bagwell368
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| Luxman vs Pass Labs genez hints at a key question. In my experience audiophiles spend freely for things such as $5k power cords hooked into a cheap socket in a house with old O2 polluted copper or worse aluminum.Or they keep a huge equipment rack between the speaker... | |
| Triangle Celius 202 I have a pair of the original Celius 202's with the original tweeter and x-over since 2005 when I got them NIB for $900.I've had lots of speakers - Advents, Cizek's, DCM Time Windows, Maggie MG-1, DQ-10's, Aerius, ML SL-3; and the Celius is better... | |
| Review: Verity Audio Parsifal Encore Speaker Used they are among the bargains in the high end. Loved them from the first time I heard them in '97. Remind me of next generation ProAc EBS's (early 80's), and a double jump from Snell A's.Incisive, but relaxed. Close your eyes, and outside of... | |
| PREAMP technology shift? - Class A/ balanced/ dual-mono/ zero feedback vs. op-amp preamps ^ I agree on Pass. My first the Threshold Stasis 3, then the Aleph 3 and 5, then the great X150 (probably the best used 'cheapish' general amp one could locate).The P and L and Xono and others have been great preamps, LS's, and phono stages as we... | |
| Curved and Straight Tonearms S arms are usually higher mass, often used with MC cartridges"straight" arms with offset headshells which are not removable pretty much defines all the many good/great tone arms I've heard or owned.For no tracking error, and no inner groove distor... | |
| Can upgraded power cords help my setup? Measure the speakers distance to walls and floors - avoid similar or doubled distances.Have lots of glass, heavy furnishings, a rack between the speakers? Look into that too.Get a test CD, and rent/buy a good SPL meterPlay your favorite recording... | |
| Review: DCM TimeWindow 1 Speaker Easy to live with. I was a dealer back then and got my pair for $330. If you folks are old enough they remind me of Allison 1's. Not quite the extension into the highs and lows but everything in the middle. I liked them, but when I started to ... | |
| Evaluating a system - what do you listen for? Hate:1. bright high end. If I cant close my eyes and relax, what's the use?2 sloppy bass3. bad room (slap echos, sprung wooden floor, etc.)Want:1. I want to hear ample micro and macro dynamics.2. Soundstage - width, depth3. Complex music doesn't ... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? Get a used (but with a really good bearing) VPI Mk IV table, get what ever arm and cartridge you want (within reason), and viola:set up your stereo on a concrete floor, put the table into a closet - the isolation you'll get will propel the tables ... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. We aren't quite in agreement, but in this hobby with so many people dying to disagree, I prefer to agree, or to find other people's ideas interesting and hopefully charming. Keep writing. | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. I'm not here to denigrate or deny anyone else's tastes or findings.Firstly, I never owned any versons before the IIz, and only heard a friends I many times as he sought to find an amp to drive them - Jadis, ARC, Krell, yada yada - he sold them. T... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Very few amps can drive the CLS (esp. of that time), which is why they -IIz came out pretty quickly. ML's with dynamic bass are not that difficult to drive with some tube or hybrid amps - which is the topic.Off topic - I've never heard any tube a... | |
| Schiit Ragnarok Top 5 headphone amp available. Try HD-600, Audeze LCD-2, HFM 560 with balanced wires. Just special. Total control, big volume, super clean bass that thumps (if it's there).As an integrated, it's not a muscle amp (I hear it can drive a Magnepan ... |