ctsooner
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| The best speaker you ever heard? Melbguy, great post. Thanks for sharing. I listen to the Magico's a bit more now and have heard a few of their models, but don't remember all the numbers. With my MS, I can't always remember the model names. Some yes, some no. I usually remember t... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? The only problem any of us really have is listening to speakers side by side. It's all about emotion to me. I know HOW I feel when listening and why I do. As for the cost of the Vandy's, the carbon drivers are hand made using balsa wood and YES th... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? There are plenty of dynamic driver speakers that deliver realistic soundstage. I personally haven't heard too many ribbons or panels that I can handle the elevated highs on. Again, personal tastes. I have Vandy's that crush the soundstage even bet... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Electronic components should never need more than 200 hours or so. The capacitors are the most difficult to burn in aren't they? I've never heard my gear need more than 300 hours but maybe my stuff sucks. Personally I'd never buy anything that nee... | |
| Opinions Wanted on changing Turntable This is why I love my Basis sitting on Gingko cloud 12 custom. Made a big difference. I want a Vector arm eventually. The separate motor and isolation just works for the cost. Love it. | |
| Best tube amp choice for Focal Electra 1038 Be Of all the shops I've visited he is as good as anyone and probably the best. He just cares...of course he wants to make money, but he will give the best advice possible for your situation. Glad to see I'm not the only one. | |
| Best tube amp choice for Focal Electra 1038 Be If you call ahead and tell him what you want to hear, he can try and put things together for you. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I've now hear only one good thing about Ayon and that's the one in this thread. I have been emailed based off my post I assume that others have had the same problems with the Ayon units and that includes and amp. Similar stuf like blown boards. Th... | |
| Best tube amp choice for Focal Electra 1038 Be I can PROMISE you that you'll love the Ayre. John has all the Ayre stuff set up. Mostly with VAndy's, but he has the Proacs AND BMW so you can see how it sounds with three totally different speakers. Tell John that Pete sent you. He'll take great ... | |
| Best tube amp choice for Focal Electra 1038 Be I have the AX7e and LOVE it with my Vandersteen Treo's...That said, if I could afford the AX5e, I'd go that route in a heartbeat. I've never heard another integrated sound so complete. Do you live near NJ? If so, go to Audio Connection in Verona a... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I think for me, this thread has shown me that digital is the most difficult part of my system to understand and then to get right. Like other components, I'll just figure out what I really want to spend and then make decisions based on what the de... | |
| Opinions Wanted on changing Turntable another area that so many don't research enough is phono stage. It makes such a huge difference. To the Basis guy...I just did the same. I could have gotten a lot of tables and I listened to all of the major ones...Basis has ended up blowing me aw... | |
| Best tube amp choice for Focal Electra 1038 Be The Ayre is a zero feedback SS amp and pre that will sound natural like tubes. Also Aesthetix is a GREAT choice for tube amp/pre | |
| Opinions Wanted on changing Turntable I just went through listening to table/arm/cart set ups under 5k. I listened to a lot of used tables too. Well Tempered's new tables impressed in each price range. I ended up getting a Basis and am blown away by the value. In listening to used and... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Completely agree. The way I look at it, most folks choice here was heard at a store or maybe a friends house. To me, that's on the person showing them. Audio is still all about a system and not just a component. I've heard the same speaker sound a... |