carl_eber

Responses from carl_eber

Replacement Drivers
Try Speaker City, Madisound, Meniscus Audio, Orca Design, Noth Creek Music Systems. 
Serious about sound?
Krells are the antithesis of shit, and you are full of shit!!!! I can hear better than you, and everybody you know!!!! 
Best loudspeaker on the 3k range???
My Paragon Acoustics Radiants list for $2900, I'd sell them to you for $1650. I could e-mail you photos. 
Best CD player now made.
I'd put my Resolution Audio CD-50 up against any of them, even the Sony SCD-1!!! 
Krell or Classe?
Get a used Krell KAV-250a power amp, used 250p preamp, and used Dynaudio or ProAc speakers (perhaps the ones you mention). I'd consider used PBN Montana or Nova Audio speakers also. 
INNERCONNECT ADVICE.
Try Harmonic Technology "Truthlink". 
CD Players- What To Look For?
Screw Sony!!! Get a used Resolution Audio CD-50. It's about as good as a Levinson 39, and you can drive your power amp directly with it. I PROMISE IT'LL SOUND BETTER THAN ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE!!!! (Except maybe dCS upsampling, but that's even mo... 
whats the beat on MIT cables
MIT SHOTGUN 330'S HAVE EASILY BEAT THE FOLLOWING IN MY SYSTEM (between Krell amp and preamp): MIT 350 Reference, Transparent Reference, Cardas Neutral Reference, AudioTruth Diamond, and Harmonic Technology Pro Silway 2. ALPHA CORE SUCKS, DON'T GET... 
Best Turntable/Cartridge on a Buget?
VPI HW-19 JR, HANDS DOWN... Audioquest arm, Sumiko Blue Point Special cartridge. Then get a Benz Glider cartridge in a year or two. 
New speakers Or speaker wire ?
GET ASC "FRESCOES" AND TUBETRAPS, AND TREAT YOUR FIRST WALL REFLECTIONS (on EVERY wall). You'll never know what your system sounds like until you do this basic and integral procedure. Do this before you buy any other cables or components. That way... 
Replace Aragon with Mcormack
Get a used Krell KAV-250a. 
ANYONE HEARD OF OMNI AUDIO SPEAKERS
About 5 years ago, I was just getting started in the high end. I ordered lit from Omni, but never even got it. I believe they had already gone out of business, but I'm not sure. 
Transport vs. CD Player ???
Subscribe to Stereophile and The Absolute Sound. FIRST, READ BOB HARLEY'S "COMPLETE GUIDE TO HIGH END AUDIO". 
Wilson v Sonus Faber
"Rebuilt" or not, Wilson's Focal tweeter sucks big time! The Revelator tweeter in the Sonus Faber is the best dome in the world, no contest! KINDA LIKE DECIDING WHETHER TO BUY AN AMERICAN FORD SUV, OR THE TOP OF THE LINE FERRARI, if they were the ... 
quad esl 63 needs a sub woofer
Try borrowing a Velodyne HGS-12.