celtic66
Responses from celtic66
| Budget Tube Preamp ($2000) Manley Jumbo Shrimp used and upgrade the tubes through Upscale Audio. Patrick Cullen Crossover II PC to complete the deal. | |
| Active Non near field loudspeaker +2 for ATC. In regards to the ATC SCM 40s listed, those first showed up in Mill Valley, CA and now in Florida......a curious thing.I run that exact speaker and it is stellar. That price is terrific. The Gaia footers are a must along with great ... | |
| I knew room treatments were in my future. GIK suggestion is good. Know why they test flight airplanes? Because you never know until it’s real. Good starting point, but then you will need to start experimenting for YOUR system and YOUR ears. Enjoy the ride. | |
| Power Conditioners Ran the Furman with good results. Replaced with https://www.decware.com/newsite/ZLC.html which eviscerated it on all levels.System is server, DAC, tube preamp, active ATC towers. All improved when run through it. | |
| ATC SCM 40 vs. ATC SCM 50 I run the ATC SCM 40 active tower and they are formidable in respect to slam, resolution, soundstage and attack. This a speaker that lives on immediacy. Surprising bass and dynamics for a 6.5” bass driver in a sealed cabinet. Very controlled. ... | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC Mojo Audio Mystique’ V3 + whatever number. It is a killer. As mentioned in previous posts, it just gets it right. It is freakishly dynamic, live, detailed and quick. The immediacy is scary. Music appears out of blackness and washes over you. | |
| Need more slam! Help! You’ve one of the most polite audiophile sounding speakers on the planet. Not a bad thing, they are just that. A sub may get you there. I’ve lived where you are now. I added a JL 10” sub and got closer. Then I opened the gates and went active... | |
| MusicDirect rja is on track. MD should move, will move in the future leaving the tax insanity of Chicagoland. Sad, because I love visiting that city. | |
| Cables for Audio Mirror Tubadour III PC Cullen Cable Crossover ll, cullencable.comIC Decware with Silver Xadow connectors, decware.com | |
| Dueland Cables Correct, the Duelund wire is quite good, overlooked and cheap as hell in the land of galactically stupid expensive wire. I've only run the bare end speaker wires on Penaudio Cenya, Merlin Black Magic monitors and several other quality speakers. ... | |
| ATC SCM 40 mk2 vs Salk Song3 Encore jjss49 is correct in assessment of the two brands and obviously a bit of a cheerleader for the active ATCs. So am I, but then it's not my system to listen to. I've the ATC SCM 40A and have unabashedly touted their talents of immediacy, dynamics ... | |
| I blew up my receiver. Now what? Not meaning to pour salt in the wound, but the unit would not have even plugged into the wall with a North American plug. I've lived and worked in Europe for years. You had to have used an adaptor.Anyway, as previous posters have concluded, you ... | |
| Best options for active speakers $4k or below? Focal works. Well priced for performance. Easily found and returned. | |
| Back to trying to upgrade Harbeth 30.1s Perhaps I got this wrong. OP is asking for more dynamics and increased bass, so he's sent by some to a speaker with a woofer almost half the size of his current one obviously contained in a smaller volume sealed box. Humm?I would look at an acti... | |
| Has anyone heard a Sugden ANV-50? and advice on upgrading. Also have not heard the ANV-50, but have owned an older A21SE rated at 33wpc class A. It is scary and I've used it with many speakers to include Reference 3A towers, Merlin Black Magic, Penaudio Cenya and a myriad of others not particularly effic... |