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| Thoughts on the Supratek Chardonnay I have had mine for 6 weeks and it made my stereo come alive like no other equipment I have owned. (20 years audiophile). It is the best $2200 I have ever spent in audio. Mick was a pleasure to deal with and was forth coming with all inquiries. Th... | |
| Von Schweikert VR4JR Set Up I have mine setup in a 14 x 22 x 16 foot high (cathedral ceiling) sloped down to standard 8 foot height. I have my speakers on the 14 foot wall about 8 feet apart. I have them toed in considerably, left speaker hitting my right shoulder and right ... | |
| Amps to use with Von Schweikert VR4jr's I love my VR4jr!! I have a Sim Audio W5 driving mine and the sound is remarkable. Liquid smooth, details galore with imcredible grip on base. When I added a Supratek tube preamp, it took it to a whole different level, soundstage went further beyon... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Jazzdude, thanksIt does keep getting better and better as Amandarae mentioned. I used to run my Wadia straight into my W5 with outstanding results. I was thinking could not get much better than this....Wrong. Just opened up a whole new dimension t... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Got my Chardonnay today. Can't stop listening to my system. This thing is sweeeet... made my soundstage just grow well beyond my speakers by leaps... Never new how 3D my Sim Audio W5 was. And the clarity and imaging, incredible. Some of the descri... | |
| Upgrade to Simaudio or keep my Classe? The W10 is a most definite upgrade. These are awesome sounding amps which will outperform esoteric amps costing much more than themselves. I once heard them in direct comparison to a Gryphon amp at twice the price and the Sims were as good. Sim au... | |
| Recommendations to drive Dynaudio Special 25 I heard the S25 with Sim Audio's W6 monos at the Last Montreal Audio show. They sounded very controled and detailed. At shows its hard to differentiate what really sounds good and what does not but suffice it to say under these 'not ideal' conditi... | |
| Review: Dali Euphonia MS4 Speaker Nice review, I had a chance to hear these when I was States side a few months ago. Very nice and competative for the US retail asked.I did some digging and these retail for 12,500 CDN up here in Canada. Add you PST and GST and we are up to 14,375 ... | |
| Best Amp For Dynaudio Contour 3.3 Speakers Sim would be a fabulous match with the Dyns. I have listened to the W5/W10 with Dyn 3.0 at my local dealer lots of times and these are stunning combinations. Can't go wrong, if you want tremendous power, amazing macro and microdynamics, bass that ... | |
| Vandersteen 3A Sig vs. Meadowlark Osprey Cellorover, If this is true - the Osprey being better head and shoulders over the Shearwater, it kind of seems like perhaps the Shearwater is 'done' i.e. perhaps it will be discontinued. Who will buy it if the same price Osprey is significantly be... | |
| PARADIGM REFERENCE SPEAKERS I own a pair of Reference 60s (used for home theater) and recently for fun I decided to hook them up to my Sim W5, Wadia CDP all Cardas wiring, and wow! They sounded amazing. Bass was tight and well defined, mids were clean and the music just soun... | |
| Dynaudio 1.3mkII Vs Proac 1SC I just went thru extensive auditions of both those speakers and IMHO the Proac was to my ears a bit more musical. I also listened to many others and I would recommend listening to the Reference 3A decappo, better than both of the above in my opini... | |
| Best Amp for Paradigm 100 Speakers If you want the ultimate sound out of the 100s try the Bryston 7B ST monos or even a single 250W 4B ST. This is the ultimate in 2 channel. Clarity, some of the best bass I have ever heard and music that just sounds real. These Canadian companies a... |