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| How Often Do You Listen To Live Music?? Love live shows...mostly hard bands.. Tool, Godsmack, other alternative and hard rock type music...mostly large arena type shows...5 to 6 times per year..Being outside of Phila. we go to a few Jazz cafes and listen to local live talent once a mont... | |
| Vandersteen 2c vs Mirage M1 You need to give us a little more info..What kind of amps are you planning to run the M1s with...They are super power hungry. Definately a Monoblock situation would be best....I have had M3s , and presently own M5si and most of the other Mirage li... | |
| AudioQuest vs StraightWire? I do think the Rhapsody is a warm sounding cable...I used them with a pair of Mirage om9s and then with a pair of 803 b and w they definately were less harsh or glarring in the highs, and the vocals were more 3d and yes... warmer sounding in my op... | |
| What is your opinion I own a Ref 20, Have you tried using the digital out from your current player and tried listening to the dacs in the Ref 20, they arent too bad. I believe they are dual 20 bit motorola processors... Anyway, if you want a more musical player, then ... | |
| AudioQuest vs StraightWire? With the B and W, The Straightwire Rhapsody was a great match... very warm and detailed...Great quality overall.Definately tames the bright tendencies of the 805s.Good luck,JoeCustom Audio LLC | |
| Good NOS tube dealers/New prod. tube alternatives? Upscale Audio...Kevin is the man.Try EI kt 90s for the Amps..I use a Sonic Frontiers sfs 80 and they made a great difference. Go NOS for the preamp and Kevin will guide you the rest of the way.Good luck,JoeCustom Audio LLC | |
| do you have a sperate audio and HT system? Have 2 separate systems....The Ht system is also an excellent Solid State musical system... with a Krell kav 300 cdp and Aragon Palladium monoblocks to Mirage OM9s... very nice and powerful....The tube system consists of a Sonic Frontiers sfs 80 w... | |
| artists who most deeply touch you Dave Matthews...Tool, Counting Crows... | |
| What of your gross annual income is your system? Well check out my system threads and then you can do the math... I would say that 30 to 40% of my Grosswould cover a replacement system...Happy Listening,Joe Custom Audio LLC | |
| Cartridge for a Rega P2 If you can accomodate an MC cartridge... I use a Garrottk3 with my rig.. on the p3... it is much better than alot of the mm carts I have used.. price is in the 250 to 300 range... check out needledoctor.comGood luck,JoeCustom Audio LLC | |
| $1,000 - What amp? Well, I have had both the Aragon 8008, 8002 and the a3cr..driving mirage speakers.. om9s... the A3cr was a nice amp and very musical.. compact size , nice to look at, great binding posts, supposedly class a... but something about it was a little d... | |
| Adcom or Creek? The Adcom 5200 is a basic power amp. Not very musical...good to power other room speakers and outdoor speakers in most applications... at least in my opinion... I have owned a 535, 545 I and II and 555... the 545 amp was the best of the bunch... d... | |
| Tired wiating - good Bryston/what else to get? I have the OM9s and considering that they are efficient but power hungry, you definately need a dual mono type design or a solid 2 channel... Give the Aragon 8002 a try. It is the closest piece to a Krell at about 7-800 used. I have 2 in my system... | |
| Vienna Speakers: Compared to other Hi-end spks? Specifically, I have owned the Beethovens...compared to my current setup, they were average...I went to a pair of Mirage M5si...the Beethovens did excel in vocals, mids and had a nice midbass. The soundstage was not as wide as the Mirages..the bas... | |
| Cheapo interconnect for sub only Definately check out the cables by Orbeck..They will custom make you one for a reasonable fee...they have excellent feedback and are very knowledgable and friendly.good luck,Joe |