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| Audio Research Ref: CD8 I think the CD-7 has silly looks: it has in fact the same appearance as the preamp (even with those handles!) but with a CD compartment + sliding door on top of it. Sorry for these offending remarks.Chris | |
| Used Dunlavy V's - what if they 'break' I replaced my Dunlavy V's with a pair of Soundlab A-1's. Different speakers but they also have many things in common.For the Dunlavy's you'll need lots of space!Chris | |
| Homemade sound panels I second Duke: in my experience all the so called anti reverberration acoustical panels make the sound dead. Diffusors do work but in the majority of cases you should use bass traps. There is one caveat though: bass traps are bulky and you'll need... | |
| Best finds at garage sale or similar establishment Has any of you ever scored an 10-year old Accuphase preamplifier in pristine condition for $100? Or an older but working pair of Wilson WATT/Puppies for just $500?One caveat: sometimes goods are sold without ever knowing their true source...Chris | |
| Preamplifier power supply What do you think of the so called passive preamp with buffer?Chris | |
| Preamplifier power supply Casouza, thx for your precious input. It leads certainly to a greater understanding of this matter. Why do some digital front end manufacturers like Wadia advocate the use of passive (digital) built in preamplifier? If transformer based preamplifi... | |
| Preamplifier power supply Casouza, there are many experts who don't agree with you, the passive preamplifier proponents included. There is a clear dichotomy I suppose.Chris | |
| Audio Research Ref. 210 questions Hi, the question I have is a bit off topic I'm afraid. Sorry for that.Quote from Mantis: "The Ushers sounded VERY good with the Lamms but I wanted a bit more power and missed the sound of a pure tube amp."Some people/experts believe that there is ... | |
| Accuphase C-290V: how good is it? Anyone?Chris | |
| Accuphase C-290V: how good is it? And how does the Accuphase C-290V compare against LAMM L2 Reference? Thanks.Chris | |
| Preamplifier power supply I mean: size does matter!Chris | |
| Preamplifier power supply Alex, so bigger does matter!Chris | |
| Poll - Active vs. Passive preamp Active: dynamics ++, bigger soundstage, better bass, more warm and involving sound (due to better midbass and lower midrange).Passive: dynamics -, smaller soundstage, leaner bass, less warm, less involving sound. But there is greater transparency ... | |
| Preamplifier power supply Hi Alex, do you mean the bigger power supply of the REX sounds better?Chris | |
| slew rate and rise time So rise time and slew rate are not related to each other? Does an amplifier that has very high slew rate very good transient response? Does it sound more dynamic?Chris |