djcxxx
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| Shunyata Hydra Walk into the house of the believers and proclaim a false god? Maybe you are a philistine? | |
| Why do some audiophiles beat up McIntosh? Part of the reason McIntosh resale is above average and people are still talking about them (good or bad) is that they are still in business, ownership regardless. In the last 5 decades of their existence much of high end audio has come and gone w... | |
| Audio Research D-52B: any suggestions for caps? I bought my D52B and SP6 in 1979. After 34 years it's possible that ARC cannot easily source the parts you need, I assume you asked ARC? I have spoken with Kalvin numerous times so I am not sure it is fair to generalize about their customer servic... | |
| Audio Research Corp Ref 5 SE I just replaced my Ref3 with a 5SE. There are clearly discernable improvements in background quiet, detail, and soundstage definition. A "whole new ballgame", no, not really. Am I satisfied? Yes I will be able to live with this unit for many years... | |
| What's your view on blind testing? Double blind testing is a complex process because neither the test subjects nor the testers are privy to the identity of the materials being tested. The goal is to eliminate bias on both sides of the experiment. Even if long term audio DBT could b... | |
| Why no reviews of the Magnepan 3.7 in Stereophile Advertisement can morph easily into bias and even bribery. Equipment held over for personal use is unethical at best. Me thinks the lady doth protest too much. | |
| What's Up with Magnapan at Shows? Magnepan has reached the limit of design and technology without significantly increasing prices which they cannot do without sacrificing their major sales pitch---value. The only thing left to do is develop low cost tweaks and variants on the basi... | |
| KT120 in Audio Research Pre-amp? So how exactly did you get the KT120 into the VT200MkII? I was told by ARC it was not possible. | |
| Audio Research Ref 250s for Magnepan 20.1s? Magnepan used to drive their 20.1s w/ an ARC VT200. The Ref 250 will drive the 20.1 to varying effect depending upon the acoustic environment, which means you need to listen to them in your system. Unless someone responds to your post who owns the... | |
| Magnepan 3.7 or PSB Synchrony One? You need to hear these speakers for yourself, there is no substitute. I own the 3.7s and I haven't gotten much out of the responses on this thread other than each partisan defending his own choice, which is par for the course on internet forums. | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? Just had 10th anniversary w/ my ARC VT200MKI. No plans to change. | |
| ARC's new REF-75 I have, hence the comment. | |
| Why don't you like Mageplanar speakers? Maggies were born in another era when SETs were the not buzz. It was an era of very large ARC tube amps that only made 110-150 wpc but were biamp'd into tympanis with unprecedented results. They are a small company that has changed little, offerin... | |
| Magnepan Bass, Dynamics and Subwoofers Realistic bass for me is the 12th row and I've never been slammed by the bass at any performance I've attended. I don't sit next to the instruments at concerts or other live (unamplified) music venues. I've always run my Maggies full range for tha... | |
| ARC's new REF-75 If you combine all the negative reactions offered by audiophiles to individual audio companies and their products, a non audiophile would reasonably conclude that high end audio is a hoax designed to steal large sums of money from the intentionall... |