celtic66
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| Anybody have an actively multi-amplified system? Oft amazed at the complexity of execution. Nearly 50 years of audio experience and enough past pieces to fill a small audio store shows so many problems have been well solved producing a nice facsimile of live performance.The debate over active s... | |
| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers ATC SCM 40 active with Isoacoustics Gaia II footers and yes I run them. I’ve listed my full system here before so won’t now. ATC is unbelievably solid. | |
| Shocked removed spikes, used blue tack, what other non spike footer Gaia +3 man. There is no better solution. It is truly shocking. All of the other rhetoric is just that.....rhetoric. There are few absolute truths in this crazy hobby, but this one is immutable...Gaia footers currently work better for this ass... | |
| Tubes or stick with S/S Manley Mahi Mahi monoblocks. Beautiful sounding, quick as hell with great imaging and natural timbre. Vocals and acoustic instruments sing. Can be found for about 2K used. | |
| Isoacoustics Gaia II on what type of speaker platform? Believe there is some confusion about the Isoacoustics products and their proper usage. The thickness of a carpet bears no relationship to the use of the carpet cups. The carpet cups are not to pierce the carpet and lodge in the sub-flooring. T... | |
| Review of Mojo Audio Mystique V3 DAC thaluza,Yes, still enjoying immensely and even more so as I've really ramped up the power clean up. Added the Decware ZLC power conditioner and Perfect Path Technologies' The Gate. Odd how long I've been in this game and not paid enough attentio... | |
| Perfect Path Tecnologies ‘The Gate’ That was fun. Okay, erik_squires does pose legitimate and thoughtful questions about something plugged directly into an electrical box. I get that and thank him for posing the questions.An electrician wired The Gate into the panel and so far no ... | |
| Upgrade integrated within the $600 - 1k Range I've run the Rega model just before the newest one and it's great for the money. Simao is correct in that a look at the Rogue is not a bad idea. And then you can join the insanity of tube rolling the preamp. Oh yeah!! What fun!! | |
| Best way to spike a large tower ( 100 lbs +) You've not revealed what speakers. Instead of spikes I would look at the Isoacoustics Gaia II. They greatly improve performance and you can GENTLY with help move them. Once in place you might consider the carpet spikes for the Gaia footers as t... | |
| Power condtioning/filtering Idiot autocorrection. Missed it by one letter and it gave me that. Yes, it is that good. And I like polo bears. Ciao | |
| Amps suggestions for ATC scm 40 mk2 Manley Snappers. That will do the trick. You are correct, the ATCs need lots of power, but really they need lots of really stable power. I doubt if the Hegel is up to the task as you've indicated.I run the ATC 40 actives, so I know the sound yo... | |
| Amps suggestions for ATC scm 40 mk2 Manley Snappers. That will do the trick. You are correct, the ATCs need lots of power, but really they need lots of really stable power. I doubt if the Hegel is up to the task as you've indicated.I run the ATC 40 actives, so I know the sound yo... | |
| Review of Mojo Audio Mystique V3 DAC Eventually, a 12 step program must be considered for this addiction. Of course, the downside is not nearly as destructive as many other kinds. I'm observing with all of these upgrades that power regulation and filtering are everything. The inst... | |
| Decware ZLC power conditioner ptss: I did not. I like Steve Deckert"s work and went with that.I'm running Decare's best ICs. I've run his ZDAC and speaker cables having never been disappointed with performance/cost ratio. An addendum: the ZLC benefits from placement on a Qu... | |
| Tube vendor recommendations? Mostly, I love these forums......however.Are we in junior high again? When do perceived personality traits override a business decision? Kevin Deal may well be what some claim. Should we care? Does Upscale Audio provide competent product and s... |