ebarker2
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| "All-in-one box system" that is High End Lavardin IT. Single box and warms up after 10 min. Simply astonishing, in the same league as some of the finest tube pre/power combos. A must hear. | |
| Need help - system performance How old are your cl3's. The panels need changing about every four years, and they don't like damp surroundings. | |
| Multipurpose floorstander speaker listen to the kef q65.3 or any of the reference range. | |
| Best amplifier for Sonus Faber Guarnieri Sonus Faber generally need a lot of power. If you want tube sound look out for the Lavardin MAP and monoblocks. Best of luck | |
| SonusFaber GP? Other recomendations? I like sf speakers, but they tend to need a lot of power. Heard the GP with copland tube and the sf musica amp. pretty shut in sound, i thought. They like to be played fairly loud. If you've got a lot of amp power think about the electa amator 2. ... | |
| Tube Friendly Speakers I use kef reference 3.2 with a 30watt lavardin. Know they work well with the 20 watt jadis monos. love the sound. Also try to hearLiving voice avatar and avatar obx (fantastic)Audiophysic Virgo (great imaging but edgy) | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! Dedicated mains spur using custom twisted cablesame cable for power supplycary 303Lavardin IS ampKef Reference 3.2VDH 102/122 i/c and cableself built ply stand, using 6x18mm ply shelves for both cd and amp.a few tweaks | |
| Cary 303 CD - Very Detailed - Fixes? Given comments above, espec about running in, if they don't work look at your mains and your earth. I find all my cd players didn't work (harsh, unpleasant,digital) till i installed a seperate mains ring. Cured the problem right away and was one o... | |
| Please, learn from my mistakes Sorry, Im going to disagree. I've always had problems with digititis whatever machine I used. then I read this fantastic magazine hifiplus.co.uk, which talked about a dedicated mains supply. Solved the digital problem right there. If I go back to ... | |
| Electrocompaniet EMC-l or Meridial 508-2 prefer the electrocompaniet but listen to the cary 303 and the resolution audio 55 as well. Fantastic players all of them | |
| Best CD player under 5000 Cary 303, but listen to resolution audio 55 and electrocompaniet to, for different takes on what you want. Theres no such thing as best at this level, just different. Depends what you want. I listen to classical (especially voice) acoustic, world ... | |
| The best CD Player for the money Rotel 971 with a good power cord, good solid wood base (pref. six layers of 3/4inch ply) and dedicated mains. Sounds so good you need a fantastic system to hear a better front end. | |
| All Value System Under 5K Rotel 971 cdLavardin IS ampkef Q65.2 speakersVDH 102/122/vdh mains/lavardin mainsI think this system comes in at about 4k and for voice, jazz, chamber and acoustic it is one of the better Ive heard recently. Takes a lot of setting up and needs goo... | |
| Looking for smooth SS pre amp Im a convert to the Lavardin amps that do something quite extraordinary with sound. Don't know if they have a us distributor, but look them up at lavardin.com | |
| Help me Tweek my System, for less forgot two things. I personally find the B+W speakers very analytical and difficult to find partners for. I have a listening room lined with cedar, and it is staggering. there are four bookshelves, one in each corner placed diagonally, so the room... |