audioman58
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| Bryston BDP1- loading problem ONe thing not mentioned was that the card reader in the bdp is only 4-GIGS it is not supposed to store your collection,it's main purpose is to read whatever cd or songs you want from either a seperate HD or thumb drivethen once loaded it is comple... | |
| Best tweak - System Improvement The matt was to forward inmy sysytem , as well as his new formula which is a water based bottle .The Art de son isstill the best balanced cd enhancer sometimes more is not alllwys better in sonic perspective if your sysytem is a little laid back t... | |
| Conrad-johnson TC5 or Cary SLP 05 ? Hello the newer ET-5 is the best of both worlds and is the baby Gat preamp which is Very close in sound quality to the flagship- GAT that is over $18k for under $9k this is the ticket look at Tone magazine issue 39. | |
| Wyred 4 Sound STP Hello The Joule electra is more romantic and on the warm side the Wyred is more snap and detail but the layering of instruments is not as pronounced with the wyred for sound .but has a quicker more defined presentationIt all comes down to what typ... | |
| Krell EVO 302 or 302e the original may double down but does not the the trickle down Evolution technologies which have the cast current driven stage the lesser models donot and much more natural sounding . | |
| Review: Odyssey Audio Stratos Amplifier I have several high end amps my cheapest one I used the Emotiva xpa 2 for mainly movies I put it against my stratos plus,NOT IN THE SAME LEAGUE .This is a very musical amplifer,one BIG improvement is replacing the 4 fuses on the circuit board , an... | |
| How good is Emotiva 2 channel gear?? To all I have worked modding electronics for years .For $800 the Xpa 2 is a good deal,BUT it is grainy , if you replace the 7 fuses with Hifitung Supreme fuses for$300 the quality is at least 15% better and worth it .The Odyssey Stratos amp especa... | |
| Jeff Rowland Design Group's Stereo 625 The 625 may be great but Limited .I was thinking on purchasing one and my Reference 2 box Vacuum tube pre is single ended Not true Balanced the Rowland 625 Only comes Balanced ,what an oversite over 80% of all Audiophiles have rca connectors and c... | |
| Krell EVO 302 or 302e The New 302 E is much much better in ever way it has tons of technology from their flagship model including the ACT cascading technologys which the 302 does not have. The New 302E sound better than the older 402. I have heard one to one at the aud... | |
| Has anyone tried the Shunyata Diamondback PC? The shunyata Venom 3 is the new best of at price point to performance ratio $99 for a cable that meats many $300 cables.p.s has also won many awards. | |
| Plinius SA-102 for Magnepan 3.6 Martin Logan Vantage Spire Ethos or Summitt are all powered for the Bass which takes a lot of burdon off the amp.A good quality amplifier of at least 150wpc into 8 ohms and 300 into 4 ohms is a well designed amplifiertube amps a 80wpc or more woul... | |
| New speakers from Martin Logan, Ethos $6495 The 2k Electromotion panel is a very good speaker and beats many speakers at more than 2x this and is speaker of the year in at least 2 publication. For the record after Gayle Sanders sold the company and for a few years it went through transition... | |
| Best tweak - System Improvement Hello I would like to say without reservation ,I was using the Art de son cd cleaner which was a step up from the Optrex ,Now I have just starting using the Ultra Bit Platinum + . I can say the Ultra bit By Far is the best I have ever had.I applie... | |
| Jim Salk's Speakers? with 5" drivers the Bass was still pretty respectable Not earth shatering like a 10 or 12" that is impossibly but still a very solid,this speaker it won 1 5 speaker shootout ,as well as speaker of the year in it's price point so soundsomething mus... | |
| New speakers from Martin Logan, Ethos $6495 Garyjo is correct with the augmentation of the passive radiator it for sure is an improvemnts over the Vantage the mid bass is more linear and sounds pretty dam good for $6k it will beat any $10k conventional speaker out there in a lot of ways .I ... |