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| How does the Technics SL 1200 compare with.... Johnnyb53, to add one more supporting comment: isolation is isolation. The success in isolation depends in part on controlling resonance, to keep them from drumming their way through the turntable system. The isolation required for DJ applications... | |
| How does the Technics SL 1200 compare with.... "I will go with the Rega any time over the Technics. The Technics is no way an audiophile TT if you are the discerning kind."Shsohis: The Technics SL-1200 was designed at a time when it was much more affordable (and profitable) to design high-end ... | |
| Cayin H80A or Ayre AX-7e Check out Simaudio's Moon i5.3. It's around $3k, built like a tank, extremely smooth and musical and a 10 year warranty to boot. | |
| Best phono stage balanced under $3000 used Apparently, I found out the new Simaudio phono preamp will be a balanced design with balanced outputs. It's supposed to retail under $1500 but I don't know anything else about it now except that it is supposed to ship real soon.... | |
| Sim Audio Moon Evolution Series, - I-7 Audiokicks - something else, just to clarify. I said I used to work in a retail store selling several high-end brands. That does not mean I have any ties with any of them, other than the obvious fact I own Sim gear. I bought them some time ago, ob... | |
| SimAudio or Classe for Power Amplifier True, Bryston is a very, very good product, but it is not in the same category as Sim, Classe, Levinson, Krell, etc...A 4BSST sounds flatter, duller and much less lifelike than a Sim W-5, Classe 2200 or example. But then it is also have the price ... | |
| Sim Audio Moon Evolution Series, - I-7 Thanks for your comments - well said, I feel in most cases. I'm a big Sim fan, and as I mentioned, I used to sell the product a while ago, alongside Classe, which is why I know their philosophies so well. Things can change over time, as it has sho... | |
| Sim Audio Moon Evolution Series, - I-7 A response to Juaudio: there is no way that an importer, even a reputable one, will support a Chinese product the way you say. If, 6 years down the road, you need service and the importer is no longer the same one, you're screwed. If the factory t... | |
| SimAudio or Classe for Power Amplifier Actually, Rjhalla, on the issue of years in business, Classe started in 1980 and Sim in 1978. Sim started in the pro business, and then moved to address audiophiles in the early '80s.I respect your opinion in which you prefer - like I said, it is ... | |
| SimAudio or Classe for Power Amplifier I know the S-1000, it was a great amp, and IMO, better than what Classe makes today. But I can tell you that if the W-5 sounded edgy, it wasn't because of an intrinsic quality of the W-5. It was either a bad match for the preamp you used, or speak... | |
| SimAudio or Classe for Power Amplifier I've heard Sim and Classe on B&W, Dynaudio, Thiel, JMLab, Martin Logan and some more. I am most familiar with the B&W, Dynaudios and Thiels. The Dynaudios are a match in heaven with the Sim. To my ears, the Classe sounded slow and a little... | |
| SimAudio or Classe for Power Amplifier I'm really close to buying a W-8, and giving up my W-5. The neat thing about the Sim sound, and the Classe sound, is that these two great companies strive to achieve the hardest, most elusive goal out there: to reproduce sound the way it was recor... | |
| Sim Audio Moon Evolution Series, - I-7 I think it's just a question of break-in, because I have heard the i-7/SuperNova combination beat out, in terms of musicality, their more expensive P-5/W-5/Eclipse. The Evolution gear sounds more organic, with a faster, more focused and revealing ... | |
| Has anyone heard the Simaudio Andromeda cdp ? Answer to Brrgrr: that's because they had an original unit, which has since been updated. I was told all Andromedas out there have the update. The magazine received a sample that was sent out before the unit hit the market, in order to get the rev... | |
| SimAudio or Classe for Power Amplifier I recommend you take a good look at the W-8, which is Sim's Evolution top model. It is H-E-A-V-Y. The transformers are HUGE. Basically, I'll parallel what someone else already said, that they will drive any speaker, and they have a 10 year warrant... |