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| 3 Top Cartridges Picks I have owned various vandenhul grasshoppers, Clearaudios, a Lyra Helicon and most recently a Lyra Titan. At least in my Rockport, the Titan has been a very nice match and a rather significant improvement over the Helicon and I would highly recomme... | |
| Best Amp/Preamp/CD or DAC for Wilson Watt Puppy 7 I heard Ryan's 55 watt WAVAC's last weekend and they did a superb job of driving the WP7's in a small room. The top was a bit soft and the boyym less tight than the best solid state but the midrange was lush and textured. Very nice sound. | |
| CD player to choose? : Lindemann or Audionet? I have owned the Lindemann for about 24 months and initially had some difficulty getting the sound that I wanted. As it turned out the unit is state of the art but only if used on a proper shelf such as the Finite Element, with proper ac filtering... | |
| Out of production reference turntables I owned a Goldmund Reference prior to the purchase of a Rockport Sirius and on changing experienced a rather dramatic improvement. I have two friends who own Rockport Capellas and both sound phenomenal. I had a problem with my 15 year old motor co... | |
| Top phono cartrige to match jfrech's system ... I upgaded from a Helikon to a Titan and teh improvement wassignificant in every respect, including better focus, greater transparency and more body, more refined top end. The thing though which really sold me is that it has real slam and presence.... | |
| Best Subwoofer avaible? Nothing or, at least, large numbers of smaller drivers, will move the air or couple with the room like a large driver (think as a minimum 18" or larger). Many years ago I heard a Levinson HQD system with the 24" Hartley subs. Boy could those drive... | |
| What Do You Get When You Spend Megabucks? The Finite Elemente has been shipped "motor freight" but has not arrived. Will comment when it is actually in the system. Thanks. | |
| What Do You Get When You Spend Megabucks? Often headaches, sometimes a little remorse but ocassionally, a piece of heaven. Some nights everything seems to come together and you can almost convince yourself that you are actually being transported to the site of a musical event. The problem... | |
| Best Subwoofer avaible? I have a pair of the new powered 21" Cabasse A55 subwoofers on order for delivery in late march or early April. Based on what I heard at CES, I think they may be state of the art. They incorporate a woofer whose mass is about that of a typical 10"... | |
| An Evening with David Livesay of Wisdom Audio I am in agreement with your summary, but would like to point out that few rooms exist that do not have problems below 250 hz. The choice is typically to choose a speaker that does not have sufficient bass response to excite any nodes or alternatel... | |
| Purist Audio : Venustas vs. Dominus? I spoke with Jim Aud at CES about the differences between Dominus and his newer, non-liquid filled cables. He said that the newer cable has better extension at the frequency extremes with a more direct sound than the Dominus. He still clearly pref... | |
| The best way to isolate my subs from the floor? Be very careful as you may get what you ask for. Until a year ago I used two pairs of Entec lf40's which had very extended low frequency response. After hearing a friend's system with the same speakers who had put spikes underneathe them, I tried ... | |
| Tenor Hybrid v. VTL MB-450 Sig. I would like to offer a somewhat contrarian view. Please keep in mind that I have only heard the Tenors at shows and not in my home. First, the Tenor 75 watt OTL is a very special amplifier from the mid bass through the treble. Unfortunately somew... | |
| Best Cartridge for SME 20/ Graham 2.2 Strongly suggest that you audition a Lyra Titan. I have owned several Grasshoppers but not the Colibri. They tend to be fragile and do not like record warps which lessen their lives. | |
| used goldmund T-3f at $4750? I have owned both the T-3F and T-3B, both mounted on a Goldmund Reference. Both are extremely tweaky with the sound varying widely depending on set up. The electronics that control the arm are also prone to problems. I would not own either unless ... |