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| NYC Axpona Audio Show report Dear Peterayer,I am delighted that you enjoyed the sound from our big Scaena system. You are quite correct that this was an expensive setup however if you compare the two systems you liked we are about $80,000.00 less expensive than the other exce... | |
| Looking to upgrade Gallo Strada? The Stradas are very good speakers, their only real weakness is that they have a slightly soft top end compared to tweeter technologies, and considering that the speaker uses small woofers, is limited in terms of bass response and ultimate dynamic... | |
| NYC expo waldorf astoria april 13-15 2012 Dear Mr. Tennnis,Conrad Johnson will be there, in our room with Scaeana. The Chester Group's website is still being updated, we recently added these manufacturers and new products to our rooms: Triplanar tonearms, The Merrill Willaims REAL Turntab... | |
| Usher BE718 or Spendor SA1 The 718 DMD are quite amazing little speakers, they treble with the new DMD tweeter is detailed yet sweat, they have excellent dynamics and deep bass for the size of the cabinet.The Spendors are a more traditional English sound, very good performa... | |
| Is Bryson BDA-1 still up to date. I had the Bryston and moved to the M2 Tech Young Dac which was far better and it is only $1,500.00Dealer disclaimer. | |
| Magico Q5 vs Nola Babygrand ref. vs Egg. Savoy sig Personally I am not a big Magico fan, the speakers are over hyped, the Eggleston's are okay, the Nola's are really good.I would also look at the Scaenas' which combine much of the attributes of the Nola in terms of transparency and imaging with th... | |
| Cary SLP 03 Cary is trying to make the SLP 03 a price leader at it's new lower price point. At $2k this is fantastic deal for both the SLP 03's feature set and superb build quality.The issue is that the SLP 03 is not very lush it is very clean.I have one whic... | |
| The Emperor DAC has no Clothes Thanks for the amusing post! First of all it depends on the resolution of the system and the acuity of your ears!First all Vandersteen loudspeakers have recessed treble and are not as highly resolving as other high performance loudspeakers, I am n... | |
| Meitner MA-1 vs Aesthetix Pandora vs Chord QBD76 I have both the Chord and the Meitner in my shop.They are both fantastic. The Meitner has a bit greater clarity the Chord is a touch richer. Both are great dacs it depends on what you value. Dealer disclaimer, | |
| Running a 2 channel system with my Arcam AVR600 Dear Mohit,It depends on the amplifier, I actually find that adding a good two channel preamp usually with tubes, or a high end integrated amplifier gives the best sound for a combined music and theater setup.I usually run a tube preamp/solid stat... | |
| Cary 303T vs. EAR Acute iii Also Dealer Disclaimer,I too am a Cary dealer, to Goldprint, your endorsement sounds like you took it off the Cary website, you give no description of the Cary's salient virtues sonically and you don't list anything else you have compared it to.I ... | |
| VAC / Wilson cables As someone with vast VAC Ren experience, I sold them since these amplifiers came out, I agree with with Dearing,the newer amplifiers were not magical even though the build quality and fit and finish were way better. The Ren series had some small i... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo or Sony SS-AR1 Audio Feil you bring nothing to the discussion, stop harassing everyone.If you have anything relevant about these or any other speakers chime in if not you should shut up. I guess you don't like or advocate any of your speakers or you would have c... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo or Sony SS-AR1 Thank you PTM consulting for stating what I and many others feel. To Audio Feil, I don't sell Radiho, nor do I sell the Revels, so I have nothing to gain by recommending them the fact that I even mentioned them should shut you up about crowing abo... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo or Sony SS-AR1 .I have heard the Acoustic Zen's at several shows, there is no consensus that I know of that puts these speakers as the product to beat under $30k, there are people who like the sound and the speaker does put out a lot of clean deep bass.I had a p... |