ericbee

Responses from ericbee

Safe audiogon transactions; lowering the bar.
To Ulkatraz:"And, most importantly ask if they will do cod with a deposit (either you can send them a money order or you can paypal them). The amount of the deposit would be the amount of the shipping, insurance and cod charges and a little extra ... 
Krell x-series, are ther any sonic benifits?
Lev335: Why would they have an upgrade? How about the high end 2 channel audio business is dead, even more dead in this economy. How else can you squeeze money out of your customers if no one is willing to buy a new amp? AH UPGRADE FEES! I am not ... 
Rationalizing the Mark Levinson ML-40
Please, the Theta Casablanca 2 is nowhere near the product of the ML-40. In fact, meridian and lexicon better it and by a wide margin. The ML 40 was set out to be a reference piece. 2 seperate boxes with the best technology available today. Levins... 
Krell AVS future ?
The AVS is discontinued and has been for over a year now. Once the original HTS was introduced, production on the AVS stopped. Since then they have introduced the HTS2 and now the new "signature series" or something like that. The latest series ha... 
Proceed AMP 5? or wait for Krell Showcase amp?
The krell will not be available for a MINIMUM of 6 months. Make your own decision but, I would hold my AMP 5 until the Krell comes out. Then demo the Krell and if you like it, sell the AMP 5 used right here. 
Krell HTS vs Proceed AVP
AggieBob: Would you please list a few of the bugs you found with the HTS2. I own one and reviewed 3 already and know of no such bugs that are present on the current line of HTS units. If you know of ANY please list them, otherwise please do not co... 
Krell HTS vs Proceed AVP
This one is easy. I wrote the articles on Audio Review, so I should know. All of the major bugs have been removed from the original HTS and the HTS 2 has analog bypass. You can remove the MC-1 from this equasion. Not only does it sound horrible in... 
Bearing Isolation "Arms Race" Begins
Please post a direct link to the review not just to www.soundstage.com. I looked everywhere and cannot find the article. Thanks 
counterfeit NBS cables
Waler Fields is a greedy bastard. Try calling him up and see for yourself. Ever notice why all of his ads in magazines mention nothing of dealers only "buy factory direct" this is because he is so greedy that he chooses to eliminate the dealers al... 
Best Sony XBR TV ever?
Sony Trinitron XBR2 (32xbr-100) these are the same and are teh best. You will have a hard time finding one, the people who own them know what they have. They originally sold for $2800 several years back. Do a search, one of the magazines voted it ... 
Best Sony XBR TV ever?
It has been established a while back that the 32" xbr100 was the best set Sony has ever produced. It had a seperate tuner from the set and was awesome. It was the generation right before component video inputs were made avaibale, so this set does ... 
Krell HTS 'designed' for balanced cables
I have found that balanced cables do sound significantly better. It has to do with the fact that they are grounded and reject rfi noise, making the hiss you sometimes hear in the backround, disappear. I have an HTS and run all connections to the a... 
Bermester all it's tauted to be?
The power conditioner is truly their reference piece. Very difficult to obtain, I saw one for sale here recently. Very rarely reviewed so, no one knows about it. With all the PS Audio hype, this piece is overlooked. It has patented dc filtering, s... 
Help with Sony 777 SACD
The consensus says it sounds better on custom. I have tried both and can not notice any difference but, keep it on custom anyway. "Standard" is supposed to roll off the very high frequencies, "Custom" does not. No reports of any damage have been e... 
pioneer vs panasonic
I have owned both of these units and you must weigh the pros and cons for your self. Solely on video, the panasonic is unquestionably better as it should be. It is a 3rd or 4th generation dvd player as opposed to a dv-09 first generation. Also, th...