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GMA Callisto vs. Reference 3a De Capo i
>> 05-15-06: Drubin>>Pardon the small diversion, but I want to ask>> Bombaywalla how he would compare the Callistos to his>> Contiuums.the 1st words that came out of my mouth after hearing the Callistos were "hey, these sou... 
GMA Callisto vs. Reference 3a De Capo i
>> 05-15-06: Crgolfer>> ....>> I would say that that the 3As would be more dynamic>> with rock music while the Callistos better at female>> vocals.>> ....this is a very odd statement re. the Callistos! I'm afrai... 
GMA Callisto vs. Reference 3a De Capo i
>> 05-13-06: Jaybo>> neither have real bass,Jaybo,re. the GMA Callistos you have no idea of what you are talking about! I have heard the Callistos in the GMA factory listening room which is a very modest room. The bass from the Callist... 
wadia making mistake?
i don't think that it's about making a mistake @ Wadia by offering SACDs in their latest models. Their hand was "forced" so to say: TEAC has stopped making redbook only VRDS transports. They decided to make multiformat transports using some of the... 
Class T vs. Class D Digital Amps
>> Anyone think this is the wrong direction to be going?oh yes! I do!every class-D power amp I have heard so far is a POS. The list is short 'cuz the ones (listed below) that I heard turned me off so much that my motivation to keep going on ... 
What room color to complement Champagne speakers?
I would say "champagne"! Then, speakers will disappear! That's what you want anyway, right? 
GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM
Ooops, Drubin!! Sorry! looks like I'm to be blamed for mis-construing your comments! LOL!>> I find this issue of making all of one's recordings>> sound good very interesting.to me, this read like a sceptic's comment!>> It is some... 
GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM
Bobby, that mud-slinging comment was not aimed at you by any chance! Just wanted to be clear.My post was aimed at making songwriter's comments clear as it seems that they were being miscontrued. Your last post has said the same thing in your own w... 
GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM
Wait a minute guys! I'm beginning to see this thread soon turning into a GMA vs Merlin mud-slinging contest! :-(BEFORE it degenerates into something of this sort I would like to try to abort such a deviation. Please allow me this!Minbean: buy what... 
GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM
This post might be too late for Minbean now but I thought that I'd post it anyway - I visited the Green Mountain Audio factory in CO & heard the Callistos mounted on Skylan 24" sand-filled stands. The source was a Sony CDR (forget the model #)... 
Upgrade from Forte F40/4A
>> have good experience with McCormack, I had a DNA-2>> Deluxe in the past and very happy with it, drove my>> Sonus Faber Extrema better than Rowland 8Ti HC!i don't doubt you but, boy, am I very surprised to read this or what??!!... 
DAC-AH - upgrade to Audio Mirror?
Holderlin/Bob,you didn't give any other info re. the squeezebox other than you are using it to play MP3 files. I'm *assuming* that the bluntness & lack of rhythm is when you play MP3 files from the Squeezebox. Well, you are aware that MP3 is a... 
DAC-AH - upgrade to Audio Mirror?
Holderlin/Bob,How did you determine conclusively that it is your DAC-AH that is at fault (for the bluntness & lack of rhythm)? 
Reference Transports: An overall perspective
Germanboxers,after your last post, we are probably on the same page because of your statement:>> ...(and I view the transport -correctly or incorrectly->> as everything from reading the disk to just before the>> digital filters, ... 
Reference Transports: An overall perspective
Henryhk,>> With regard to the Wadia not being 32x better....of>> course. In high end audio, cars, wine ...u name>> it...the marginal utility one derives from spending>> each marginal dollar tends to decline....but the key i...