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| Why are all the Virtual Systems mega-assaults now? A further thought, part of the value in looking at those "expensive" systems is that sometimes you will find items that you might want to incorporate into your own system and which do not cost an "arm and a leg." For instance, the Acoustic Revive ... | |
| Why are all the Virtual Systems mega-assaults now? The assembly of "expensive" equipment does not guarantee good, much less, extraordinary sound. Even with an expensive system, matching, synergy and tweaks are extremely important. If anything more expensive speakers unfortunately are much more rev... | |
| Exotic Reissue Lps VS. Rare orig Which one? $$=$$ I can only speak with any authority about RCA, Mercury and Decca reissues and perhaps with respect to a few 60's and 70's rock groups and folk groups which I collect, in particular Dire Straits and John Renbourn. Jazz is an area about which I know... | |
| Exotic Reissue Lps VS. Rare orig Which one? $$=$$ I can say from experience that except in very rare instances the original will always sound significantly more musically natural than the reissue regardless of the genre of the record. If you doubt this, compare any wide band Decca SXL 2000 or ear... | |
| Grand Prix Audio Monaco Turntable Mike, I think that it would highly informative (assuming any interest on your part) for you to arrange for a loan of a Monaco from JTinn so that you could then compare the two tables in your system using the same cartridge. This would allow a fair... | |
| Grand Prix Audio Monaco Turntable Mtkhl, Thanks for posting the review of the Grand Prix Monaco. HiFi+ will not be available in the US until May 2. I generally find RG's reviews to be fair and honest, but ocassionally wish that he would talk a little more about the interactions am... | |
| Grand Prix Audio Monaco Turntable Mtkhl and Cohnaudio: Have either of you experimented with siting the Monaco on different stands, such as differences in the sound on the Finite Element vs the Grand Prix? | |
| Grand Prix Audio Monaco Turntable I have not read the new issue of HIFi+ yet but do remember the Fremer comments. Just curious if anyone has tried the GPM on something other than the Gran Prix table. Specifically, I am thinking in terms of something like the Halcyonics which is su... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? The more world class speakers to which I am exposed, the more certain I become that there is no one best speaker or for that matter even a best that I have heard. Let me explain, there are certainly speakers that represent the best in a particular... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Detlof, I am assuming that your friends have the Excaliburs with the 15" woofers. Listening to my Triolon Excaliburs and comparing them against the Campaniles that I previously owned, I assume that a horn loaded bass would be the ideal way to go w... | |
| power cable for esoteric The top of the Mexcel which is distributed in Japan by Teac (Esoteric) is excellent with the X01-D2. | |
| Tube Pre-amp BAT, ARC, EAR, Sonic Frontiers At least consider the Einstein. With NOS tubes, it is world class and very reliable. | |
| All time favorite speaker cables The reality is that cables do sound different and that for a given amp/speaker interface, one design will often sound markedly superior to another. In another set up, preferences may be very different. Many will argue that this is solely attributa... | |
| All time favorite speaker cables Definitely the Jorma cabling, particularly the Prime which incorporate Jack Bybee's latest thinking on terminations and noise filtering. Please see my virtual system thread for a longer discourse on what these cables do well. | |
| Stand out phono stages You can definitely spend more money and maybe exceed the performance slightly in one or two areas, but the Einstein phonostage is quite good. It is quiet, dynamic, transparent and very detailed with very good bass. It also embodies a nice combinat... |