dave_b
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| High End Amp Price Collapse musings Ok, ok, ok...so I hooked up my upgraded Krell Vanguard and compared to the BlueSound Powernode 2 it sounds....drumroll please.....more weighty, organic and smoother with increased presence. I can also turn it up louder and the it doesn't get hars... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings I'm 55, so I've had a front row seat to the birth of high end audio and it's many transformations. Old tech is not necessarily better or worse than any other tech, rather, it's performance is dependent on it's execution. Once in awhile we are gi... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings So my BlueSound Powenode 2 ($799) and Vault 2 ($1299) won't hold there value? As if we buy for value...what are we Amish? Anyway, based on that premise $2K worth of stuff declines 75% lets say so we are left with $500 worth of gear. My Krell Ci... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings I grew up with vinyl and I can say that Hi Rez ripped CD's through my BlueSound rig delivers that vinyl magic without it's fatal flaws. My ripped CD's now sound like great vinyl when before, played through my $12k SACD/CD PLAYER sounded good but ... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings Look, I was a curmudgeon myself....as i said, I owned the Class A and AB $20K amps and preamps and the Wilson speakers and the Dyn C4's and the B&W 802D2's etc...! What I am hearing coming out of a $799 BlueSound integrated and Vault 2 feedin... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings And all I'm saying is that I've owned $20k amps that couldn't do what my $799 Powernode 2 does so effortlessly! Something fundamentally right is going on and it can no longer be ignored...at least not by me. Short of being in front of a live orc... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings Never thought I'd say this but the Big Amps may go the way of the Do Do sooner than later! Just got my new Totem Forest Signatures and am also having my Krell amp upgraded so I decided to get some hours on them using my BlueSound Powernode 2 (60w... | |
| biamp wilson watt and puppy 6 Enjoy...sold my Wilsons for Totem Forest Signatures!! I'm in acoustic heaven...so pure and right. | |
| biamp wilson watt and puppy 6 If your buying Wilsons, a lot of what makes them special is their crossovers and how they integrate their drivers via Group Delay. Kinda self defeating to try and separate the head from the body sorta speak! | |
| Paradigm Personas: A First Listen See, there's somebody for everything! Horns, ribbons, diamonds, ceramics...even Personas:-/) | |
| Decided to change my cd player, suggestions please? That's wonderful uberwaltz...enjoy!! | |
| Decided to change my cd player, suggestions please? I understand uberwaltz, I had a $12k spinner that I swore I would take to my grave. My reluctant move to streaming happened by chance following a speaker audition. I brought my favorite discs along to use for my demo when I was confronted by the... | |
| Decided to change my cd player, suggestions please? Save a ton of money and have more fun, get a Blue Sound Vault 2! Rip, store and play. Analog and digital outs. If you want to improve it slightly you can get an external DAC to run it through. Also does HiRez streaming and downloads. $1200.....buy... | |
| Paradigm Personas: A First Listen Sarcasm Maplegrove? | |
| Paradigm Personas: A First Listen Not in the industry. I do not dislike Paradigm as a company, they have always made good performing products for the dollar. The Personas are simply their first attempt to venture up the food chain and see what happens. Channeling Darwin, I will... |