charles1dad
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| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Hi Larryi,You mentioned the BaLabo a Japanese SS amplifier. I heard them at CES a few years ago and thought that they were quite good sounding. Two other excellent Japanese SS amplifiers I’ve heard are the Technical Brain and Concert Fidelity (dri... | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Ricred1,You mentioned Absolare and I’m very familiar with their sound. A good friend had the Absolare Passion Signature 845 PSET amplifiers and the Passion Signature Line Stage for 2 years driving his Rockport Altair speakers. He’s had numerous ex... | |
| Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables Hello Calloway,Your results are not that surprising considering how well the Cerious Graphene cable compared to your highly regarded High Fidelity CT cables. Charles, | |
| What's the deal with idler turntables and do they have a place in modern HiFi? Hello Thom,I appreciate your intelligent and honest response. You are right regarding the different types of turntable drive approaches. Be it idler arm, belt or direct drive, each has its strengths and flaws. I wish you much success with your Eig... | |
| Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp?? Hello Matt,I'm glad you were able to solve your noise issue not only thoroughly but also inexpensively as well 😊. Charles, | |
| Sony CDP-XA7ES vs CEC TL-1 transport Alex,I n terms of musical sound quality, involvement and natural presentation I'd rank in this order. Based on my listening encounters with them.1. PS Audio PWT this is a superb sounding transport, and if bought used it is a terrific value.2 CE... | |
| Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp?? Raul explained that he did not do a direct comparison nor did he hear the Herron in his system. See his post from this morning. Charles, | |
| Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp?? Hello Raul,I appreciate your reply. You did not directly compare the Klyne and the Herron phono stages ( or hear the Herron in your system). It is clear that you hold the Klyne in very high regard. These two units very likely have different soni... | |
| 5% THD to .000 THD SOUND Ralph, I’d say that your description of the sound of amplifiers correlates very well to my own listening experiences over the years. I’d also be interested in your reply to Onhwy61's inquiry. I’ve heard the Putney amplifiers twice (under show cond... | |
| Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp?? Hell Raul,Back when my audio system was analog dominant both the Klyne and Herron were consistently regarded as excellent Phono stages. Is your preference for the Klyne the result of direct listening comparison to the Herron or based on the forme... | |
| Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp?? Based on the responses thus far it is clear that the Herron VTPH-2 and Allnic 1201 would be a very compelling/competitive comparison. Charles, | |
| Wilson Sophia 1 vs vandersteen 2ce Just for reference sake and to demonstrate that the OP’s assessment isn’t an isolated perspective read samhar’s post from 05/03/2016. He compared the Wilson Sophia to his Vandersteen 3a Signatures with two Vandersteen subwoofers. His impression mi... | |
| Wilson Sophia 1 vs vandersteen 2ce Gdnrbob,Reading the comments above, I must agree with you. Sinewave93 owned the Vandersteen (and presumably enjoyed them). He unequivocally states that the Wilson Sophia is a "major " improvement compared to his former Vandersteens. He used the te... | |
| ps audio perfectwave transport I've owned mine for over 6 years. Occasionally the screen will display track 7 regardless of the actual track number (just push the correct track # on the remote control to correct ) that’s it for problems. In terms of disc spinning duties i... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Hi Nayme,From both a philosophical and design perspective the WTT is the polar opposite of the massive and extravagant Acoustic Signature Invictus table you mentioned. The WTT was in my opinion a brilliant yet simple turntable that yielded superb ... |