david12
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| Wilson Audio Haters I counted myself amongst the haters, till I heard them with what I consider, good matching amps. They tend to be matched with SS Amps and with one exception, I hate the sound with that combination. The exception? D'Agostino amps, which with a pai... | |
| Cd Ripping - is it better to use inbuilt CD drive of laptop or use an external Cd drive I can't comment about EAC and I'm sure it is good. I have ripped over 2000 CDs into my NAS with DB Poweramp with excellent results. The only problem is occasional failure to find Metadata, but I think every system has that | |
| Audio Research Ref 150se vs Ref75se on Martin Logan Renaissance 15a. I have the 75SE and auditioned the 150 before I bought the 75. I definitely preferred the sound of the 75, especially when I upgraded to the SE status, with KT 150's. So for price and sound quality, I'd go with the 75SE.The 150 may well be better... | |
| Daedalus Athena I am not a fan of Magico either, too dry and analytical for my tastes, though I can see the attraction. Daedalus work with SS and Tubes. The company has always, as far as I know, Demo'd the speakers with Modwright SS Power Amps, at Shows. I perso... | |
| Daedalus Athena As a Daedalus DA-RMA user I second, third, whatever the comments made. My speakers have similar range and cone compliment to the Athena. In fact they are a large Standmount version of the Athena. I auditioned a number of efficient speakers before... | |
| speakers for listener with Tinnitus I am not sure I understand the question. Tinnitus typically, is experienced as high frequency ringing, mine is, but it can cover any frequency. For most of us, it is related to high frequency hearing loss and is thus, a high frequency experience, ... | |
| Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK Very useful information in this thread. I've been contemplating buying Herbies Dampers for my ARC Ref 75SE and Modwright 36.5. It's good to hear the favourable reports.I have always believed the standard position for a damper is about 1/3 down fro... | |
| Reliabilty, Keeping Equipment Powered on or off? Some of the replies have suggested there is no right answer to this question, I beg to differ. I am not by nature, a tree hugger, but we do have to consider finite limits on the worlds fossil fuels, if not, Global Warming.I think we have to distin... | |
| Preamp for audio research ref110 As a possible alternative, I recommend my Modwright 36.5. I found it to be a little better than the ARC Ref 3 I compared it with and a good bit cheaper. Modwright kit is in general, excellent value. I find ARc Power amps more to my taste , than th... | |
| You can only take 5 albums to a deserted Island... Excuse me if this is known by everyone, but A bit of social history about "Desert Island Discs". I do'nt know about similar programmes around the world, but the original "D I D", was a BBC creation, I believe in the 1930's and it has run, more or ... | |
| How long do high quality speakers "last" Ivan, Thanks, that's helpful. Unfortunately my speakers are the wrong side of the pond, in the UK. Transport there and back is pretty costly. Lou has been anxious to get my speakers the V2 upgrade, or switch to Athenas. I would need to sell mine f... | |
| How long do high quality speakers "last" An important issue for me,as I'm retired and can't really afford to replace myDaedalus Audio DA-RMAs, which I love. I am reassured by remembering my first ever speakers bought in 1966, second hand, were still in use by my late lamented Mother, whe... | |
| Individual International Seller Scam I know you feel a fool, but everyone is at risk. I just sit and think for a long time, read feedback, etc, before committing. My own favourite story is my E-Bay A/c, getting taken over. The guy changed the password and bank A/c and I kid you not, ... | |
| Audio Research Amp Shootout Very interesting comparison, but just a suggestion Dodgealum, as a Daedalus user, if you can get a listen to the ARC Ref 75SE, it is a really special Power amp. I actually preferred it to the Ref 110 and Ref 150. The 75 watts is more than enough f... | |
| I used to think passive preamps were superior to active preamps given right the setup, but The first thing I would say, is how different Passive's can sound from each other. I had a chance to compare 4 Passive Pre's over a weekend, which might not have been long enough, but two were frankly poor, muddy, lacking detail, dynamics and bas... |