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| Power Conditioner Helpful? A line conditioner should simply remove noise and leave the music intact. Few do. I'm auditioning one now that stands to surprise a lot of folks.Brian Walsh | |
| Why is the trend to make separate phono stage If the line stage injects noise into the phono stage, an outboard one can sound better. When all is shielded and isolated correctly, the reverse is true, as there are no interconnects involved between phono and line stages. Such is the case with t... | |
| It's 2008 The component that lets you 'listen through' the system to the experience of the original performance and the venue and forget about the equipment...an elusive but worthy goal...Brian Walsh | |
| Aesthetix IO vs. Manley Steelhead vs. The Groove Jacob, I would add the Vendetta Gen. II to your short list...it should be available later this year and may render everything else irrelevant...I plan to get one built into my CTC Blowtorch preamp...drop me a line if you'd like info, and do come f... | |
| Creative Cable Concepts Pigtails The Pigtails are about a foot long and connect at one end to the positive terminals of the amplifier and speakers, with the other end hanging free. They filter out RFI and other noise. I know, it sounds like snake oil... They are not effective on ... | |
| Creative Cable Concepts Pigtails Yes, they work in a variety of systems. One of my customers suggested I could be out selling drugs on the street corner, they are that good :-) He went ga-ga over 'em on his Avantgardes and his tube amp.In case you couldn't tell, I'm a Creative Ca... | |
| What affordable amp should go w/ magnepan 1.6? A friend uses an Audiomat Arpege integrated amp with very good results. Others have reported good results with Innersound amps. I don't sell either one, but they're fine products.Brian Walsh | |
| Magnepan20.1 And Soundlab A-1 Although I haven't owned Magnepans (I own and sell Sound Labs), I've heard them on enough occasions that I have a pretty good idea of their characteristics. Their radiating pattern gives a different tonal characteristic and feel, the former being ... | |
| Why all these JC-1's for sale? Thanks for the clarification, Bob. As ssid, there were some units with the wrong part installed, which were corrected as quickly as possible once it was discovered. Of the hundreds out there in use, there were few that had this, handled promptly.R... | |
| Why all these JC-1's for sale? Check out Bound For Sound, forgot what issue. It documented a review of the JC-1's, and was perhaps the ONLY mag to find them inconsistent, due to a design flaw I believe. On some days, they were amongst the best available, yet on other days, near... | |
| Why all these JC-1's for sale? All of my customers interested in the JC-1s audition them in their systems. I'm a firm believer in try before you buy, and most often I take them over to their homes to set them up. I can't say if a lot of other dealers do that.As for reasons why ... | |
| Elite Preamps--Electon Images, Messenger, Tube Res Hi Brooks...running JC-1s...a customer has borrowed them for a couple of days, and it's probably down to them or a pair of much more expensive amplifiers... Call me about the CAT, which should be quite a hoot as well...Brian | |
| Does "full range" really mean anything? Speakers with response below 30 Hz can convey a lot more venue information, which is important to the music listening experience.Brian Walsh | |
| Tok20000 is going pro Tok20000, good luck. I've followed the 'Gilmore speakers revealed' thread over on Speakers and figured it was best to sit back and see how things went, that the public would speak their minds - and speak they have indeed. You might have found reve... | |
| Elite Preamps--Electon Images, Messenger, Tube Res Kevin, if cost is secondary you really should consider the CTC Blowtorch - nope, I don't sell 'em, 'cause they're sold direct only, built to order - but I have one and wouldn't be without it, it's insanely great. If you're looking for something in... |