bobgates
Responses from bobgates
| Does the Mark Levinson 331 suck? I recently compared the Marsh a400 and the Levinson 331 and can not understand where you are coming from when you say the Marsh a400 "smokes" the Levinson 331 in every way. I found just the opposite to true. The 331 was more authoritive and refine... | |
| Consonance cd-120 vs. Consonance 2.2 I have not heard the 2.2 but have the CD-120 and find it to be a remarkable unit for the money; kind of a poor man's Levinson 390S. | |
| Purist Audio : Venustas vs. Dominus? I've listened to both extensively and the Dominus is definately in a class by itself. Compared to the Venustas it portrays a wider and deeper soundstage with an extremely higher degree of realism; instruments and voices sound so real it is almost ... | |
| Best value speakers available Coincident speakers are my favorites (I have the Partial Eclipse). Israel Blume is a genius when it comes to loudspeaker design. | |
| Best 12AX7 for phono preamp So far I have tryed the Telefunken NOS, Dutch Amperex NOS, RCA, GE, Tesla, Sovtek (WA, WB and LPS versions), Ei and Electo-Harmonix. To my ears the Electro-Harmonix are very good but the inexpensive Ei 12AX7s that I bought from Parts Express for $... | |
| Which Classic Componets Would You Collect? Marantz tube equipment (Model 9) and Western Electric amplifiers. | |
| Any Suggestions? Purist Audio has an inexpensive speaker cable called the "Museaus" that would work great with your system. These cables outperform anything I have heard in their price range along with several very expensive cables. | |
| Bad room for sound? Your room dimensions sound like they would be great for a listening room; wish my room was that big. From what I hear it's a perfectly square room that doesn't sound that good. | |
| Tube newbie, Audio Research questions? Back in the 70s ARC used to be the number one manufacturer of tube gear, but nowadays there are a lot of great companies that make tube gear; Cary is one of them. | |
| Rega 25 or VPI Scout VPI Scout. | |
| 2-Way Floorstander, $1500 Check out the Coincident Conquest. | |
| Signal cables...analog 1 or 2? I compared the two and think the 1 is sonically better than the 2. | |
| Anyone comment on the Consonance Opera M100?? I think it's a wonderful integrated tube amp and is sonically right up with Cary and Rogue Audio. I've had mine for 2 years now and have no plans to replace it. | |
| Best Integrated amp for under 4k Rowland Concentra. | |
| Krell KSA-150 vs. Simaudio W-3... + ??? pre-amp Go with the Sim Audio. |