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| Which Amp for ML Ascent i? I second Bingaman above and vote for tubes. From your post it's clear that you are looking for the attributes most commonly attributed to tubes. For example, you mention that your current gear is "voiced like a Conrad-Johnson tubed preamp. The NuV... | |
| Audiogon Grammys Audioslaveandthe ubiquitous (rightly so) Norah Jones | |
| whatz up with hi-end speakers near walls? Gradient Revolution. Images astonishingly well right smack against the wall. | |
| CES Rookie Jeff, previous posters are right--tough to do all the high end audio stuff in two days, but you will have fun trying! There are two "outboard" high end venues, and I recommend you visit both to see all the goodies. As for accomodations, casinos ca... | |
| Larger Apogee's: Do they beam ? I've owned Apogees and MartinLogans and have heard many models from both manufacturers that I did not own. Two generalities I've drawn are: 1) Horizontally, ML has a narrower sweet spot, and 2) Vertically, the Apogee has less dispersion. The verti... | |
| How to fight dirty power - I need your help Twl - Your battery ps sounds interesting. Especially intriguing is the solar aspect. Is the system your own design? Please offer details. Thanks. | |
| XTC Remasters The MF gold disc of Skylarking is a definite improvement in most areas over the standard release. At first, you may think the recording is compressed or just lowered in volume. But, upon more listening you realize that the dynamic range is simply ... | |
| George Lucas using B&W Nautilus 802 in his studio. I thought Lucas was a Wilson man. | |
| Best Ways to ship Eggleston Rosa from NY To LA Consolidated Freight has shipped for me twice without incident. Their regular pricing is on the low side compared to other freight and I believe they have a flat rate up to 1500lbs. The person who took my order offered me a 50% discount, a deal th... | |
| Am I assuming too Much? Marakanetz, please offer some clarification. Your point is clear regarding the fact that LP can contain higher frequency info than Red Book CD. However, what do you mean by "In analogue reproduction nothing is finite."?From what I understand, at s... | |
| what made you get up & dance during the Olympics The High Def picture made me dance! | |
| Best Tubes for Golden Tube SE-40? Rick, how are you setting gain between SS and tube amp? What speakers are you driving?I'm thinking of the same basic setup... | |
| Bi-amping MartinLogan SL3's? Sfischer and John Schroeder, I have an Acurus SS amp I'm thinkng of devoting to the bass of my SL3's. A dealer recommended a Jolida 1801 for the panels. The 1801 is an "intergrated" (with a volume control). So, I would be able to adjust level on t... | |
| 25 foot bi-wire speaker cables that won't bust the bank? Did anyone catch Schange above? The guy's using Thiel CS7.2s as his "home theater REAR speakers"!! Dude! Whattya got up front?!By the way, I use 4TC double runs & it works well. | |
| why is belt drive better than direct drive? As Sean said above, any variation of a DD motor is tranmitted to the platter. That's the big rub: speed changes. Most DD motors are constantly increasing and slowing their speed to adhere to the desired speed setting. These speed changes may be m... |