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| High Current Monoblocks Fitting your criteria so far.. Diminutive in size, gigantic in performance--check out FM 111. | |
| Which has greatest influence? All things equal, given only one choice, I'd get a better pre-amp first. | |
| matching speaker to room size? I have similar size room (width & height), only much longer. Even so, monitors does it for me. Have tried some full-range floor standers, but given my room size, found most times 'less is more' to be the case. They don't disappear as well and ... | |
| Help/Advice Choosing SS integrated If Accuphase or Luxman fits your budget should also give them a run. Good resolution, palpable midrange and are anything but dry. Great reputation and excellent built quality to boot. | |
| Coldplay on Quad 988 Although most of the above posts re recording quite true, I'd also take a second look at the transient performance, separation and dynamic (contrast) capabilities of your other gears as well. Especially the source, pre-amp. | |
| Some questions about Kharma Exquisite Reference Seitei,I'm using the old dCS stack (4pcs) with all Siltech Reference G6 cabling (4 power cords, 3 aesbu, 2 fw) connected to an FMA268 pre using FM's PIT balanced ic all plugged into a PS Audio PP1200 with excellent result. You should give the dCS-... | |
| A great linestage/preamp "makes" a great system Founding the right one has been truly a revelation and life changing (audio) experience for me. So, enough of flirting and dating (almost 30years), am now happily married to one. She now becomes the backbone of my great family.. =) | |
| which preamp match best with Krell Evo 402 ? With mediocre ones probably yes, you will be better off going direct from an Elgar Plus to amp. However, given good/excellent ones, no way, Imo running a pre-amp is still the way to go--much better. | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? Hi Downunder,An excellent summary, as written, the Colosseum seems like a true contender. As for the suggestion from your dealer for them to sounding much better balanced, (read between lines) seems to me more like a hint that when used with Gryph... | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you Argument? Nah..far from it, waste of time. Am actually just curious of how you came about to your previously mentioned conclusion. With reference to your experience however, I believe Magico as being the more neutrally balanced and revealing speak... | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you Rgcards: For floorstanders that might need more power I heard the new vienna acoustics klimpt last week and I though the were much better than magico v3 at the same dealer, and also better although in adifferent way than sonus faber elippsa.< A... | |
| Avantgarde Duos - right for me? Since you'll be doing some entertaining, I'd pay particular attention to their placement. Despite their glorious intimate musicality, they can sound rather honky at wrong height listening level ie.sitting too close or too high (or when standing). ... | |
| Magnepan 20.1 Johnnyb53 : They had excellent dynamics. They didn't sound quite as dynamic and transparent as the Wilson MAXX 3's, but those are over twice the price. I liked the Maggies.< These more or less summarized what I felt too back then..Nonetheless, ... | |
| Magnepan 20.1 Played around with my MG20.1 for 3yrs ('03-'06), using dCS (4pcs) as source, through VTL REF7.5/ARC REF3, and alternating driving amps were ARC REF600mkIII, Jadis JA200 or FMA 611.Well yes, they were certainly good and even excellent in some ways ... | |
| Magnepan 20.1 My take would be that you'd be initially left impressed with them (a change can be refreshing in many ways..), but which soon wears off after a long while and be missing back those energy behind snaps and plucks of string, as well real heft/power ... |