dennis_the_menace
Responses from dennis_the_menace
| new cd player for $1500.00? ditto the recommendation on a current mod unit. TRL, VSE, Modwright. Check the classifieds, or just send a used recommended unit to any of these top modders. | |
| 845 SET recommendation the 845M is excellent, so is the Cary 805c for an 845 based amp. i'm in love w/ these amps paired with my martin logan vantages. | |
| Unidisk SC vs. VSEI modded Sony for SACD? The VSE level 5 mod to my Sony 9000 is outstanding. It leaves little to be desired in a front end. Wonderfully transparent and open, yet absolutely natural and organic. | |
| VAC Phi integrated or 1 preamp + 1 amplifier i had a VAC 70/70 (65 watts) driving 89db Martin Logans, and I was never able to turn it up enough for the sound to get strained or break up or harsh. It was always pure, open and relaxed no matter what the volume... so 110 VAC watts is goign to b... | |
| VAC Phi integrated or 1 preamp + 1 amplifier i think dynamic peaks also play a role. you may be listening to 100db, but when the orchestra hits a forza, it's not just 100db, it's ++ so much more.i still say 110 watts is plenty, because the VAC power supply can really back those watts up. | |
| VAC Phi integrated or 1 preamp + 1 amplifier I'd go for the Phi integrated in a heartbeat. | |
| trying to decide between Cary 303/300 and BAT CD Having heard the BAT several years ago, I have a hard time believing that the Cary won't whoop it's ass. The BAT is definitely getting long in the tooth, while the Cary is a recent design taking advantage of more recent lessons in digital technolo... | |
| What's under your amp? Hey thanks... so what color can the standard VRA come in? I hate that grey phony rock color... | |
| What's under your amp? So, SRA silent running audio makes some cool floating amp stands for my cary, but they are over $3000 for the pair!! that's almost as much as they cost used! dang... | |
| Modwright SWL 9.0SE Pre ... your thoughts welcome why cones/spikes instead of something like a vibrapod? i tried some aurios under mine, didn't hear much of a difference. stuck the aurios under my speakers, and that really tightened up the bass in a positive way.thinking of maybe trying a differe... | |
| What tubes are in your Cary 805c? hey Jeff, the SuperTNT are phenomenal. totally balanced from bottom to top, open, transparent, smooth, and detailed in such a lovely way. subtle details in the music are revealed. there is no congestion in the lower mids to mids that i heard with ... | |
| Aesthetix Calypso -vs- Ayre K-1Xe preamps? The digital amps (class D) have sounded prety bad except the ones produced by PS Audio but many may catch upo.really? | |
| CD player that out performs BAT VK-D5SE ? i owned a bat vk d5SE, and never really loved it. felt like it sounded congested at times, closed in, and not very transparent. maybe it wasn't paired with the right gear (logans and VAC amp), i was only using RCAs. but in any case, it was soundly... | |
| Bargain Priced SACD Giant Killer? LOL! exactly Lithojoe.. well put! | |
| Modifications on ASL Hurricane 200 DT ? thanks jeffrey. i was just curious. from my experience, feedback in any form, in any amount, sucks the life out of the music. yeh, you get better control, but the cost in my mind is much too great. hi-fi turns into mid-fi. |