david12
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| Salk vs Daedalus Speakers Another happy Daedalus user here. I have had the DARMAs for 5 years and they are up there with my 2 or 3 best purchases. Almarg's description, is right on the money, detailed fast accurate, but not bright or fatiguing at all. One suggestion if the... | |
| RMAF 2014 Observations I agree, that so many of the big, heavily favoured, expensive speaker companies are underwhelming, to say the least. I have never heard a system with Magico that I have liked, including an ultra expensive one with Dartzeel monoblocks and speaker c... | |
| Review Stillpoints Ultra SS speakers/subwoofers I am a great fan of Stillpoints and use the origonal units and now the Ultras under my turntable. There is another excellent choice to consider, at a comparibly high price, I am afraid and that is Track audio isolation feet. I have used them under... | |
| NAD vs. MF Amp - best match best choice? Both are excellent choices and I think, good value for money. I don't agree with George, that MF amps are etched. They are not soft, but certainly not etched. I would go for the MF myself, but as I said, you can't go wrong with either and both are... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? Consistently interesting thread with some suggestions I have bought myself. I seem to agree with so many of the listings, many of which, would be at the top of my list of likes. The thread has been going for years. If some of the origonal posters ... | |
| Phonostage: Wavac vs Doshi vs Tron Not heard the wavac, but the Tron is truly excellent. Yes I agree it is tube like, but not lush or coloured at all, I would say lifelike. Graham tends to spec the units for a particular cartridge, so if you change cartridges a lot, that may be a p... | |
| solid state integrateds that will hold their value Most gear bought second hand should maintain it's value. I have used a good number of integrated SS amps in the past. Of the ones mentioned above, my favourite would be the Lavardin IT, with the proviso that it is'nt that powerful, you need the ri... | |
| Pass XA30.5 vs. ARC Ref 75 I've not heard the 30.5, but used the old Aleph 3 for a good few years and loved it. It was certainly one of the best amps I have owned. I currently own the ARC Ref 75 and I concur with everything Esharp says. An accurate, detailed and dynamic amp... | |
| Your favourite recording label? Chavro, I couldn't agree more. I have the late Beethoven Quartets by Quaterto Italiano, one of my favourite recordings. I was trying to look for current releases, more than historical recordings and labels, in my original post. If you are consider... | |
| Have I Hit The Point Of Diminishing Returns? The point of diminishing returns starts with your very first system. I have always belived in the doubling rule, you need to double the price to get a clear audible improvement. It's a crude generalisation I know. I have another suggestion. If you... | |
| Your favourite recording label? Some excellent suggestions here. The problem with some "Audiophile" labels is of course, the music. Some labels have excellent recordings, but the music is pretty forgetable. I would include Naim in this, though as always, there are exceptions. Wi... | |
| Capitol Audio Fest Speakers? Salectric, about Daedalus speakers, I think the problem in the shows is not the speakers but the electronics. Nothing wrong with Modwright, they are great, but Lou at daedalus makes high sensitivity speakers, 95, 96db sensitivity and with benign i... | |
| Audio Research REF 110 or Ref 75 I have the reference 75 and auditioned it on wilson Duettes, a different speaker I know. I compared it with a Ref 110, upgraded with KT120 tubes and I found the Ref 75 significantly better and certainly powerful enough for the speakers. When I aud... | |
| Why Palladium in cables, wiring, etc. . .? The best cable I have ever had in my system was from a one man and his dog outfit in the UK, Silver Arrow. You often see his cables at shows, being used by other dealers distributors. His top of the line cable was the "Big Daddy". When I bought it... | |
| Whats your take on the Ortofon SPUs? I use a short bodied SPU synergy on an Ortofon 309D, then with a TW accustic Raven one. I think folks think it wall be warm and fuzzy, because that is how it looks like it ought to sound. I find the modern SPU's are certainly on the warm side of n... |