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| Placement of Magnepan 1.6's or 3.6's Hi Tony! From my experience with Maggies, they will usually sound best against the longer wall, but the 11 foot depth of the room is just as big a problem, especially with the piano you have. Having them on the short wall is not the best setup eit... | |
| VAC 70/70 III Owners......6SN7, 300B Recomm. I have owned 3 VAC 30/30's over the years, and have just upgraded again to the newest VAC Phi 30/30 which I am extremely happy with. I have stuck with the original 300B's for outputs, but have done much rolling with the 6sn7's in different positio... | |
| Warm integrated ss amp around 650? I would agree fully with Mattybumpkin's post above...The Audio Refinement Complete made a great match with my VR4.5's I had a few years back, when using it as a "temporary" amp when I was saving towards a good tube amp.It was very smooth, full bod... | |
| ASL WAVE 8 and MMG's Not even close to enough power or control to drive a pair of MMG's. You need a more stable amp for such a load, withat least three times that much power even in the smallest of rooms. It is a wonderful little amp for the money, but find an easier ... | |
| Power Cords for VAC 140/140 or 70/70 tube amps I also tried the Power 3 mentioned above on my 30/30 Signature... It gave me a stronger bass and fuller lower midrange, but rolled off the extension on the highs considerably in my system. If you are looking for a cord that does not change the ton... | |
| AZ Satori vs. Audience AU24 Hello 1markr... To answer your question (off topic), I am currently running my Resolution Audio Opus 21 player directly into the VAC 30/30 Mk V Signature with wonderful results. I agree that the tube "magic" is not all there with some of the very ... | |
| AZ Satori vs. Audience AU24 1markr:I agree fully with your comments on the speakers, and have compared them to speakers up to only $10k here at home, and will say that they bettered some recent top contenders in that range. They are not very attractive, but I would not call ... | |
| AZ Satori vs. Audience AU24 1markr:I am currently running a VAC 30/30 Mk. V Signature amp on the HSE's with great results in my small room. I have also tried the Spectron Musician II recently on them, and found it to be a great match for them if I had a larger room and a gre... | |
| AZ Satori vs. Audience AU24 I will agree completely with the above post with what I have heard with my system. I have been using my AU-24's on my new VR4 IIIHSE's for around 6 months now, and have found them a wonderful match. In my case, I am using two separate runs, one to... | |
| Spectron versus Gryphon Callisto I can't comment on the Gryphon, but have tried MANY others on my VR4 IIIHSE's, and have found my Spectron Musician IIto out-shine all of the solid state amps I have tried by a good margin... Detail is amazing, ditto for the bass, and mids and high... | |
| Athena ML-1 Polyphasor : Any idea what this does? Thank you Mgottlieb! That makes a lot of sense now, for the rca cables that are "built-in" to these boxes are about 28 ft. long going in, and about 2ft. long coming out on the "amp output" from them. I could see why, in theory, they might be used ... | |
| Monitor Audio Gold 10's or Quad 12L I have not yet heard the Quads, but can say that the Monitor Audio Gold 10's are a fine sounding small speaker for the money...as you stated, they are quite uncolored, are easy to drive, and are quite attractive as well. For about the same price, ... | |
| Any comments on the VSA VR 4 se? Yes, I just purchased a pair a couple of month ago, and now that they have broken in, I can say with assurance that theyare the best match for my system so far... and I have tried many other fine contenders as well, like the Total Eclipses, Kharma... | |
| Any recommandation for the Von Schweikert VR-4 SE I have been using two runs of Audience Au24 cables with wonderful results on my new VR-4 SE's. The bass with this cable is not quite a "big" sounding as some others I have tried, but it is very accurate, tight, and fast. It has worked out well for... | |
| Revel F30 and M20 The M20's are a fantastic choice, especially in small listening rooms. They can be placed as close as 2.5 ft away from the wall behind them in most cases, but any closer may cause a loss in depth of the soundstage. They are an easy load to drive, ... |