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Reference DACS: An overall perspective
teajay have you tried a good analogue turntable setup ? have you tried feeding a good computer hard drive rig to your accustic arts dac ? 
The best speaker you ever heard?
on the subject of stratospheric prices for high end speakers and amps -- i checked out the new stereo shelf at the dynamic contrasts site : http://www.dynamic-contrasts.com/the manufacturer makes some of the most over the top claims about his comp... 
The best speaker you ever heard?
fla - at present the clx's are driven by a borrowed pair of jolida music envoys in black which are 200 watts per channel monoblocks . the jolidas are great tube amps for their modest price of $2690 a pair but large electrostats need more power and... 
The best speaker you ever heard?
tvad your observation is correct on many levels . take for example the famous live recording of martha argerich and the berlin orchestra performing rachmaninof's third piano concerto . it is passionate bombastic and thrilling and contains within i... 
The best speaker you ever heard?
dear shakeydeal and mapmanyes i am guilty of the pompous statement " rock or jazz or other over driven drivel " but come on , let's have a sense of humor shall we ? the larger point i am trying to express ( however pompously ) has to do with speak... 
The best speaker you ever heard?
the martin logan clx with two martin logan descent i subwoofers is the finest speaker system ever designed for classical music . this speaker system when driven by very high powered tube amps ( like two vac 300.1a in monoblock mode ) reproduces th... 
Bridging amps, Good idea or bad idea?
i was wondering the same thing myself . i had always heard that bridging was not a great idea but i have read that many users of the vac stereo amps that i am interested in trying : specifically the vac phi 300.1a and the vac phi 200 bridge them a... 
tw acustic ac + kuzma airline
thanks guys for the suggestion . i sent an email to twacustic . we shall see what the esteemed designer has to say about using an air bearing linear tracking tonearm on the raven ac . should be interesting . here is a copy of the email :dear tw i ... 
tw acustic ac + kuzma airline
thanks syntax for your info . do you still presently use a kuzma airline tonearm ? ( i did not see it listed in your present system but it was listed under " cheers " ) . would you spend the extra money for a tw acustic raven ac1 for use with the ...