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| Ayre AX-5 Integrated Amplifier I auditioned the AX-5 for a week and it opened up and improved by the day. The sound after a week was as good as I have ever heard any amplifier (separate or integrated). I thought it was better than the MXR/KXR combination or the MSB monoblocks w... | |
| Magico Q3 vs wilson sophia 3 Although I have no experience with the Q3, I have owned the Mini II, and am very familiar with the Magico sound. It is a good speaker with very distinct character. However, after some time I found the speaker to be colored and fatiguing (Halcro an... | |
| Anyone using Octave amps or preamps? I've been using the MRE 130 /HP 500SE for the past 6 months, and I love it. I've owned Dartzeel, Pass Labs, MBL, VAC, and VTL. I have no doubt that in my system the Octave sound much more alive and enjoyable. Highly recommended. | |
| msb Ilink vs. wadia 170i ipd docks I'm not sure about the Wadia 170i since I never had the chance to listen to it. However, I can say that the MSB iLINK/iPOD system has been my largest surprise in audio for many years. This set replaced my MBL 1611/1621 followed by the dCS with so ... | |
| Review: dcs Puccini CD Player The MBL 1611/1621 is a great front end. It is musical, involving and detailed. Unfortunately it doesn't do SACD for 40K. I would say the MBL is closer in sound to EMM. The dCS P8i had more micro, macro dynamics and resolution. The soundstage had t... | |
| Opinions on Montana speakers? I have Montana EPS for almost 3 years now, and I love it. I upgraded my system many times, but never thought of replacing them. I think they do everything overall right, with a very realistic sound. I found myself getting excited from other speake... | |
| Recommendations on mid-fi speakers Your primary list contains good speakers, although with different qualities. First, it is important to understand that no speaker is perfect, but of course if you are willing to spend a lot of money you get closer to perfection. Although I have ex... | |
| 2 Plinius SA-102 Bridged VS Plinius SA-250 IV I agree with David, Altough, I did not make a comparison between two breidged units of SA-102s to the SA-250. I replaced my SA-102 to the SA-250IV a while ago, and you are absolutely right david, the SA-250 is a totally different story. It has muc... | |
| Siltech speaker cables LS-188 Thank you so much for your responses.I have tried Siltech in my system, and I felt the same way you described: they are involeving and transparent to a level I didn't know that exists, however, I couldn't put the big bucks on a cables I have not h... | |
| Details, details. It is obscure, that no one so far has mantioned the MBL dac and transporter. It is one of the best transperent, detailed and yet natural and non fatighing digital system. The Accuphase DP-75V is very good and very natural either, but uncomperale t... |