dave_b
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| Audio Research LS25 Mk II vs Ref 1 Owned em all...ref1 was whitish...LS25 was wonderfull...MKII is still good, but 6922's in the pre stage is more musical. | |
| Bryston 4B-SST and Audio Research SP-16 A great match would be the VS110 amp from ARC and the SP16L if it's music you want to hear! | |
| PS Audio Statement IC's One of the best IC's I have owned...equall to or surpassing my MIT Shotgun and Transparent Reference stuff!! | |
| Review: MIT Shotgun S1 1 meter pair Interconnect I heard the S1's demo'd off of a Meridian G08 into an all spectral/MIT/Avalon system...whow!!! I bought the Meridian G08 and the Shotgun S1's for my system...also have an order in for the M2 speaker cables...can't wait!! | |
| Totem Sttaf, Any Comments? My Totem Wind's are more involving than the puppy 6's, 801n's, dunlavy sc-v's and magnepans I've owned...by the way, if you own current well designed gear and cables, most great speakers will deliver clean sound..if you experience harshness throug... | |
| Speaker suggestions? Totem speakers will give you what you desire...go pick a pair in your price range and be amazed!!! | |
| SACD Opinions: Gimmick? Like it? Don't? Why? I've owned a Levinson 39, 37 & 360s combo, sony SCD-1 & 777es as well as a BAT VK-D5 and Wadia 860...many others have also been demo'd at my home! SACD is not better than truly well recorded (current) redbook recordings from the likes of l... | |
| The British speaker sound: Tannoy, Harbeth, etc... The b&w nautilus line of speakers have one thing in common with the old "British Sound" and that is the presence region suckout...I traded my 801's in after 6months!! I found it very annoying on drums, vocals and lower mid -bass instruments li... | |
| Tube poweramp for B&W Nautilus for under 2k? I owned the B&W 801 Nautilus speaker system and drove them with a krell 400cx amp (demo'd them with a VT-200 ARC amp as well; which I've also owned); they are clean, pure and controlled!! Now for the bad news....they do not come alive unless y... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System Everybody's sytem is different and everyone has a bias (and some need it adjusted ..Ha Ha!)! I've owned the $18K rigs and the $1k rigs...depending on the synergy between components, you may wind up with a mix of on the cheap stuff and expensive! I... | |
| Coping in an Age of Uncertainty Libor35 states the current condition of audio format lunacy extremely well!! I have around 500 redbook CD's; of that amount, about 80% are vastly superior to any DSD, HDCD or High Res PCM discs I have! The technology used to make a recording dwarf... | |
| Philadelphia area audio club? My name is Dave Borda and I have been an audiophile my entire life (I am 41). There, I admitted it ... whew, that wasn't so bad! So, how can I join the club? Look forward to hearing from someone soon. Thanks! | |
| Biggest Baddest Audio Cables If you do not care about sound, hook up an industrial garden hose to your amp and speakers...Loews has some great deals!!! If you want great sound as well, get a double quad set of Harmonic Technologies Magic Woofer cables and bi-wire your system.... | |
| Coping in an Age of Uncertainty I owned the sony SCD-1 when it first came out...I own a Levinson 360s DAC and 37 transport now....I've since listened to possible replacements at my local audio salon and at home...short of possibly $20K plus gear...buy the Levinson and forget abo... | |
| What preamp? I owned an LS-25 preamp for a couple of years; an amazing piece...some things about it were preferable to my Ref 2 MKII...instrumental action was par excellence!! |