audiobrian
Responses from audiobrian
| YG Carmels vs Rockport Atrias I wanted to share an additional loudspeaker I am now considering as well, one which I would never have considered. I visited with a gentleman/audiophile who had a listening room just a bit larger than mine at about 12 x 15 ft. He had a pair of KEF... | |
| VAC Amplifier Speaker Output Taps Thanks HifimaniacI was fortunate enough to save up and purchase the 450 Stereo.Did Kevin ever mention that the 2 to 4 ohm tap is actually about 3, and the 4 to 8 ohm tap actually around 6?...or has he done something different?I'll call him Monday ... | |
| YG Acoustics Hailey 1.2 Thanks to all respondents for your insightful input!I will listen to the YG Carmel's as well as the Haileys. Some feel the Carmels are YGs best price performance speaker and give away only some low end extension to their larger family members, esp... | |
| VAC Signature MKIIa pre-amp Just a reccomendation on a wonderful combo to consider:VAC Ren IIa Sig Pre driving Clayton M-300 monoblock SS amps. Great synergy and musicality.Driving Revel Ultima Salon II'sEnjoy! | |
| TAD Reference loudspeakers-How good are they? Thanks very much Metralla; I appreciate your helpful comments and the slide presentation!Dealers are scarce but I'm gonna try to audition the CR-1's at one of the few dealers listed on the website.I do have a couple of fine loudspeakers I am tryin... | |
| Soulution 710 Amplifier and 720 Preamplifier Friends:Sorry for my lack of response. I have been taking care of some unexpected problems, outside the realms of audio.I did audition the Soulutions and found them to be quite musical. However, to my ears, in my system, I found even more musicali... | |
| Extremas with Clayton or Gamut Oh to answer your question on Pass and Plinius...yes I'm sure they are competitive, but IMHO not the equal of the the Claytons, especially the M-300's.One nice thing about the excellent Revel Ultima Salon II loudspeakers are they sound great with ... | |
| Extremas with Clayton or Gamut Hi Sirspeedy:The VAC Ren III with phono (12K) is almost the equal of the Signature model (18K)....and it mates fabulous with the Claytons....as I said, I believe VAC preamps are the "cats meow" both sonically and in their ability to mate with any ... | |
| Extremas with Clayton or Gamut SirSpeedy:The M-300's are fabulous and I am driving the Revel Ultima Salon II as well. With a VAC preamp I couldn't ask for more!.It's unfortunate that Clayton and Wilson Shen are not more well known as his class A monoblocks may be the most natur... | |
| VAC Ren Mk III / Sig mkII Preamplifier with SS Amp Both VAC preamps are superb with Clayton amplifiers as wellI use M-300....sound is just superb....VAC preamplifiers are special in that they mate so well with most all SS and tube amps, especially VAC. | |
| Extremas with Clayton or Gamut Hi Soix:Usually that is an easy question. But strangely, and happily, these two amplifiers, despite significant differences in topology, have nearly identical sonic signatures. Remarkeably accurate, tonally correct midrange, extended articulate ba... | |
| Extremas with Clayton or Gamut HiI don't have much experience with the Extremas, but I own and know both Gamut and Clayton very well. They are both neutral amplifiers without a hint of stridency.The Clayton M300's and the Gamut D200 or M250 (I have a custom supercharged "Gamut-... | |
| Soulution 710 Amplifier and 720 Preamplifier Hi Classicjazz:IMO the German Physik Carbon mk IV are as dead neutral as I've heard. However with cool sounding amps they can take on unusual stridency. I need to stay with neutral to slightly warm amps.....Boulder, MBL, Soulution, Pass, Clayton M... | |
| VAC Signature Preamplifier mkII Thanks to all the respondants.I believe we are all speaking of world class preamps:)The Ren Sig mkIIA (just a slight remake on the cosmetics and now available with 2 XLR outs) does it for me, but I'm sure I could be very happy with the Aesthetix p... | |
| VAC Signature Preamplifier mkII The only dedicated phono preamp I have owned is the Thor TA-3000, which enjoys a fine reputation, albeit company viability issues. As I do not listen to vinyl as much as digital, I have preferred very excellent full function preamps, with fine pho... |