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| Talon khorus vs. Nola Viper iia Funny thing is that there was a reveiw of the Khorus' when they came out, driven by class D amps. The "professional" reviewer gushed all over them and the amps.Less than a year later both designers reported that the designs of these reviewed produ... | |
| Using Professional Amps On Home Theater Speakers I'd hate to see your power bill.I don't dispute the quality of the performance of these speakers, as you seem to be quite enthralled by them.Perhaps you could consider using these for your fronts and finding alternative speakers for your sides and... | |
| Using Professional Amps On Home Theater Speakers I've not listened to the Kappas and certainly don't know the real power or current they require to perform properly.Also, I do understand you are just looking for HT sound, not top quality two channel performance.Normally, I would not recommend a ... | |
| Using Professional Amps On Home Theater Speakers If your budget for the amps is $10K, why not get two Krell TAS amps and have $3-4K left over?Also, there was a used Theta Dreadnaught at 5 X 200 watts for sale earlier this week. These aren't that great for 2-channel (which you don't care about an... | |
| Talon khorus vs. Nola Viper iia I would do a lot of research on the Khorus. From what I recall, there were several iterations on this speaker and some had pretty significant flaws that were discussed by the original designer in published articles - hence so many iterations. I am... | |
| Amplification and Speakers In Huge Home Theater Mitch, I would re-consider the subwoofer aspect. I think you would be better of with speakers that are going to give you a tighter bass than the 15/18" dual drivers on the CVs. My guess is there will be a lot of bloat or flabbiness with those spea... | |
| Amplification and Speakers In Huge Home Theater Yeah Prpixel, down 3db at 38hz and down 10db at 36Hz!!!!I don't think I have ever seen such a precipitous drop-off at the bottom end. If the link is the actual OP speakers (he is planning on buying), then he will definately need a sub.My recommend... | |
| Vienna: Concert Grand vs Baby Grand vs Original? I recently listened to the VA Beethovan Concert Grands via a Sims integrated amp (I am not too familiar with this intergrated amp). It was at a dealers in Ann Arbor Michigan. I did not listen long and I did not have my own music (it was just a sto... | |
| Amp for Vienna Accousics Beethoven speakers Why anybody would accept a brand new pair of speakers with damage is confusing to me. I would immediately return them to the manufacturer and give them the option of either replacing them with a mint condition pair at their expense or refunding my... | |
| Class A SS vs. Class A/B SS If you are going to go with Pass Labs, I would definately go with their Class A amps, like the newer 30.5 vs. their Class A-A/B amps. My experience with Pass amps is that they are great as long as you stay in class A, but once you cross over into ... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? "as a clue, if you see a device that has fixed and variable outputs, then the volume control being implemented is most likely analog."I disagree with this statement. As a percentage of CDPs and DACs with volume control (I don't know of any that do... | |
| Looking for a warm linestage preamp The ARCs are not going to be warm if that is your search.The Cary SLP-05 will give you a lot more warmth and has all the featurs you are seeking. Typically selling for about $3,200 used or $4,500-$5,000 new/demo with warranty (as of summer 2011).M... | |
| Need a DAC recommendation I would not pick a DAC based on tubes or SS, but just on sound. Can a tubed DAC add warmth? Sure. Do they all? No. Take a look at the Audio Aero equipment (I had the Capitole a while back), it has subminiature tubes and imparts a high degree of wa... | |
| Need a DAC recommendation Funny, I would recommend a several much older DACs that have great analog performance, quality power supplies but not the "latest and (supposedly) greatest" chipsets.My experience with most of these mid price latest/greatest chipsets is that sure,... | |
| Apple to Windows...Questions Just get ready for a lot of downtime, conflicts, viruses, worms, malware and other problems with your Windows computer. I would definately buy an external hard drive for these files (which will make them easier to copy over anyway). My experience ... |