davemitchell
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| Help: Order of importance: Pre, Amp, DAC, speakers Source > Preamp > Amp > SpeakerEverything matters, but if you are going to have a heirarchy, your source should be best and things should get gradually worse as the signal heads through the chain. Starting with maximum resolution at the s... | |
| bi wiring Glad it helped Bob. | |
| Vandersteen Quatro v Magnepan 3.6 Calling the Vandersten Quatro a model 4 may confuse people because there was actually a Model 4 Vandersteen made for a brief time years ago. That is why Richard decided not to use the number 4 and instead chose the name Quatro. | |
| Experience with Audio Research SDP-1 There was a newer chip used in later versions of the SDP1 which made the unit much quieter. Older units can be sent in to ARC for an upgrade. Also, leaving the unit on at all times makes it noticeably quieter and also better sounding.The SDP1 is a... | |
| Good Baritone Sax Recording? Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster. The sound is excellent and so is the chemistry. The first cut is a beautiful version of Chelsea Bridge.I second the James Carter recommendation. His version of Round Midnight on The Real Quietstorm is fantastic. T... | |
| Want something more forgiving than Vandy 3a sigs I agree that there isn't a lot of hope when you find a Vandersteen 3A Sig too aggressive. But here are some thoughts:-You may be listening to some recordings that are never going to sound the way you want them to on any system, so trying to make y... | |
| bi wiring If the speaker is designed to properly take advantage of biwiring, it does make a discernable difference. There is no voodoo in biwiring. Low frequencies actually do carry with them a large magnetic field that will modulate delicate high frequenci... | |
| More power or better quality power? Everything Atmasphere said...and03-16-07: Bob_reynoldsIt's not a myth, it's logic. Electronics do not directly interact with the acoustic space. Speakers do. Until speaker distortion is relatively close to that of electronics, the speaker is where... | |
| HIGH end 7 channel amp Audio Research 150M.7 | |
| AR SP16 Question...... We run the SP16 w/ Quatros and various amplifiers and source components and the gain is usually fine. Without knowing how much output your source has and the input sensitivity of the Classe's, I can't be certain, but yes, 8 db is a big difference ... | |
| musical drummers...who are they ??? Kenny Clark (Klook), Max Roach, Art Blakey, John Bonham (Led Zep) | |
| Bill Evans Vinyl on Riverside 03-07-07: TarsandoThe CD version is your best bet. In my opinionEven the inexpensive OJC LP which normally sells for about $10-$12 new and $4-$6 used, handily beats any version of the CD I have tried, including the otherwise excellent $30 Analog P... | |
| Opinions on Audio Research LS17 & LS26 All three ARC preamps, the LS17, LS26 and REF3, sound like they are cut from the same cloth because they are. The LS17 sounds very much like a smaller version of the LS26. The 26 has a bit more weight, extension, dynamic impact and resolves a few ... | |
| Tubes and forced air cooling ... Cooling is always a good thing for tubes. They are meant to get hot, but cooling them will extend their life. If you want to cut the noise of fans, get two of them and run them in series. That will make them operate at half speed. | |
| Beating the RVG Horse 03-01-07: QdroneIs anyone taking into account that most of the RVG remasters are reproducing ACOUSTIC BASS not electric? I would assume that anyone into 1950s-60's jazz knows that these recordings feature acoustic bass. The criticisms of the remas... |