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| What's Up with Magnapan at Shows? Don,I also use the Stereophile CD and the radio shack meter. They are very helpful and informative. As for things like coherence, use your ears. That is what I do. Not everyone hears the same thing. That is fine. I don't tell other people what the... | |
| What's Up with Magnapan at Shows? Donc55, It is interesting to observe the bewildering array of reactions to the 3.7's. I have done nothing special in my 15x19x8 listening room. Maybe I just got lucky. On the other hand, when I auditioned the 3.7's before purchase, the room was a ... | |
| What's Up with Magnapan at Shows? The difference in the published specs between the 3.7's and 3.6's are I'm sure accurate, and the difference may well be in the crossover. I can tell you that I am most happy to give up a little between 37 and 34 hz in order to receive the benefits... | |
| Beethoven Violin Sonatas---favorites and recs Jhold, the Melnikov/Faust arrived today. Just finished a decent sampling including the Kreutzer. Your description is dead on. I do think I am going to like this cycle very much based on what I have heard so far---would that Faust brought a bit mor... | |
| What's Up with Magnapan at Shows? Taters-- sorry to hear that.There is no excuse for rudeness. | |
| What's Up with Magnapan at Shows? Magnepan is a little different. They have a vision and are hard nosed and driven with respect to implementation of their vision. That has worked well for them so far. I got my first pair of Maggies in 1990. I'm now on my third pair. Last time arou... | |
| Older Cary 306/200 vrs a recent used Cary CD500? I used a Denon 1650 for years. I still have it upstairs so I have something I can use in a pinch. It has not been turned on for at least 5 years. I think you will be amazed at how far digital has come, provided that you are able to hear some of th... | |
| Reason for selling is... I don't mind if someone wants to know why I am selling. Many times, I list the reason in my add. Historically, I have been pretty careful about what I buy, so I usually hold on to stuff for 2-4 years before reselling. I don't think it is an unreas... | |
| Power plant and power cords upgrades a real wow? Onhyway, your comment is apt. This is exactly why I said, " I don't think you can generalize on this stuff." My comments were intended to be a guide to an approach, as well as an account of my own experiences. This is really a tough area to give g... | |
| Best for under $5,000.00 Unsound, I wondered about that too. The 805's are 4 Ohm speakers and 87 dB efficient. That could also be the basis for the butler suggested above.There would be a large number of options using a tube pre paired with a solid state power that might ... | |
| Best for under $5,000.00 Flybyjr,I haven't heard the low priced Cary stuff you are talking about. I think you can be sure that Cary is not going to put low priced stuff out there that is going to compete with their high priced stuff. I think it is an effort to draw more p... | |
| Power plant and power cords upgrades a real wow? Leherepkai is dead right with the above comments. The challenge is that you don't know what your weakest link is. In my system, the biggest change I got was replacing my duplexes with Audio Magic duplexes. It made a huge--not subtle improvement wi... | |
| Beethoven Violin Sonatas---favorites and recs Rok2id, They are wonderful works. The Kreutzer (9) is very well loved. You might want to start there. | |
| Beethoven Violin Sonatas---favorites and recs I had thought about Milstein. I do love his Bach. It sits on my desk at work. The week is not complete if I haven't heard his late 50's recordings. I saw a 99 Pealman/Argerich recording of the Kreutzer. Martha is one of my favorites. Anyone heard ... | |
| Newbie building modest system ...what amp? The old McCormacks are great in that price range. I would suggest you consider a good passive volume control, like a Promitheus REF 4 to go with the McCormacks. The unmodified McCormacks have a very high input impedence and play well even with res... |