bkonig
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| What would you do??? Watch out for those reviews. I listened to a Marantz and an Arcam player (both raved about in the reviews). I compared them directly to the Meridian 588 and there was NO comparison. The Meridian was in a whole other league. The Audio Aero should t... | |
| cello music I happened to see a 2 disc CD set of Yo Yo Ma. It was a best of CD and had excerpts from his many CD's. | |
| How do you have your Droplet cdp hooked up? Mrtennis is incorrect. The Droplet compared to an inferior player (there are many out there) should sound much better than that player even in a less than top notch system. If that is not the case, then the system has problems and does not deserve... | |
| does a stereo system sound like live music ? I absolutely disagree. I have heard live music many times where the acoustics were not good and actually enjoyed my reproduced sound far more. It also depends where you are sitting. For example, in Carnegie Hall, some seats allow you to hear the m... | |
| CJ ACT 2 v. VTL 7.5 v. ARC Ref 3 I am not a CJ fan. I had the ARC Ref2 in my house for a week. It vas very good but not great. I do not know how the Ref 3 compares to the 2. Never heard the VTL, but owned the BAT51SE for a while. It was a superb pre-amp. Only sold it to get the n... | |
| panels vs cones which is best and why ? I have owned many different speaker technologies over the years. Planars (different iterations of Magnepans), Ribbons (Apogee Scintillas), Electrostatics (various Quads, Logans), and dynamic speakers. Each has their strengths and weaknesses. Howev... | |
| What sounds more musical than audionote equipment Overall, I definitely prefer great tubes to great transistors. I am familiar with many different brands, but not familiar with AN. I am currently running the Dartzeel amp and pre-amp combo. I have owned some state of the art stuff like Tenor, but ... | |
| Best interconnects for AYRE gear ? I have owned and tried many diferent cables over the years. The best I have heard are the Jena labs. I replaced the Acoustic Zen Silver II with the mid line Jena Symphonies ($1,100 per meter). The Acoustic Zen are great cables, but the Jena sympho... | |
| mbl or levinson for wilson sophia What about VAC. The PHI stuff is sensational. | |
| Ultimate headphone amp? We just compared the Consonance Cyber 20B (basic version) to the very highly regarded Ray Samuels Raptor. The Ray Samuels is almost twice the price. We used the sensational $400 AKG's. The Consonance had better tonality, more musical while still b... | |
| What speaker cables for my system ? Jena Labs are the best cables I have tried. Tried them in various systems. They are very neutral with fabulous imaging, transparency, focus, etc. And best of all, they are tonally very natural. Better than all the cables I tried regardless of price. | |
| best speakers for vocals? I must disagree with Jtgofish - I have owned many speakers over the years. Electrostatics (Martin Logan CLS, Quad 57's, Quads 63's) and heard many others. Also owned ribbons (big Apogee Scintilla) and planars. I have come to the conclusion that gr... | |
| Looking for a good power conditioner Look into the Audience Adept Response. Supposedly the best available for the price. | |
| DROPLET CD player - Best aftermarket power cable? You haven't heard your CD player if you are using the stock cord. The difference between the stock cord and even a half way decent aftermarket PC is night and day. Better cords are better yet. You will hear dramatic improvements all acress the boa... | |
| Is Apogee in a class by itself among planars? Muralman1 - You have a point about the amp. I was using Krell at the time. I liked the Krell much beter than the levinson, but the Krell couldn't compare with some other designs that were unable to power the Apogees. However, the amps that I think... |