ctsooner
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| Vandersteen 5a Carbons I'm very familiar with both. It's always subjective, however I've often heard the Carbons beat the crap out of the 50k plus speakers when set up properly. They shine vs the competition. There is still competition in this price range and many outst... | |
| ARC Phono Ref 2 SE - Dealer Demo Unit Worth Price? Go listen to the Rhea as well as the I/O which is their newer phono (one used one online tonight). These phono's work so well with the AR one and for the price I think they may be better overall. It's a personal thing, but I'm talking about hearin... | |
| ARC Phono Ref 2 SE - Dealer Demo Unit Worth Price? I agree with Z on that one and in a big way. I listen to the AR as well as the Rhea with Ayre and Vandy's at Audio Connection. I love the AR gear, but that Rhea is special with the Ayre and Vandys (5CT and the 7's)! Balance is important. Getting a... | |
| Floor Stander with Small Footprint 7K - 15K Well, I heard the Sophia 3's again and WOW. Socks blown off. Musical, tight deep, tuneful bass and the mids were awesome. Speaker totally disappeared. I was very impressed. I like what Wilson has been doing lately too. Funny as I never liked them ... | |
| Ayre MX-R Twenty upgrade Wow where to start? I was a tube guy since 1982 and Ayre made me switch. I've heard their whole product line other than a broken in AX5/20. Their ref 20 gear is at another level. It is the best of all worlds. Clean, detailed, inky black background... | |
| Floor Stander with Small Footprint 7K - 15K I never got to hear the Futuras. Always wanted to, but no one seemed to have them. I wonder how many they sold. I thought I saw a pair for sale on here a month ago. | |
| Floor Stander with Small Footprint 7K - 15K I have auditioned most of the speakers in this thread. I use Ayre gear and both analog and the Empirical Overdrive DAC with Mac Mini server that has the David Hynes power supply and other major upgrades. I order for my tastes:Vandy Quatro ctVandy ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Ok, do I look for an all in one desktop or just the internal disk and then buy a holder (whatever you call it). I guess I'll look for the same for the external drive. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD That will be an interesting piece. I think that streaming is the wave of the future personally. I think that we will all have nice streaming devices in hi rez and a great DAC. Guys, I've tried to find the firewire Maxtor server grade hard drives, ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Steve walked me through set up last week on mine and using Ayre gear you can tell if something isn't quiet. I have the volume control on, but I don't use it and I hear NOTHING from the tweeter when I'm not playing anything. Not sure if that's what... | |
| Need advice on a tube line stage For me there are so many tube options out there and you really do need to hear them in person. You can change the sound of nearly any tube pre by rolling tubes and drive yourself crazy. I've been a tube guy for years until I switched to Ayre, whic... | |
| Ayre MX-R Twenty upgrade upgrades are 3k for the AX5 and the others are 1k. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Have to share...I have the OSDE now. It's got all the updates I assume. I have a Synchro mesh and the mac mini server with the Paul Haynes power supply. I have Steves usb cable (waiting on the short block) and a BNC cable he made for connecting th... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Thanks for sharing. I think my problem with any company is that they need to ship their products with the best fuses, or power cords etc...that they can find. I don't like having to tweek things anymore. I was never a big tweeker to begin with. If... | |
| Ayre MX-R Twenty upgrade Outstanding. I really feel that Ayre now makes the best SS gear you can get. I have heard most of the Ayre line at Audio Connections in NJ on various speakers and they always get out their own way and give you what the engineer put down. That's wh... |