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| Wolcott amps The best tube amps? Hi Albert, Lamm does have other less expensive models, but even then the cheapestn amp is about twice the price of the Wolcotts. But then again value is relative. Most people who've bought Lamms, do'nt see the need to ever change electronics again... | |
| Where To find Swans Speakers? This guy had a pair for auction on e-bay last week, grantg10@aol.com, you can try to contact him for more information. rgds, david k. | |
| Best solid-state amp made anywhere Captain you're almost right that all American made ss amplifiers are typically flawed and unmusical. Especially those from famous brands like Krell, Rowland, etc.. There is one company that makes the musical amplifiers in the world and it is US ba... | |
| Tube and Solid State Amps both Biwired You will never get a coherent sound mixing tubes and solid state amps in a speaker like the B&W 801s. The sonic texture of these amplifiers will never mesh properly. You will end up with a discontinuous sound that will be extremely bothersome,... | |
| dcs Elgar/972 You will be hard pressed to get a better digital CD reproduction than this combination today. There is no processor out there, yet, that is as musical as the dcs combo upsampled to 192/24. You should have a listen to CEC TL-0 or the TL1-X transpor... | |
| Melos DVT I have one and am pretty satisfied with it. It sounds pretty good with both CDs and DVDs, but I have not owned any other DVD players so I cannot comment on it's performance vs other players in it's price range. There are a couple of other problems... | |
| Bi-amping solid state & tubes? Biamping with 2 sets of the same amplifier is already complicated and very difficult to get proper results. I know your speakers very well. I do not think that you will be satisfied with the results. It's impossible to get the BAT and Krell to mes... | |
| Wolcott amps The best tube amps? I've heard the Wolcotts a few times including their demo at CES. I concur with Albert on the SoundLab+Wolcott room. It was one of the better sounding rooms of the whole show. But I must add that most rooms sounded pretty horrible so anything sound... | |
| Which way should I go? Sorry I have to agree with Mikhail's opinion, except I don't think MOST Krells suck, ALL KRELLS SUCK! The Threshold is not that musical either. Thresholds were not bad around 15 years ago, but they have not kept up with the times. Keep your speake... | |
| best integrated amp under $3500 Your best bet is the Pilinius 8150. The CJ & AR amps just do not have enough power for a speaker with such low sensitivity. There is no way that you will get any dynamics out of them with your speaker. The Plilinius has 150 watts into 8 ohms. ... | |
| Amplifiers for ProAcs Personally I am not a great fan of home theater, but have the opportunity to test a few. The best sound processors that I came across were always from Meridian. There usually are a few postings of meridian equipment on these pages. I think you wil... | |
| Good 2 way speaker Try Verity Audio's Parcifal or their smaller model. They are extremely musical. In the way real music is. Not hifi! These are beautiful speakers made for 2 channel music reproduction at it's best. | |
| NBS vs PS Audio: Advice needed. You will get better sonic results with PS Audio Power Plant. It is more effective & of more universal value than the NBS box. The Black Signature is part of older NBS cable designs. They add too much coloration to the system. They have an over... | |
| krell or levinson336 or sunfire signatur You seem to like the Levinson sound, so why don't you just stick with the Levinson amp as well. You can even turn the whole system on and off from the same remote. Krells are generally less musical than the Levinsons. They are harsher, brighter &a... | |
| Arcam Alpha 9 How recently did you buy your player. The Arcam could still be new. Most equipment need atleast a hundred hours of playing to fully break in. A lot of electronics will sound harsh and bright or harsh and muddy until properly broken in. Otherwise I... |