dracule1
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| McAlister Audio Opinions Sought I had the 75 watt amp. I was very good sounding for the price. However, the build quality is very poor. Mine came with loose binding posts which I had to fix, not a big deal but a new amp shouldn't have this kind of problem. The holes drilled into... | |
| Did anybody heard the Rowen amplifiers ? They are virtually unknown in the US. But I know of one European audiophile who thought they weren't so special - not any different than other so called high end SS amps. Sorry, second hand info is all I can give you. Take it for what it's worth. | |
| APL NWO-2.5T A Review of a Classic CD Player Call me naive, but why do we need a 32 bit DAC when the source data is only 16 bits? You can't make the original data more accurate than 16 bits, right? May be more precise but not more accurate. Final product likely will sound different, but not ... | |
| How many have heard the Beveridge Electrostatics? Hi Sanibelsteve, I emailed you for some pictures last week but no response. | |
| Airport Xray scanner harmful to integrated chips? Thanks everyone. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Ah..Pgulrich, before you claim the JMLabs with Be tweeters are the "most transparent speakers around", have you heard the various current electrostats (SoundLabs, Audiostatic, Innersound etc), ribbon speakers (Apogee Synergy, Analysis Audio), and ... | |
| Planar to dynamic, dynamic to planar, or ... Even though I have excellent dynamic speakers now, I still vividly remember the sound of a properly set up Apogeee Duetta and Martin Logan CLS from the mid 80's. It felt like I just walked in on a group of live musicians playing in front of me. Un... | |
| Jungson or Korsun/Dussun? I have had the Jungson 88D last year for about 5 months before moving on to a tube amp. For a solid state, it was the smoothest sound I have heard, but it lacked the extra bloom and inner detail of better tube amps. Its treble was silken. Imaging ... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Gregm, "The Synergies spec 95dB "in 3000 c.ft room". Hence ~90 (?) single spkr anechoic. The Amphi etc specs 86 single anechoic so, say ~90-91dB accordingly. That's ~1/2 the sensitivity this far."I'm not sure how you made these calculations but se... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Hi Gregm, Caveats apply to the specs since they're general without specifics. The Scintilla was measured close to flat down to 20 Hz (ie, real 20 Hz) if you read the originanl reviews back in the 80's, so I don't think the Synergy is any worse, ma... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Before you go head over heals over the Analysis Amphitryon (actually me thinks they're closer to $24k), listen to the new Apogee Synergy 1.5 (looks like the Scintilla, but very different in execution) when they come to these shores. Very expensive... | |
| Has anyone heard the Burwen Bobcat system Yes, I have at the NY Highend show last year. Levinson gave a 20 minute demonstration using his Red Rose speakers and electronics. Unfortunately, I walked away scratching my head as to what all the fuss was about. Actually, I thought Levinson was ... | |
| Pipedreams vs. Soundlabs Brian, I was talking more about quantity than quality of bass. Dynamic speakers IME just have more impact and go lower. In a classcical concert hall sitting mid hall, impact is less of an issue, but listening to live jazz where you are literally w... | |
| Pipedreams vs. Soundlabs Dennis, you probably know the answer to this as you are the only one who knows what kind of sound you like. These planar and dynamic speakers have very different sound quality. SL will not give you the macrodynamics/gut wrenching deep bass of the ... | |
| APL NWO2.5 ? Thanks John. The price is very high but not as stratospheric as the full Zanden setup. |