coltrane1
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| Shuguang Treasure tubes.... I'm using a Grant Fidelity 3400 300B integrated with Shuguang Black Treasure 300B's in a secondary system driving a pair of Cain & Cain Abby's. Why is this not my primary system? Well, I'd need more gusto to drive CLS iiz's, but make no mistak... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE A recently acquired pair of CLS iiz's, in satin black, one of the final pairs ever produced by ML in '01 when ML was still the ML we all knew. I've come full circle since its been 10 years since owning my last pair. And having now experimented wit... | |
| Best way to categorize your Vinyl collection Collecting dust at the moment, since recently having sold off two TT's and cartridges while on the lurk for the next TT....but I've new toyz to keep me busy in the meantime...speakers and a new jazz guitar...what a way to wait! | |
| Best 300B Well here's yet another 'nother vote for the Shuguang Black Treasure 300B's.These black powder marvels transformed a modest Grant Fidelity 3400 SET integ into a giant killer. The thing produces all of 8 watts Class A yet it drove a pair of Martin ... | |
| Designer Hall of Fame I'd nominate any of the builders of Chinese built products that perform way above their market value, i.e., Prima Luna, or the Grant Fidelity 3400B SET integ...toss in a pair of Shuguang Treasure black 300B's into the GF and it will compete with v... | |
| Carver Power Amps The Carver Lightstar Reference series amps that retailed for $4k each were the real deal. They were A/B'd in Stereophile against a Threshold T200, which was a Stereophile A rated amp at the time. Carver corp made 77 hand built true dual mono amps ... | |
| Getting back into Hi-Fi need new int-amp All you need is a used Grant Fidelity 3400B, 300B SET integrated. Best bang for buck beneath $1k there is if your speaker demands aren't high. Even though it's only rated 10 watts it's Class A and drove a pair of Martin Logan Vista's with ease. I ... | |
| AV Receiver good enough for high end audio? It always amazes me how Queefee's type spouts on and on about the merits of a component without having heard it or set eyes upon a component in question. Whatever! You've missed the point, which was can a receiver's output be good enough to justif... | |
| Best TT and cartridge combo used under $1500? Jrtrent, I appreciate your comments. The Marantz-Benz combo was very nice and satisfactory to any normal person without upgradeitus. Rega's glass platter design doesn't impress me in the least. I know the P3 is a popular table in its price range, ... | |
| Can it hurt a 5.1amp only using left & right chnls Yes, but of course those unused channels have "hurt" feelings cause they've been neglected. Where's the love for those wasted rears?All kiddin' aside, the HK I owned for a bit ran warm too. Perhaps it's the nature of the amps inside, but as long a... | |
| AV Receiver good enough for high end audio? There are two receivers I've owned that I deem "good enuf" to operate as a stand alone audio system. While I only used them in my HT, had I the desire, or half a brain that didn't have to have more expensive gear, both of those receivers would ser... | |
| Best TT and cartridge combo used under $1500? My BAT pre has a built in phono input. MC cartridges are no problem, for the Benz Wood SH I sold was a high output MC cartridge. Are the Gyro SE and the VPI HW-19mkIV both about the same vintage? I'm leaning more towards something newer. I came cl... | |
| Single driver point source speakers vs. the world? Perhaps I'm not hearing the weaknesses other than a lack of full bass production because A) I listen namely to acoustic jazz, which these excel at...Vocals, woodwinds, brass, and strings all sound as natural as I've heard them and B) I've come fro... | |
| Two-channel is inferior to multi-channel, no? "The obvious reason, I am thinking, it is that two channels are less representative of infinity (live music) than 3, 5 or 7, etc."7 channels of louder volume doesn't equate to better volume. I believe so often in this hobby one equates different a... | |
| SACD vs. Vinyl Not one person thus far has compared the outstanding dynamics experienced on vinyl to what's heard on SACD. So is there anyone out there whose familiar with vinyl and it's fabulous dynamics that can make a comparison to what they're experiencing o... |