dschultz
Responses from dschultz
| "Best" speakers new/used under $3,000? If you can find a good pair of B&W Matrix 800 (assuming you really do mean this speaker: http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/691bw800/index.html ) - JUMP on it!!! Nothing else mentioned will come even close to that experience.If anyon... | |
| Krell vs Parasound I'd say it completely depends on the rest of your system.When I had some Genesis loudspeakers, I asked the manufacturer which amplifier at a given budget would be the best match. Paul McGowan personally responded and said that he & Arnie Nudel... | |
| Apogee Duetta vs Mangnepan 3.6r I'll be the dissenting view. I LOVE Apogees (at least, the Stage, Diva, and most of all the Scintilla) but have never warmed up to any iteration of the Duetta. If someone would give me either pair, I'd take Maggie 3.6s over Apogee Duettas any day ... | |
| Keep a Krell KST-100 I'd have to agree with Unsound. The KST isn't a horrible amp, but it isn't a great one either & it certainly isn't on the level of the KSA series of amplifiers. | |
| What is a B&W 801M? Barry, those in the photo are NOT matrix cabinets. The first 801 with a matrix cabinet was a ported design. | |
| What planer speaker to start with? Budget 2k For just over half that budget you could have had my pair of Soundlab Pristine II full range electrostats. I had them advertised at a VERY low price at the Asylum because I didn't want to move them. No offers... so they're coming with. | |
| Fan in Electrocompaniet ECI-4 Perhaps I have an earlier version of the ECI-4, but my fan runs continuously whenever the unit is powered on.My only complaint is that the volume attenuator gets noisy every 6 months or so & I have to clean it. Otherwise? Fantastic sounding am... | |
| ELECTROCOMPANIET ECI-4: how hot? I can't hear the fan from my listening seat (approx 8 ft away) - out of balance discs in the DVD player or hard drive noise from the DVR in the same rack are much noisier than the ECI's fan. | |
| ELECTROCOMPANIET ECI-4: how hot? Mine ECI-4 is just fairly warm to the touch. The fan (mounted on the left side) provides plenty of cooling). | |
| Audio Research Cheap as Dirt? I had exactly the opposite experience as Arthur & wrote a detailed description about how badly the Classe preamp performed compared to the LS3 over at Audio Asylum a few years back. Guess it all comes down to system synergy.My vote - in the ri... | |
| Preamp to pair with an Adcom GFA-555 mkII Best pairing I've heard with the Adcom GFA-555II was the New York Audio Labs Minuet (not the Minuet in A). The Conrad Johnson PV5 was also a decent match. The Audio Research LS3 worked great in some systems, but could be a bit bright in others wit... | |
| Best Vintage Speakers? Apogee Scintilla - when driven by the right amp on the 1 ohm tap, there really isn't much out there that gets as much right with as little wrong as these. | |
| 555mkII find a better.... Depends on the sub, but an Electron Kinetics Eagle has some of the best quality bass ever. There's currently one on Ebay for $400 buy it now (not mine), though it is an older A model versus the C I am more familiar with. | |
| The Best kept Secret in Speaker Cables please? The BEST kept secret is this: there IS no "best" cable for every system. The "best" cable for a given system depends totally on which amplifier is driving which speaker. You can put together a system in which Valhalla sounds like junk and old MH-7... | |
| plasma on line ???? Wow!Who'da thunk there'd be so many vampires around here! :) |