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| Best midrange on SS amp ? You and me both 1markr -- I too wish I could have kept both the 'Cane's and the JC-1's!I went through the EXACT dilemma of going back and forth between the two, for about 6 weeks. Every time I thought "OK, I'll put the Hurricanes back in the syste... | |
| Best midrange on SS amp ? Parasound Halo JC-1's. I went from the ASL Hurricanes to these, so that tells you something about the midrange of the Halos.They are the first SS amp that I've heard or owned that captures that elusive "there-ness" of glass, and all of the timbral... | |
| Parasound Halo JC 1 vs Spectron Musician II or III Hello.I briefly had the Spectron Musician II and Halo's, at the same time. (I still have the Halo's, so that probably tells you something).While the Spectron certainly does many things well, to my ears at least, and with an electrostatic load (ML ... | |
| Help: my phono preamp is blowing away my linestage "...but I've heard that passives are much less dynamic than active preamps..."Where do these strange "rumors" come from? Preamp manufacturers??The absolute BEST, ANY preamp can do, is leave the signal unadulterated, while only acting as a "wire wi... | |
| Gryphon gets no press, but is great. I remember sometime back in the mid to late 80's, Gryphon was just beginning to advertise and "get a good head of steam" when they were literally shot-down by a scathing review (amp I think) in Stereophile.Never seemed to recover from that mortal ... | |
| McCormack DNA-500 - opinions please There are two other reviews out there on the DNA500, www.onsoundandmusic.com and www.iar-80.comOne caveat, the IAR review should be taken with a HUGE "grain of salt" as P. Moncrieff tends to rate quite a few products as "the best on the planet"...... | |
| Amps and pre amps to improve on VMPS RM40 system Willems:I used several amps with my RM40's, with various results, they are as follows, in order of preference(your mileage may vary..)1. Antique Sound Labs "Hurricane" - incredible, in ALL parameters. Quick, liquid, phenomenal dynamics, imaging, e... | |
| Analysis-Plus Solo Crystal Oval cables. As a current Solo Crystal interconnect owner and Silver Oval speaker cable owner, I have recently heard a pair of Argent Audio JADEN Signature at a friends house -- pretty incredible.Next time I visit I'll take my Silver Ovals to see how they comp... | |
| Best Amps for Martin Logans???? Depending on what your price range is... Innersounds ESL amp is a "match made in heaven" for Logan's, some of the best sound I EVER had was with this amp driving my ReQuests. Also, and in the same price range, the Spectron Musician II or Bel Canto... | |
| Hurricane Owners - Biasing Question Hello Lmarkr - I own the 2nd version, and am also "constantly fiddling" with the drifting bias. I don't hear any negative artifacts on the sound, however, as long as it stays in that 480-ish range.I even have 30 amp dedicated lines (for EACH amp) ... | |
| Acoustic Zen Hologram vs. A. Plus Silver Oval... Cool, thanks Ejlif, I own a set of the "Roomlens", and really like what they do, so I'll definately check the cables out!BTW - at the time of my initial post, I wasn't aware of the (then) fairly new Analysis Plus "Solo Crystal Oval 8", so I would ... | |
| Acoustic Zen Hologram vs. A. Plus Silver Oval... Been a while since I posted this, still haven't changed from my Analysis Silver/Oval 9 bi-wire speaker cable.I'm running the Silver on the top (stat) of my M.L. Prodigys.Any other contenders in the $500-ish price range (bi-wire) that I should cons... | |
| headphone amp under $350 Either version of the Antique Sound Labs MG-Head, all tube, TONS of gain, or the V2 version of the Musical Fidelity "X-Cans" (has (1) tube, but more of a hybrid-type design, with slightly more speed and detail). Have used both extensively with HD6... | |
| Question for Llano owners or others w/similar amps I owned a "Trinity", experimented with about (8) different tubes, if you can find them, Mullard "Gold Pin" 6922 -- best of all things, IMO. | |
| Which taps 8 or 4 ohm for electrostats? Good points and questions raised here. My personal experience has been better using the "4 ohm" taps.Another one I was pondering on (I too own Prodigy's, and own tube amps) is, because of the severe drop in impedence at the high frequency extremes... |