dennis_the_menace
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| Anyone listened to ML Vantage? The new Vantage and Summits are really bass heavy. The mids have a lot less body than the older Logans. I personally loved my Aerius i, but didn't like my Vantage much, and could never get them to sound right, in two different rooms (one pretty la... | |
| Cables Are Crazy, what do you think? I guess my general point was that cables can exhibit differences which can be measured. | |
| is there a consensus on too short speaker cables? So, what about active speakers? does that mean since the amps are hard wired, they won't get good bass? I've also seen active speakers w/ the amps externally... tho the cables are far from 8 feet. I dunno... doesn't sound right to me. | |
| Cables Are Crazy, what do you think? Checkout this study done on two different cables. | |
| midrange forwardness Bigger VTL tube amps would be my rec. Their house sound is bold, gutsy with a forward and palpable midrange. | |
| Wilson Sophia vs. Piega C10 LTD... Which To Buy? It's hard to say, since I heard them in two different systems, but they are very very similar. From what I heard, I'd say they sound almost identical. The bass on the TC70 was maybe a hair tighter, faster, but I heard the TC70 w/ Linn Klimax amps ... | |
| TRL ST225 - Goodness anyone else own this amp woah... thanks bill. that helps a lot. i love my canary amps. awesome sound. very similar to the VAC, tho a bit more transparent and dynamic, maybe less warm, tho I'm warming them up w/ some NOS tubes. your list makes me want to audition TRL gear! | |
| High-current tube amps I love VAC amps. The Canary 160s I have now are cut from the same clothe as VAC. Either one would be my vote. | |
| TRL ST225 - Goodness anyone else own this amp Love stories like this. Reminds me of the Supratek thread, and after hearing the Syrah in my own system, I agreed with what was said there. Bill, can you give us some examples of other amps/preamps you've owned, just to give us some context? | |
| Synergistic vs. Acoustic Zen yeh, sorry bout that, just saw that after i posted. i guess the holograms are for 2 ways and the satori are for 3 ways, tho depending on the speaker, either one would work. sounds like the satori is another cable i might want to try. thanks leica. | |
| Synergistic vs. Acoustic Zen Thx Tvad, that's helpful. What's the difference between the Satori and the Hologram? They seem to be similarly priced, and AZ's site seems to infer that the Hologram is maybe the warmer of the two, which to me sounds like a fatter bottom end, is t... | |
| Synergistic vs. Acoustic Zen Thanks Tvad. I'll definitely check them out. Any other thoughts or suggestions? I'm thinking of getting a couple different brands to audition. Have you auditioned the AZ cables? | |
| How often do you swap out equipment in general I think I'm pretty bad, but guess I'm not much worse than others. Still, what good is an addict comparing his addiction to another addict?I've owned 4 speakers, 5 amps, 5 preamps, 3 sets of cables, 6 different sources in the last 4 years. I've had... | |
| Anyone try decoupling speakers from the room? I'm using Stillpoints and to me, I think they sound a ton better than the Piega spikes. Tighter bass, more solid image, clearer midrange. | |
| downsize from ARC CD3 MKII to $1500 CDP happily? Agree with Jaybo... you won't recoup much more than $1500 for the CD3, and you'll end up just rebuying higher-end gear. If you really like the CD3, I'd keep it. |