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| Verity Audio Sarastro - Anybody heard I heard the Sarastro and enjoyed it. That said, for a speaker with moving coil drivers I'd much prefer the Rockport Merak/Sheritan Mk II, at $29,500.Brian Walsh | |
| CD Treatments-Which ones do you like? Optrix on play side, Eco3 on label side works well here...Brian Walsh | |
| Las Vegas "THE" alternative show? http://www.the-expo.net provides the information you seek. Venues are the St. Tropez hotel and the San Remo hotel. The St. Tropez is next to the Alexis Park, and there are free shuttle buses between the San Remo and St. Tropez.Brian Walsh | |
| used goldmund T-3f at $4750? I enjoyed owning an LP12 for years, with Ittok arm and Asak cartridge. It was sensitive to floor vibrations and somewhat to acoustic feedback at higher volume levels, but it served me well. Placing it on a Machina Dynamica Nimbus stand was interes... | |
| used goldmund T-3f at $4750? Based upon what I have read and heard from others, the T3F is not a desirable arm, at least in part due to reliability or staying set up correctly. For $4750 you can do better, in my opinion. The Air Tangent is a really good arm, although about tw... | |
| Question for Rowland aficionados Other manufacturers using the ICEpower modules include Acoustic Reality in their eAR amps. Others have tried them and chose to go discrete... Tkheem has shed some light on what's in the Rowlands...the 302 and others in the 300 series also use the ... | |
| What days to attend CES? Thursday is not the best day to do critical listening, as many systems are not warmed up completely, and in fact some people are still setting up on Thursday morning. Some people come just for the weekend, which tends to be busier. The show ends a... | |
| What SOLID STATE preamp recommended for the JC-1? CTC Blowtorch, by a significant margin. More affordable units offering good performance would include Ayre. | |
| Pre-Amp for Parasound JC-1 The MP-1 is a very nice preamp with an ardent following. Although I haven't owned one, I know someone who replaced one with a Blowtorch and was overwhelmed with the improvement. He uses Parasound JC-1s as well. Alas, the Blowtorch is not a product... | |
| Is there any obvious advantage for monoblocks? Elgordo, the Parasound HCA-3500 which you mention is now available in a nicely improved monoblock version called the Halo JC-1. While the JC-1 is largely an HCA-3500 split in two, it also has twice the power supply, nearly twice the heat sink area... | |
| Absolute must see at CES this year? A couple I'll be checking out quite a bit :-)Alexis Park 1902Rockport Technologies, Parasound, TG Audio/CTC Builders, Acme Audio, Grand Prix AudioAlexis Park 2054Sound Lab, Vitus Audio, ArgentoBrian Walsh | |
| The Thor TPA 150 Monoblocks are incredible How about telling us about your system and where you auditioned them or from where borrowed them, so we can put your comments in some kind of context? Are you a dealer or associated with one, as your moniker tends to suggest? Interesting... | |
| Lazarus hybrid amps...anyone hear them? I have a pair of h1a's which I plan to sell simply because I no longer use them. They are robust, dynamic and musical. A friend knows them pretty well, having tweaked a pair for a mutual friend some years ago and owning one himself. | |
| Are internet sales taking business or not? Please see my thoughts here.Brian | |
| Interconnects:Dazed and Confused Unsound, I apologize if my post offended you and anyone else. As others expressed, I did not mention any products I sell, nor was the purpose of my post to promote them. You and others are of course free to do as you wish - buy new, used, or DIY. ... |