darkmoebius
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| Belles 150A or Hot Rod My experiences with the 150A Hot Rod are the exact opposite of Marakanetz's. I found the 150A HR to extremely warm and detailed without being colored. You are making an excellent choice for your husband. I have spent the better part of 1.5 years l... | |
| Which direction would you go? Dump the B&W's. It's obvious their metal tweeters are not your cup of tea(nor mine, I had B&W's). From the description of your musical tastes - acoustic, folk, and soft rock, a speaker with silk dome tweeters would be much more to your lik... | |
| Jean-Marie Reynaud I've traded emails with Jean Marie Reynaud himself more than a few times. And the surprisin thing is that I just sent a generic email from the Reynaud website and he responded personally. Considering they are one of the largest speaker manufacture... | |
| Integrated for Dad Dekay, you are the only other person that I have ever heard of, that has listened to the Magnum IA170! I originally auditioned my Reynaud Twins with the Magnum and was really impressed. It had a deep, rich, tonality that was totally engaging. Real... | |
| Integrated for Dad Audio Refinement Complete integrated, they go for $650 used and come with a remote control. This is an extremely fine integrated that will surpise him with it's musicality, especially vocals and Jazz.Check out the reviews:http://www.goodsound.com/... | |
| 5 ch amp decision- opinions please Better add the Belles 350A Hot Rod(up to 6 channels) by Power Modules, Inc. to your list. Their 150A Hot Rod amps have recived unanamously spectacular reviews and the 350A trumps it easily.To quote Doug Blackburn's 10/01 Soundstage Review:"The Bel... | |
| My quest: an integrated with great imaging. Help Why not a tube integrated amp? Your speakers are realtively efficient(92dB) and it doesn't sound like you need teeth shattering power, so a high quality SET, or more aptly parallel SET for more power, push-pull, or ultralinear design might do nice... | |
| looking for a speaker with one driver. One of the best DIY single-driver/fullrange speakers is the Hammer Dynamics Super12's. The super12's use a 12" driver w/ a supertweeter above 10kHz. Because of it's design and cabinet size, the Super's rock w/ terrific bass, something not often fo... | |
| best budget integrated amp for rock n roll music? Drop the Puccini (including SE version) from your list, it doesn't do a good job with rock. I compared the dual transformer(SE) version against an AR Complete, and found the Puccini's low end response to be loose and slightly blurred. The Complete... | |
| has anyone heard the new joule la 150 pre??? I'm looking at getting a Joule and someone mentioned that their sound tends to break up or harden in complex, bass heavy, passages. I find this hard to believe because all the published reviews have been glowing(aren't the always), although when t... | |
| Creek & Reynaud? I don't know about the Creek, but I own the Twins mkII's and they are everything you have read and more. I drive them with a Audio Refinement Complete Integrated (YBA budget line) and they deliver a rich, textured, tonality that is simply breathta... | |
| CJ Sonographe SA-400 now discontinued Any good? Belles 150A Hot Rod for $1,500 new or $1,000 used. Powerful and detailed. A real top-end performer.Sam Tellig also reviewed the 150A in the December 2000 issue of Streophile: "One of the most successfully tubelike solid-state amplifier.... I found... | |
| B&K M200 Sonata Monoblocks vs. Monarchy SE-100 Delux Depends on the speakers you are driving. Are they a simple/steady 8 ohm load or do they swing mercilessly from 12 ohms to 2 ohms?John Gale used the B&K's in his May 1999 review of the Thiel CS2.3 Loudspeakers in SoundStage! magazine:"When the ... | |
| best preamp under 500 for cheap, poor student Try FT Audio's LW-1 Passive Controller ($500), they have a 30-day return/trial period. The unit delivers transparency, dynamics, imaging, soundstage, and amazingly deep & full bass. It doesn't have any of the sonic flaws commonly associated wi... | |
| Bryston or Classe audio ? what do you think of both? If you have a chance, check out Belles "Hot Rod" version of their amps, they have the 150A and 350A. Both have serious power/current capability and an amazing musicality that is really hard to resist. Others may disagree, but these two amps will g... |