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| Slew Rate My understanding is that slew rate needs to be faster as the amount of negative feedback goes up. Even Nelson Pass has said that anything over 50v/microsecond is not describing anything happening in audio or even low RF on a low feedback design. A... | |
| NHT 3.3 or von Scheikert VR4 The thing that does it for me is that the VR4SE uses the new dual concentric tweeter. It is the one of the few dome tweeters I can tolerate.The NHT uses a metal dome; drove me nuts after a few minutes. | |
| What is a good Speaker with ASL Hurricanes? They sound REALLY good with the Von Schwiekirt VR4SE, extremely powerful and controlled bass, excellent imaging and voicing and just plain musicality. They run about $5700 the pair. | |
| Opinions on Sunfire Amps I have heard the Sunfire amp driving a pair of the large Martin Logan stats. The Sunfire easily bested the baby Krells is power, warmth and just plain musicality. In fact, even the Monster Krells, many times the cost of the Sunfire, were not super... | |
| Spectron Remote Sense any good? The feed-back loop can't account for every variable on the wire. The sense-cable starts out a bit "hashy" and then over the course of a week or more starts to smooth out. Strand noise etc, seem to be random in nature and are not really addressable... | |
| Electronic crossover recommendations If you are going to stay in the digital domain until you get to the speaker the Berhinger would be a great choice. If you are going analog into the crossover and into the amps the DBX is a much better choice; its DACs work damn well.Then, there ar... | |
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| Spectron Remote Sense any good? I found the amp to sound much better with heavy-gauge Goertz or Analysis Plus than it does with the sense cable. To be fair though, you have to give the sense cable time to "burn in". | |
| beryllium vs diamond I prefer the Diamond tweeters if for no other reason that even if you managed to cut yourself on a broken diamond tweeter it would not try to kill you like a Beryllium tweeter will. That stuff is toxic. | |
| Bryston 4B SST vs SIM Audio W-5 If the Bryston sounds hard and lean..change your cables. It is not a hard or lean amp by nature. The Bryston does not like up-tilted audiophile cables. | |
| Sorry, yet another For sheer slamm and weight you would probably love the Zeus amplifier. It has much more authority than the Hurricanes on the VR4's, more authority in fact than many SS amps. The trade off is that the Hurricane is a bit better in the microdynamics ... | |
| Favorite SS Amp? The Pass amps are a tad on the warm side, but not as hot as the earlier Aleph series.The store that I was able to hear the Theta's at did a very poor demo, so I left with less than enthusiastic feelings for the Theta. You know how it is; you hear ... | |
| classe ca-300 or bryston 4b sst for thiel 2.4 I love my SST stuff, but I agree with others here; try a different preamp. I would also recommend that you try some Analysis Plus interconnect and Oval 9 speaker cables. They are a fuller-sounding but very (subjectively) quiet cable combo with pow... | |
| Favorite SS Amp? I don't have an over-all favorite; each amp has something that it does very well and something that it does "merely well".For instance,with Analysis plus IC, I find the new SST series Brystons to be the best amps below 5khz that I have heard. I pr... | |
| Tube Amp suggestions for VSA VR4-SE's? The Rogue Zeus is just awesome on those speakers. Great sense of Majesty and Power. Not quite as good in the midrange microdynamics as the Hurricanes or Monsoons but close. On the other hand, the Hurricane's have nowhere near the power capabilitie... |