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| Dali Helicon 800 Mk2 are stunning ? The Rowland Capri pre amp is very high performance and it'll work nicely with you Pass amp.Dave | |
| speakers for classical music Musicnoise, Vienna Acoustics has several speakers that will meet your criteria and the crossovers are designed to exclude biwiring.Dave | |
| speakers for classical music Yes Atmashphere, I do think that we have the same end goals and I also suspect that we're both doing very well at achieving them while on different paths. Perhaps you've seen my Virtual System and realize that I've got a relatively small space tha... | |
| Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus - best LP? 06-12-08: Duonri said:"The best Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus on LP is the vintage original pressing on the Prestige 50th st label. You can find it on eBay only."Forgetting about collectability, I'm wondering if the original pressing is bette... | |
| Can tubes ever be as quiet Solid State 06-11-08: Macrojack"Rowland Capri SS preamp into Audio Mirror tubed power amps into Zu speakers turned up to 95 on the preamp scale causes a barely audible hiss with my ear about 2 inches away from the tweeter." I've got the Rowland Continuum 500 ... | |
| What Solid State PreAmp? You'll never fix a bad recording with EQ. I just stay away from them. The vinyl and SACDs of Steely Dan are fantastic.Dave | |
| What Solid State PreAmp? Paulfolbrecht said:"heck if the best sounding pres don't all seem to be valved."Except, of course, Rowland.Have fun playing with your tubes... ;-)Dave | |
| speakers for classical music I sit in front of the percussion in an orchestra or two, and I believe the 115dB, but it's no big deal, since it's usually only for seconds. A much worse situation was playing next to a big band drummer that constantly registered almost 120dB from... | |
| speakers for classical music 06-11-08: Atmasphere said:"Dcstep, until you have heard all the tube amps in the world its hard to say that they all sound the same isn't it? That was all I was trying to get across, not that tubes are inherently superior."Well friend, (I consider... | |
| speakers for classical music The Continuum is .5dB per attenuator step (I think that the Capri is also), but it takes a setting over 30 to start rising above the abient noise with my speakers rated in the 90-93dB sensitivity range. I generally listen from a setting as low as ... | |
| What Solid State PreAmp? Most of your room EQ is below 300Hz. 4kHz is actually quite high and useful for attenuating the hard edge of poor CDs or system shortcomings. Of course, anyone spending the money on a Mc-system would generally spend equivalent money on sources, IC... | |
| speakers for classical music Also, the old saw that high powered SS amps don't have a good "first watt" is no longer true in all cases. Jeff Rowland contends that you could never ignore the first watt and that you always needed linearity in all operating conditions. Yes, ther... | |
| speakers for classical music Larry510 said:"Tube amps have an advantage here with softer 2ed harmonic clipping characteriics..."I think it's a mistake to plan on clipping, even if it's mostly 2d harmonic. An amp that's clipping a your listening levels likely has very high dis... | |
| Dali Helicon 800 Mk2 are stunning ? Armandito, I think you're best off to stick with your Pass and use a bypass for your surround. (Many two-channel preamps have them today). Those Dalis need good, high quality power. You'll need to spend a ton to get comparable power and quality in... | |
| I need help with the audio side Definitive, Vienna Acoustics, Boston Acoustics, Polk, and Martin Logan are all great speakers and a major upgrade from your current position. You're right to focus on speakers now Worry about further upgrades after you pick your speakers. I'm part... |