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| Sonus Faber Cremona Auditors or Olympica I ihmeyers,Yes it was the violins I listened to. There's a cherry finish listed for $3690 with free shipping. Sounds very inviting as a deal.I have to say it sounded smoother than the auditors. Don't get me wrong, I love my auditors, but I think the... | |
| Sonus Faber Cremona Auditors or Olympica I I heard them at THE show. I can't remember which model but its a two way.Looks like a cello.They are one of the speakers I was impressed at the show.The sound was very cohesive between the electrostatic tweeter and dynamic woofer. They were also p... | |
| Sonus Faber Cremona Auditors or Olympica I I have the original auditors. If I'm not mistaken, they're one of the last speakers that Serblin designed himself. I've read that it's one of his favorite design aside from the Minima.I run it with a Jadis Defy 7. It took a while for me to acquire... | |
| Emotiva XPA-200 review Try it with a stand alone preamp. The Onkyo receiver's preamp section for music is the bottleneck.I've heard your amp and a Hafler Transnova amp sound compromised with the signal going through the Onkyo. | |
| Whats a great amp for Sonus Faber Concerto? I've owned the concertos for years and they sing with tubes.I've used cj premiere 11 and Jadis defy 7.I have not heard Rogue but there's once currently for sale at the classified for $999. Might be a good starting point | |
| What to replace CAL ALPHA dac Newbee,How about the Scott Nixon tubed dac?any current tubed dacs? Minimax, Eastern Electric?I can stretch budget to a $1000 | |
| What to replace CAL ALPHA dac Thanks for the responses.I use a rotel player as a transport. And I use 5751 for the tubes, I think they're Mullards or Sylvanias.I was hoping the current crop of DACs might sound more analog, since this Cal originated in the 90's.I've read some p... | |
| Aragon 4004mkII OR Adcom GFA 555 II The Aragon will be smoother but too laid back and quite boring in my opinion. Chose a McCormack DNA 1 when I auditoned both of these years ago. For your Thiels, I would look for used Classe at the price range you mentioned. I just found the Aragon... | |
| Conrad Johnson Premier 17LS vs. VTL TL-5.5? Hi,I once owned a 5.5 a while back. What I remember the most about it, in a positive way, is its bass performance. Imaging, soundstage, tonal balance was good too. But for my own taste and preference, I found the midrange to be too laid back. I ha... | |
| Personal amp evolution Fisher Receiver(This was it!)Luxman Receiver (This was it!)Adcom 545II (This was it!)McCormack DNA 1 (This was it!)Classe 25 (This was it!)Musical Fidelity Integrated A300 (This was it!)Conrad Johnson 11a (This is it!) | |
| Conrad Johnson Premier 10 Preamp. Hi,I've had the VTL 5.5 and currently own the Premier 10.both drove a CJ 11a and SF Concerto, with Cal Alpha as source. I had them one after another but not together at the same time to really compare them properly.They had a lot of similarities t... |