celtic66
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| Luxman M-700U Power amp Courage. No experience with that piece, but having owned many Luxman pieces over three decades with nary a glitch or regret. how could you really miss? That piece is post Alpine dumpster fire or whoever owned them for a while, Made in Japan and ... | |
| Amp pairing for ATC SCM11 (v2) The ATCs are not as critical as some, but will benefit from decent stands, stand height and Herbie's Fat Dots placed under the cabinet. You are correct in assessment that non-vented designs interact less with their environment. Perhaps, keep the... | |
| Furutech 4.1 Series Cables - Outstanding Performance and Value Full loom of Furutech DPS 4.1 power cables. They were always quite good, but at 500 hours they all woke up together. It was like oxygen being pumped into the system. Everything opened up: Blacker background, wider sound stage, more dynamics, q... | |
| Puritan 156 Power Cord The Furutech DPS 4.1 has now been in three different reference systems paired with the Puritan 156, replacing the stock power cord. Results always shockingly good and better than the stock PC by miles. | |
| What's my best upgrade options I'll throw my hat in the ring. Working off your desire for "more clarity, more crystal clear detail, maybe lower noise floor". The TT/cart recommendations are spot on. You didn't mention what everything sits on. A Quadraspire SVT stand will cl... | |
| Any real experiences with a Luxman C900u and C10x? Luxman C900u controls my ATC 50 actives. It is quite fast, dynamic and images well. It is fast enough to stay with the actives. Tubes were too slow. I love the sound, it is for me, perhaps not you. The C900u is fed by Weiss 4 channel 501 DAC ... | |
| No More Fake Reviews - So Who’s Gonna Tell Us What To Buy? FTC is brilliant… at rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Read Lina M. Khan‘s bio. She is a classic study in Ivy League machinery-cog dynamics. With her PhD (Probably hasn’t Done it), she will slay the dragon…of what? Human behavior? What ... | |
| ATC SCM50 (passive) v. Devore O/93 ATC 50 active is simply a screaming deal when you factor in the amp cost/matching as part of the deal and done. And yes, I own them. And yes, I’ve owned enough equipment to fill a Listen Up store. A few things to know: They hate bad recordings. T... | |
| New speakers for a new start? It's like a ride on the Wild Mouse. Fan of active, although I've systems with great passive transducers too. ATC actives are scary good, rub up against the electrostatic quickness without the laser beam effect and are economical considering nega... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response I've owned/own four different pairs of ATC speakers. Two active, two passive: ATC 40A, 50A. ATC 7, 20. Even the small ATC 7 at 7 liters needs my Sugden A21SE class A at 33 wpc to properly push them around. The ATC 20 needs the 125 wpc Luxman ... | |
| Has a Power Conditioner Improved Your Sound? Puritan Labs 156 works well. Cheers | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response Not the only choice, but ATC speakers allow you to 'see' inside the music with excellent detail, fast response to instrument/vocal attack in a very balanced way (when driven properly). Most other transducers seem slow and muddled. One of the cha... | |
| Finding a Bookshelf for Luxman C900U/M900U https://atc.audio/hi-fi/loudspeakers/classic-series/scm20/ with the S-spec tweeter which is a significant upgrade. Sealed box, so booming is not a problem. Mine sit atop Sound Anchor stands and Herbie’s Fat Dots run by Luxman 509X. They are magic... | |
| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss https://weiss.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/White-paper-on-the-DAC50x-4ch.pdf Here is the White Paper on the unit. I've the upgraded unit. Life changing, no. Definitive upgrade, yes. More to the upgrade than just two more chips. Best of luck... | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw rocks at every dog that barks. Winston S. Churchill Rinse and repeat. Cheers |