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| Is Audio Research Corp alive and well? the cd3 is very goodbut it could have been betterARC decided not to go with new upsampling for the machineI've extensively demo'd a dac 3 and a cd2 against my EVS MIllenium IIno contest, the EVS 24/192 evs upsampler beats the ARC in every way and ... | |
| Audio Research pro's-what pre-amp to choose? that's easyARC LS 5 - all balanced but you can use cheater plugs from ARC or Radio Shack. I had an LS2 and the ARC LS 5 beats all the other arc preamps except the ref 2tom | |
| Von Schweikert VR4 Gen 3 ????? Von Schweikerts are wonderfulso airy and they disappear in your roomI drive VS with a 120 watt ARC solid state ampthe imaging and realism are incredibletom | |
| CD direct to amp vs active preamp sean nice commentssean wrote - "Between the lack of gain and loading problems, this might account for the majority of "lacking dynamics / tonal & timbre mismatch" situations mentioned. After all, if introducing a preamp into the system makes i... | |
| New thread about FedEX I sent some B&W Nautilus III's and took off the grills for better shipping. The UPS men destroyed them! thank God the recepient was a low key understanding guy. IT took three shipments to get this right, meanwhile two damaged sets of III's and... | |
| Acoustic Guitar CD Recording/track to test Spkrs? the windham hill discs are niceI also forgot the latest Steve Howe (Yes)albumall acoustic and beautifully renderedand he doesn't sing on this one (thankfully)tom | |
| How long have you had the SAME GEAR? gearI upgrade slowly and almost always buy usedthen my old pieces make it to the bedroom and office systemsI can't bear to give away anythingand what's funny is a sytem that was my main sytem 5 years ago is now my bedroom hand me downsspeakers 2 y... | |
| Recommended DVD-A Discs? I heard from a friend that the new Pat Methany disc is stunning audio | |
| Newbe needs advice, RCA/XLR, Toslink/S-Video component video is well worth the investmentdon't buy a dvd or tv without these outputs / inputstom | |
| Recommended DVD-A Discs? Steely Dan - Two Against Nature | |
| CD direct to amp vs active preamp I have an evs millenium ii, I bought the option for second single ended outputs and have ultimate attenuators (hi quality volume control) It is very nice but I miss the flexibility of having multiple sources.My Arc LS5 preamp adds body and depth t... | |
| Imaging small versus larger speakersmy von schweikerts are large monitor floor standing speakers but are designed to disappear in the roomwhen I sold B&W the larger speakers nautilus 801, 802, 803 were too caught up in cabinet noise, but the 805's wit... | |
| Imaging try Von Schweikert speakersVR4mkii's are legendary for disappearing in the room and giving great imagingI have the old Vortex screens and they are marvelousin a 15 by 27 long room I have them along the long wall equal distant from me (9 foot trian... | |
| Acoustic Guitar CD Recording/track to test Spkrs? try JOhn HIatt's "Muddy Waters" cd - all acoustic and solo voicealso Harvest Moon by Neil Youngthe live Ricki Lee Jones discSuzanne Vega's first albumMood FOr a Day off YEs Fragileand Horizon's off Genesis Nursery Crimeenjoytom | |
| Please suggest Preamp Audio Research LS5 warm detailed and beats a ref1find a digital out via the dac as the last poster suggests |