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| Shunyata versus Elrod We like the Anaconda 'Alpha' on the AA Capitole mk II and the Anaconda 'Vx' on the amps (in a all Nordost Valhalla system)... but there are others who do the opposite. The Anaconda 'Alpha' is a helicial design like the Shunyata speaker cables and ... | |
| Amp Choice for Acapella Campaniles Hey Bob and Brian. Don't fight, you're both right! :-)))The Campaniles respond to high quality upstream equipment; the better the equipment the better the sound (though better is up to the ear of the beholder). I think Fred's Wolcotts, though very... | |
| Solid state amp ultimate stop... Edge Reference monoblocks. 800 watts. High current. High voltage. High quality. High price. $75K.FM Acoustics. Their big amps are reputedly quite excellent. They might also scratch that itch. Also high price. $50K on up.- Mike (Edge dealer, amp ad... | |
| opinions on modern horn speakers Acapella makes the only full-range (by using hybrid driver techniques) horn that sounds like a single-driver, has all the benefits of a horn speaker and none of the disadvantages (well, except perhaps size). These are the best general-purpose spea... | |
| Lamm ML2 Vs Tenor 75 Henry,You are "hoping to get a lot more air and immediacy". The Kharmas are known for not having an over-abundance of air on top, and neitehr does the Lamm (though to a lesser extent). So you will have to 'work' to get as much air as this combinat... | |
| Money no object,,,,which speakers would you own??? Looks: Sonus Faber Amati Homage. Have to admit the Kharma Exquisites can also attact one's attention favorably.Sonics: We own the Acapella Campanile Highs, but money no object? Then: ACAPELLA SPHÄRON (which also look pretty darn cool themselves!).... | |
| Edge NL-10 Amp We are Edge dealers and have had an NL-10 for about a year. In January we added its big brother -- the NL Signature 1 monoblocks -- to our show floor. Edge amps take a while to break in: at least a couple of months of constant play (ocean waves at... | |
| AA Capitole users: how many run balanced xlr ? We met the Audio Aero analog designer at CES 2003 (amazing guy, really passionate about the best sound) and he highly recommended using the balanced outputs on the Capitole cdp. We have not tried this yet (3M balanced Valhalla == $$) but Mr. Van D... | |
| What IC's works best with ML390s cd player? We use Nordost Valhalla on ours. It gets out of the way and makes sure that we hear all the lovely detail that the 390s has to offer. Very different sound from the Golden Cross: IMO, more clarity and timeliness, less flavor of its own. Our 390s wa... | |
| Best sounding room at CES 2003 I agree with the Lamm rooms being very nice, as well as the stacked quads, Kondo room (playing CDs - don't know why vinyl sounded worse in this room, at least when we were there) but we thought the best sounding room was setup by one of our own br... | |
| CES 2003 - Any Audition/Picture Requests? With pen, paper and digital camera - we too will be tromping from room to room, following our ears, ever ready for that waft of musical sustenance, drifting along on the wind on hope, coming from a dark and hollowed place (a hotel room) that speak... | |
| The triumph of mid-fi I think the high-end audio companies are taking back the high-ground vis-a-vis SACD 'as we speak'. There is the Lindemann, which is already here and from what I have read bests the SACD efforts by Sony and Marantz. Audio Aero has announced their n... | |
| Are there any absolute truths??? " The more you know, the more you know you don't know. " --AristotleI know so much, I don't know anything at all....Or maybe I just don't know anything, and I know it.Or maybe nobody knows nothing. Yeah, that's it! And let's all try and keep it th... | |
| Best spkrs for rock: Dunlavy V-Watt/Puppy-Revel?? Disagree with all the statements about Rock & Roll not benefiting from the best quality speakers that a listener can afford - assuming that the listener LIKES Rock & Roll, that is. We like it, and we like it loud, soft and in-between. We a... | |
| best CD transport available? It seems to me that there is a complete lack of concensus as to which transport (or DAC) sounds best versus the more easily (at this time) ranked single box CD players. Perhaps this is one reason for the uptick in sales of single box players vrs s... |