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Boulder monoblocks
Rhohense, Boulder 850 will be around $10K USA retail. I saw the pictures of them and they look cheaper than 1000(or 2000) series gear-they have silver faceplate but, casework is black and they are half width of 1050. 810 preamp will be 850s natura... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Teajay, I post my impression about dCS P8i on 10-25-05 on this thread. I will repeat that I was a bit disappointed with its sonics. As I explained before it was as HIFI+ review said mixed bag. Weiss Medea/Jason combo and Esoteric D-01/P-01/G-0s co... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Teajay, I agree with you 100%. My feeling is that we will stay with RBCD as a main format for at least 5 years time.As I said before in this thread I would love to meet audiophile who owns few hundreds SACDs or DVD-As( I have 20 SACDs and 2 DVD-As... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Teajay, thanks for break-in info regarding Accustuc Arts Player 1. It is allready nice sounding( better hour by hour!)-#2 flavor I think. It remind me to ARC CD3MkII that I sold. I suspect that both these player are best value in their price range... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Teajay, Accustic Arts Player I is the latest version( just came from Germany few days ago ). It is 24/192 and I hope that my friend made a good choice. Player is allready(20hours of listening) sounding good but, more next week... He also received ... 
Mini Monitors - Dynaudio and JM Labs
Islandflyfisher-My Special 25s are almost 8feet apart and I am seating 9.5feet from them. They are toe-in to cross in distant 15feet position(4.5feet behind my head). Speakers are 2.5feet from wall behind them(bass has perfect combination of depth... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Teejay, I auditioned Ensemble Dirondo Player only-in my friends system. It was good sounding(#1 flavor) but, to me it sounded little bit thin in bottom octave. Unfortunately I didn't have a chance to audition Dirondo Drive that you are using. BTW,... 
Speakers for a small room
Kjgp-Jadis JA30 are wonderful amps... If fact, I think Jadis are most emotional sounding of all tube amps! As I said before Cremona Auditor(with original stands) or new Concerto Domus are both good choices for your room. Your music taste will prob... 
Review: Krell Resolution 2 Speaker
Few days ago I had a chance to audition Resolution 2 and I completly agree with Linnlp12 review. These are excellent speakers, specially for their price. System was Jeff Rowland Model501/Concerto pre and Ayre CX7e. My friend own Resolution 1 which... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Teejay-TL-0x is having new laser(old one were having some problems with CD-R/CD-RWs...) and updated power supply, of course, color is silver-it is made in Japan. I saw TL-2SL together with DX71MkII is person and they are also made in Japan( there ... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Exlibris-I heard that EMM Labs DCC2( it is a excellent dac!) is picky about transport connection and is best sounding with CDSD. Regarding problems with AES/EBU on TL51, maybe is lock window on DCC2 is too narrow for TL51.One option(expensive one)... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Exlibris-CEC on European market also has TL2-SL version(with CEC link to connect to DX-71MkII dac). I heard that new version of TL2 might be introduced early next year...BTW, price for TL-0x in USA is $17500! TL51x is $1290 and IMO it is the best ... 
Amp for Dali Euphonia MS4?
MS4 is easier to drive then MS5. Tube amps are more then welcome for this speakers. Think push-pull rather then SETs-ARC VT100MkIII,Mcintosh MC2102 or MC275, Conrad Johnson LPS70 etc. Solid state-Pass X250.5 or Plinius SA102( something warm soundi... 
Speakers for a small room
Original Guarneri stands will be to tall for your room(BTW, new Guarneri Memento will be released in January 2006) since you will seat 8feet from them. Cremona Auditor could be a good solution for you but, only with their original stands! If you u... 
Krell Intergrateds..how come nobody likes em?
Agree with Chazzbo. I owned Krell KAV300i and it was a good amp, typical old Krell sound.New Krell KAV400ix is better than 300i but, problem is that many people compare them with FPB( like FPB450Mcx) series which is in another class...KAV400ix is ...