bobrock
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| Focal vs Dali speakers the room is 600 ft, its large to me. | |
| Anyone heard nordost baldur speaker cables?? I just auditioned both Red dawn and Baldur speaker and the Baldur is definitely smoother. Red Dawn was to aggressive, lacked finesse. Bass on Baldur was good too. For long-term listening it's a superior cable. | |
| nordost baldur sc's, ic's I would want the one with the smoother presentation. Sounds like Baldur, as long as I dont give up too much bass | |
| Rotel vs NAD This is somewhat related anyone hear either new NAD C 565BEE CD Player, or Rotel new CDP RCD-1520, the nad is a bit cheaper ....my cdp died and I need a new one. I want the one with the smoother presentation. Sounds like NAD from what people are s... | |
| Class-D or switching amps, any opinions on?? As I said before I wad impressed with Linn, but Linn Does not come cheap. I want to hear cheaper alternatives to compare.Funny, Linn refuses to even call it class-d. | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System Wow you got a lot of crazy responses. Don't make this rocket science cause it aint. First, demo some cables in a reasonable price range and see what works best in your system. If you are using very high-end gear to begin with, you should not have ... | |
| Purist aqueous vs Venustas IC I have a chance to audition Venustas so I will do that as well as other CDP's. I will do that before shelling out the $$$ . Funny, I hooked up the aqueous IC to my DVD player and it was quite good. HA!!! in the past I was using an entry level card... | |
| Linn amps vrs Bryston I never heard B&W speakers so I can not say, however bryston does not match well with all speakers either. In any case try to audition before doing anything with this kinda $$$. Linn Bass in my experience is quite good, same for Simaudio or Cl... | |
| Linn amps vrs Bryston Linn Can handle any load, down to 2 ohms. I also find Linn more musical than Bryston (and Lighter...Brystons are cinder blocks). I used to own a Bryston and sold it, It does everything the company claims but is very analytical. You should try Linn... | |
| anyone have experience with tube cdps' I tried a Jolida JD100 once (unmodified), long time ago, it sounded very natural...only criticism was it lacked a bit of detail. I simply assumed todays players would have improved on that. It was great on vocals. On the SS side I liked the Linn M... | |
| anyone have experience with tube cdps' I did not find Rega laid back. In fact, the images were all quite large...as if it was trying to big-up the sound. I actually preferred the old rega Jupiter 2000 to the new apollo. | |
| Best amps for Totem hawks?? please help I just listened to both The Linn Majik-I integrated and the Akurate 2200 this weekend. Amazingly I could not detect a big difference in sound because they use the same amplification technology, the 2200 just has more power. Both stunning amps. You... | |
| Best amps for Totem hawks?? please help Thanks to everyone I have settled on The Linn Akurate 2200. Take care !!! | |
| Best amps for Totem hawks?? please help Thanks to all I will let you know what I decide. I have narrowed things down considerably. As the last person mentioned Price at some point is an issue. | |
| Best amps for Totem hawks?? please help For tubes I could try Rogue tempest II or Jolida...Thats an interesting option. |