cohnaudio
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| VPI - HR-X or a SME 20/2A Audioblazer,I have not heard the table with the solid platter. What is it made of? Can it take the outer ring? I seem to recall a discussion with Harry Weisfeld where he told me the pre-production models of the table had a larger platter, but that... | |
| New Revel Salon's being Introduced In 2006 I have the Salons running off of Tenor Audio 300hp monoblock amps. I have had these speakers for a bit over a year and think they are fantastic. The are flat throughout the frequency range (of course the room always can have an impact on this) and... | |
| VPI - HR-X or a SME 20/2A I have a VPI HRX and have heard the SME 20 a number of times for extended listening sesions in my friend's system and once at a dealer. I have also heard the SME 30/2 for a very long listening sesion at a dealer's home. Both the HRX and the 20 are... | |
| Preamp after Manley Steelhead? I have the Steelhead running directly into my Tenor 300hp amps (this replaced the Groove phonostage running through a Hovland HP 100 pre-amp). The sound running directly through to the amp is very pure - great resolution and very natural. At first... | |
| Sonus Faber Stradivari Homage? I auditioned them with a friend yesterday for 2 hours at a dealer over here in the UK. System: DCS CD/SACD front end, Pathos hybrid monoblocks and valhalla cables and Nordost's new power conditioner. The room was of moderate size with the speakers... | |
| BPT Power Conditioner Haven't heard the Richard Gray product, but the BPT 3.5 has done amazing things for my system. I have my phonostage (Manley Steelhead), Amps (Tenor Audio 300hp)and SACD player (Musical Fidelity Trivista) all plugged in. The noise floor dropped dra... | |
| Lamm M 1.2 & 2.2 hybrid amps I tried the M1.2 for about a week (Revel Ultima Salon Speakers, Hovland Hp-100 pre amp (and the Lamm L-2 on loan)). I thought the sound was very transparent and nautural and had very good bass. However, it still sounded solid state to me - somewha... | |
| Should I buy a Phono Stage from Hovland $1700 ? I have the Hovland HP 100 with the phono stage. It is generally quite good, but it is a bit noisy and less immediate than others out there sold separately. I A/B the Hovland against the Tom Evans Groove, which I purchased used for about $1,700, an... | |
| How do you get to listen to high end speakers? I actually avoid all of the nonsense by simply lying to the dealer. I go in as well dressed as I can (sometimes I'll come from work in my suit) and tell him I'm looking for a [fill in component] in the $50,000 (or higher) price range. You must vol... | |
| Any experience with Hovland HP200 preamp ??? HiFi Plus (Roy Gregory) just did an excellent review of the HP 200, spelling out the differences. The HP 100 has been a long time favorite of Gregory and I have found that his descriptions are quite accurate. | |
| Are Revel Salons too much? I have the Salons in a smaller room than yours. For awhile I had them sitting about 2 feet from the rear wall (measured from the back of the speaker) and 3 feet from the side wall, with a large screen TV in between and about 1 foot back. The speak... | |
| Monitor Audio GR60 vs B&W I agree with Rsbeck - the GR60s pucnch way above their weight class. The mids are fantastic (very fast and smooth), the base is surprisingly deep and tight (although careful placement is needed to get this right) and the highs are also quite nice ... |