dennis_the_menace
Responses from dennis_the_menace
| Power Amp to Match CJ Premier 17LS hey Bublitchki, what speakers and front end did you have? | |
| Best integrated amp with MartinLogan Aerius cary sli 80, vtl it 85, vac avatar SE... ah, just saw the $1000 budget requirement. i'd look at the consonance tube integrateds that have kt88s and put out about 80w/channel. | |
| under $300 bookshelfs: does excitement exist? the epos els 3 are phenomenal for the price. they bettered von schweikert VR1s in our listening tests... | |
| Best Integrated Amp, Price no obstacle? 2nd the VAC Phi... price no object, the best. | |
| My Jadis Int amp. distorts in the upper mid-range ... and, so how does the orchestra sound now? | |
| Best Amp For Martin Logan Aerius i Under $2000 tubes tubes tubes... take ur pick, CJ, VTL, VAC, quicksilver, ARC, EAR... | |
| Electrostatic speaker cables... hey Robert.. I had and was happy with Bearlab cables for about 1.5 years, and upgraded to some Purist Audio Venustas (both IC and speaker), definitely was a worthwhile improvement. Since getting teh Purist cables, I haven't thought about cables at... | |
| What's after Supratek Well, I've been living with the VAC for a bit. It's more transparent, and more neutral. Bad recordings don't sound as good, excellent ones sound amazing. I think the stock tubes are a little thin sounding, I'm looking for some Mullards 12ax7 for t... | |
| How can I improve cableTV audio? Any idea where I can find a non DD (that stands for Dolby Digital?) cable box? How does that work... I run the raw cable into this box, and then run digital out to my DAC, and another Coax to the TV? | |
| Advice on amp choice for Martin-Logan Ascents.... I'd go with the higher powered VTLs... MB 185s should be great. | |
| Advice on amp choice for Martin-Logan Ascents.... ditto on tubes... VTL (warm), ARC (slightly cool), Conrad Johnson (warmer than VTL), or VAC (neutral warm) | |
| Vac Renaissance preamp MKI Vs. MKII I just received my VAC renaissance mk 1, and it does have a source selector on the remote. I believe that there are a different number of tubes in the mk1 and mk2. The mk2 has 5 x 12ax7 (3 for the phono) and 2 x 8416, while the mk1 has 2 x 8416 an... | |
| Soprano's Stereo & Music??? ... ah, i know, just ribbing u alex. i remember you saying a while back how much you dislike the enter american idol enterprise.yeh, i know when it's on, because, yeh, i've watched it a few times this season... oh well, call me american! | |
| Soprano's Stereo & Music??? right after "american idol"... interesting alex... ;) | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hey Dean... we used FedEx Intl Economy Air.. took about 2 days, but man it was pricey. Worth it though, I'd rather have something arrive safe, and be trackable, then to have it get lost in customs. The unit was mine, so it was completely broken in... |