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| Von schweikert vr4sr up against mahler I owned VR 4.5's for 3 years before owning my current Vienna Mahlers. No comparison the Mahlers play music the VR 4.5's played hifi.Have not heard the current VR speakers.If you luv your mahlers, why are you looking at changing? | |
| What preamps equal to or better than CJ ACT II Carey, My advise. If you luv the sound of the ACT2 now, or in fact any component you are listeing to. Buy it!.Other components will always sound different or maybe better but unless you have the time, my advise is to stop when you are happy. | |
| What preamps equal to or better than CJ ACT II Why not the ACT2. luvely sounding unit. depends, r u looking at balanced or single ended. cj will drive both nicely, but a lot of gear that is fully balanced sounds best balanced. | |
| CD output voltage too high for preamp: what to do? Hi Chuck. I use the attenuators plugged into the amp inputs and on about 8db attenuation.That got rid of the gain noise I was experiencig between the pre and power. The Endlers are truely transparent, no real difference between the attenuators att... | |
| CD output voltage too high for preamp: what to do? The endler variable attenuators can be used as a volume control or with an active pre amp. That is what I used them for. Put them at your amp inputs or pre inputs if you only want CD volume reduced.As I said they work extremely well. They look a l... | |
| ZYX Universe, Dynavector XV-1s, vdH Colibri, ?? Dgad is right. It depends. I have owned the dyna XV-1 for 5 years and had it loaded at 47k for 4.5 year of that. But my system at that time was quite warm and my Pass Xono phono stage sounded better at 47k.Now it is loaed at 100ohms or 200 ohms de... | |
| CD output voltage too high for preamp: what to do? Endler attenuators r the best and easily crap on the Rothwell's. I have both and the Endlers are transparent and flexible as you can set the exact attenuation you need.Go for these. BTW, just a happy customerhttp://mysite.verizon.net/vze4c5pt/id2.... | |
| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 Guidocoronaconsidering you have all balanced system now I would stay with the REF 3, especially if you like the sound all ready. Going to all balanced or single ended will not end up in better sound, just a different flavour, regardless how we pro... | |
| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 I have yet to read the new TAS. Valin is a long time lover of ARC gear. Pity he hasn't reviewed cj gear for some time. would have been interesting to hear his HP junior speak on the two.Both cj and ARC very successful in their own versions of musi... | |
| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 Dave b. No issues with noise with cj stuff especially the ACT2. I run 4.5 metre cables btween myj ACT2 and prem350's. I used to have prem16 and prem8a's and while they were't noisy, they required a bit more work on placement etc as hum could be a ... | |
| CJ ACT2 with Premier 140 or 350 or LP70S? Chuck, thanks for the compliment. BTW I have sold the VTL7.5 and currently deciding between cj ACT2 and CT5. Still waiting for the CT5 to fully break in, so the ACT is clearly better at the moment. CT5 a little full in the bass and soft in the mid... | |
| CJ ACT2 with Premier 140 or 350 or LP70S? The act2 with prem 350 does sound good, however the prem350 does not sound like tubes, but sounds very good with any cj pre amp. It has a drier sound up top, slightly leaner, deeper sound in the bass than tubes.If you prefer tube amps and the VR's... | |
| Thinking about an Audio Research PH5 The PH5 is very very good. It is a tube phono stage with a FET providing the initial gain, so for a tube unit it is quiet. Not as quiet as SS thou, but quiet non the less.Musically it is great and changing loading and mono/stereo at the flick of a... | |
| Is the Kab Speedstrobe necessary with the VPI SDS? Paul. When I enquired with VPI that I could not get my VPI strobe disc to work, they casually stated that it won't work on 50hz and to buy the KAB disc and strobe.I guess that is an option or sorts :) | |
| Is the Kab Speedstrobe necessary with the VPI SDS? If you live outside of the USA where you have 50hz, the VPI supplied strobe is USELESS. No mention of that in the manual thou.The KAB and strobe is very easy to use. |