwjp's place. Thanks for the hospitality Rob. Stunning system, incredible dynamics. Looking forward to your return visit. | |
| Cary SLP-05 Plug-in Why don't you try both and see if it makes a difference? For the record, my SLP-05 is plugged into my power conditioner, which is shared with the CD and the power amps. If there is a difference, I can't hear it ... but then I am blessed to live in... | |
| Amps for Avantgarde I have never had the pleasure of listening to an Avantgarde speaker myself, but everybody on Audiogon who owns one seems to pair them with valve amps. So it seems to me that valve is the go! | |
| anyone with experience of the "CD lathe" I read about it and thought that it sounded like a really bad idea. This is because it might cause your CD to rot. As you know, CD's have a thin aluminum layer sandwiched between a plastic layer and a layer of lacquer. In the early days, the alumi... | |
| Cary CD-306 upgrade I'm glad that you have no issues with your transport. So far, my CD-306 has tried to "eat" my CD 3 times in 6 months of ownership. Press the eject button, and an empty tray comes out with the CD stuck inside! Fortunately I was able to retrieve the... | |
| Where I can find acoustically clear foam? Hello Pug, It sounds like you are after speaker cloth. I bought mine at a local textiles store. But otherwise, google is your friend. I just typed "speaker cloth" into google and there are half a dozen online shops that sell this cloth on the firs... | |
| subs near window? Two possible problems from putting the sub near the window: 1. Bass will escape through the window, never to return. 2. The sub could vibrate the window and turn it into a large resonator (giving you a peak at the resonant frequency). The first pr... | |
| Cary 306sacd vs. Esoteric SA60 vs. Ayre C-5xe Just be aware that the Cary tends to be a little bit louder than most other CD players. When I first heard the Cary compared to the other CDP's, I thought that the difference was pretty incredible. Then I noticed that it was a little bit louder. W... | |
| set vs otl, which is the most musical Thanks for your insightful responses, Audiokinesis and Paulofbrecht. What you said was certainly pretty shocking to me! I did some googling to try to find those papers you were talking about by Geddes and Lee, but I have not been able to come up w... | |
| Amp/preamp recommendations for Quad ESL 2905 Hi Sunnyboy, you cannot audition the Emission Labs amp because they don't make one :) Daniel is getting someone to make an amp for him based on valves supplied by Emission Labs. So, he hasn't heard them either. I am not familiar with CJ gear, so I... |