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| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. Slipknot1,I wish I met you there. Couldn't make it friday night but did Saturday. Your impressions are identical to mine and your comments identical as well. The Mastersound Room sounded incredible at the Hyatt. The Symposium Speakers have me more... | |
| Best of RMAF 2008 I would love to upload photos if anyone can make them available for download. Please let me know. I am going to post a comprehensive show review with a few limitations. The equipment I own I did not listen to. This includes the Highwater Sound roo... | |
| New Focal Grande Utopia EM I just want to clarify a few things about the sound of the Utopia EMs. I have heard the original Grande Utopia BE years ago w. VTL tube electronics and I thought it very good. This time it wasn't. It was the 1st day of the show and certainly rooms... | |
| EMM Labs DAC2 It is noticeably different in design. As described by EMM it is more extended (it is) and throws a wider soundstage. The CDSAse is considered to be warmer in sound. I have the updated version which I love. It is not just an update. It is a bit dif... | |
| New Focal Grande Utopia EM Heard it at Rocky Mountain. It has potential but did not sound special in any regard. They were using Boulder Amplification & Digital. No one was very impressed. Maybe it needed break in, better recordings. I will give it one more go. | |
| SS or Tube Preamps with Dual-Balanced outputs VTL 7.5 is fully balanced w 2 balanced outputs. Also a lot of balanced inputs (I think almost all can be either balanced or SE). Having compared it to many very fine preamps it is an imaging champ with the widest soundstage of any preamp I have he... | |
| New Focal Grande Utopia EM It is a tempting speaker, but not that tempting. Smart move though, they are going after the extreme top end. I will wait for it to come up used in 5 years. By then with inflation 90K will be chump change. I just hope my pay increase to compensate. | |
| New Focal Grande Utopia EM What is the retail of the Grande & Nova if you know? | |
| Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik Raul, Sirspeedy,Forgive me for getting involved. But as a former owner of the PC-1,XV-1s, and having owned the My Sonic Labs Eminent (PC-1 equivalent almost) Raul is correct in his description of the sound. I think his description is a bit "strong... | |
| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. Very true unless you are neurotic perfectionist like myself who should be happy but is always looking for more. I need to get off this merry go round. Only 1 more show to do after Rocky Mountain. CES in a few years. | |
| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. I'll be there. Maybe with a camera or maybe not. I have a few things I very much want to hear. I will be hanging out w. High Water sound a bit and listening to some horns and "new technology" speakers. On to the comment of the My Sonic Lab Eminent... | |
| SME V, Tri-Planar or Phantom B-44 One thing for sure the damping fluid on the Phantom can make or break the tonearm / cartridge synergy. Using the recommended amount of damping fluid as per the manual is not the "right" way to go. I used much less. I would honestly suggest close t... | |
| Next step after B&W 802D Having owned B&Ws & moved on to Wilsons, I would 2nd the Sophia Recommendation. But... the 802D is a good speaker. It needs power. A class D or digital amp should let the speaker come to life. It will lack to tube magic, but the B&W is... | |
| SME V, Tri-Planar or Phantom B-44 Sirspeedy,Hope all is well. In short you are right about the protracted time needed in the world of analogue. In the digital world I assume it is easier but speakers will be even more difficult to setup in a matter of minutes for an a/b comparison... | |
| SME V, Tri-Planar or Phantom B-44 Halcro,I am not discarding the results. BUt I did obtain different results w. the same/similar arms. (Schroder has different versions) and the same cartridge (both ZYX & Lyra). I do not seek to discount his results. But the Schroder is a very ... |