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| Hovland & Merlin a match? In my experience, the Merlins work quite well with tube amps. They prefer an amplifier with a fairly low damping factor (fairly high output impedance). Solid state amps with damping factors over 200 or so tend to have an overly lean tonal balance ... | |
| Speaker Recommendation If you're looking for a lifelike presentation at low to medium volume levels and don't need deep bass extension, you might consider the little Omega Super 3. www.omegaloudspeakers.com. Yup, I peddle 'em.The Super 3 uses a 4" full-range driver and ... | |
| Pi Speakers I got to hear a pair of 7 Pi's at the Midwest Audio Fest this spring, and they were excellent. Wayne is very helpful and sincere - he's doing this as a hobby and a labor of love; he already has a well-paying day job. | |
| 86 db speakers. What tube amp Hughes12,I haven't tried them with Revels personally, but the Wolcott amps are quite good at driving difficult loads (such as the full-range electrostats I also peddle). Their adjustable output impedance gives 'em a bit more flexibility in optimiz... | |
| Which SS amps sound like a tube amp? Pass Aleph series, Accuphase, Warner Imaging, vintage Jeff Rowland, and GamuT are my nominations for tube-like solid state. I have had all of these in my system at one time or another. I'm a dealer for GamuT, whose coherence is reminiscent of a go... | |
| what amp would maximize wilson sophias If you have your heart set on keeping the Sophias, my suggstion would be to look for a smooth-sounding amplifier to go with them; they can be rather unforgiving of any edginess.I've heard other Wilsons sound great with large VTL amps; Kleech's sug... | |
| Parasound Halo JC-1 Bill -I'm completely unfamiliar with your speakers, and didn't find much about that particular model at the Reimer website. So I can't predict whether they'd work better with the Claytons or Parasounds or some other amp in the same general price b... | |
| Amps for ESL Hello Milk&juice,Although I presently own and peddle another brand of electrostat, I've also owned several pairs of Quads (though not the 988's).Of the two amps you mention, I'd suggest the Classe'. I try to kinda specialize in amps that work ... | |
| Parasound Halo JC-1 Hello Bill,Thanks for your kind words.I'd have to say that, between the Clayton M-100 and Parasound JC-1, it would probably depend on the voicing of the speaker.The only such direct comparison I've made was on a pair of Gradient Revolutions, which... | |
| Parasound Halo JC-1 Disclaimer: I'm a dealer, so get out your grains of salt...My experience is primarily with the amps (and speakers) that I sell, and I don't sell Levinson gear. I can't say that I've heard Levinson amps in a familiar enough environment to make a fa... | |
| Viva & Martin-Logans? A few years ago Sound Lab showed at CES with Viva amps, and from what I understand they worked quite well together. A number of Sound Lab owners went on to become Viva owners as well. Since Sound Lab electrostats are, if anything, a more difficult... | |
| Have you owned Sound Labs Electrostatics? Hello Lrsky,So you got the hear the Sound Labs at CES 2003, eh? Which room - the once at Alexis Park with Parasound JC-1's, or the one at the St. Remo with Atma-Sphere MA-2's? I happen to be a Sound Lab owner and dealer, as well as a dealer for bo... | |
| Looking for a Speaker in the $15,000 Range Kjl,As a former Quad owner, in my experience it's pretty hard to go back to dynamic loudspeakers. The openness and clarity and natural ease of the Quads is a tough act to follow.I try not to always post a "buy something I sell" post here at Audiog... | |
| replacing Dunlavy SC-IV's Dazzdax,At the risk of being overly simplistic, in what areas are you especially looking for improvement over the SC-IV's? Even up around 15 grand, you'll be making trade-offs. You see, different speakers excel in different areas...How loud do you... | |
| Clayton M100 Monoblocks?? Well, let me start out with the disclaimer - I'm a Clayton dealer. But I was a Clayton owner before I became a dealer. The M100 presents an excellent combination of liveliness and harmonic richness. However, before I could recommend this (or any o... |