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| Need advice on which speakers I should audition? Back in mid 80s I remembered replacing my ML CLSII to the then new Energy Reference Connoisseur 22 (a model with wooden stand integrated to the speaker as one single unit, nice and solidly built, pretty heavy too). RRP then was around the range of... | |
| What time do you wear? Brian, great choice--the Glashutte Original as are the Lange1 are already a classic and a good investment too! They will be snapped up pretty quickly in the used market at good prices. Had my Lange1 for about 5yrs and traded them at almost no loss... | |
| What time do you wear? Hi Jmo, thanks..mine are two basic ones, the RM010 in WG (plain), and RG (w/diamond bezel). I loved their tourbs--beautiful, RM008 being my favorite, but too much for right now. Wanted to get the RM011 last year actually, but ended up spending the... | |
| What time do you wear? Just as in audio, I too have weaknesses for watches. Though my preference runs along the larger sized sport varieties. Luckily, they happen to have pretty good credentials and historical background as well, thus collecting and making them another ... | |
| Dartzeel 108 Vaipe : I do like the system, it’s very fast, punchy, with a huge sound stage. But something is missing, it’s not refined. Reading the reviews, I think I’ll have everything that gamut delivers plus a sweet refined sound.< In reference to essenc... | |
| Dartzeel 108 Have tried using Elgar Plus straight to amp for past 5yrs with various combinations of amps and speakers. Although most times I do get excellent sound, I always felt something essential missing from the whole musical picture. So here I am now a be... | |
| Shindo lab pre amps Mikeyc8Bvdiman: I think top units and remote controllable is an oxymoron. Can't have one with the other :)< You can for SS gears, well I guess you are quite right as to valve units. Have owned ARC REF3 and VTL REF7.5 and can see what you mean. ... | |
| Shindo lab pre amps Has anybody had the opportunity to compare the top end Shindo to Wavac or Kondo line--KSL M77/M1000? Are any of these top valve units remote controllable, and have balanced input/outputs? What are their retail prices? Thanks.. | |
| Large Tannoy Speaker Placement question: As above, I too found Tannoys are particularly well suited driven by the 300Bs varieties SET amps. The Western Electric ones I found to be the best match at that time driving my Westminster Royal. Live, control, finesse, sweetness all in a perfect... | |
| vander 5A, Revelsalon2, sf elipsa or magico v3? Sorry, I do not have any first hand experiences with Revels nor the Vander 5s except through some references from friends and great reviews. So will leave that to other fellow A'goners in better positions to contribute their views/insights of them. | |
| vander 5A, Revelsalon2, sf elipsa or magico v3? Jedhartman,I found it much easier to get a pleasingly musical sound out of Elipsa. Although they too are pretty transparent to source, their tone colors (warmer seductive sound) somehow to me more forgiving of the various components we tried them ... | |
| vander 5A, Revelsalon2, sf elipsa or magico v3? With your current gears I would vote for SF Elipsa. However, if you have plans of gearing towards the more current and neutral crop of components in the not too distant future, go Magico. | |
| Big Karan amps So it's more or less similar improvements wrought with their ic. However, to me spending on Ic first is still the better investment though. And do tread carefully, try not to get overboard and spend too much on particular makes of cable. Because (... | |
| Big Karan amps Cappucino,Congrates!!I was in your positioned, felt that magic of Valhalla too! If they sounded right in your system, leave the rest as is like what my 'cruel' dealer did, and just substitute a single pair of Odin XLR from your source to pre! Beli... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? Hi Downunder,That's nice to know! I too, until Ieaving Sydney, bought most stuffs from him.. He got me started with some 2nd hand ARCs--SP8, SP10mkII, D115, then the 'new' VTLs--Ultimate pre, 100, 225, 300 amps. Also ML, Energy and MGIIIa speakers... |