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| Recommended pre amp's w/excellent phono stage Well there is used Bryston (but only if you like your phono stages dead quiet, some people like the HF hash that they interpret as "air" or "detail". Real air and detail is different and harder to do.) Also Van Alstine often has some great used pr... | |
| Can't decide, need your toughts? I run the 390S into my 4BSST (when I am not running it into the Spectral first; or into the Atma-Sphere M60). It sounds either polite (if running the Bryston stock XLR cable) to highly detailed and dynamic if using the Goertz Silver Purl.When I do... | |
| pre-amp that's balanced with remote volume control Also Spectral has the Balanced option and most used ones seem to be set up that way. Brystons also have balanced outs and two balanced in. The latest BP25's can be found for $1100 To $1500 used. | |
| ROGUE "Zues" Power amplifer???? Anyone??? I have had some extended listening time at my friends shop (some weeks worth of listening). The Zeus is a powerful-sounding amp with good (though not great) delicacy in the highs. It has a slightly dry but none-the-less emotional midrange. The Rog... | |
| Affordable musically fast subwoofer Subs don't have to be "fast" (a bass note is quite slow in attack) they have to be "clean".A lot depends on where you are crossing over. If you are crossing over at, say, 70hz or below the HSU VT3 is invisible and has great deep basss at around 80... | |
| New Damper material I made the mistake of trying imported British beef. Now my cd-player has mad bit disease. | |
| Active Dampers Bigkidz; No the only padded bras around here are used as headphonesRcprince: Ya think? | |
| New Damper material Ozfly, fruit cake is a banned substance according to the EPA.Danielk; your analysis of Bose and fly activity is brilliant! You should publish. I see a Noble prize in it for you!Sgr; while you remembered the Pentagram, you forgot the Pentode Ritual... | |
| How Much To Rival Good Digital Playback So thats whats going on...duh. Every time I hear a turntable now, doing a sole piano, it sounds out of tune to varying degrees depending on the quality of the table. With a full band playing it of course is not really noticable. At least not with ... | |
| Warranties - Best & Worst - New & Used Hard to beat Bryston's 20year transferable warranty. And you don't pay a dime to get it either. Lifetime warranty is cool but it is well known that audiophiles don't keep things all that long. The neat thing is I can buy a used Bryston and just no... | |
| Help Needed Power Amp lacks punch One thing to check is the receptacle in the wall; most all home wiring is done with "push pins" meaning that the house wiring is pushed into the receptacle where it is held in my tiny little contact points. By far the greatest loss is occuring her... | |
| Power Cord for Spectral DMC-30 Pre Amp I use the JPS Preamp cord on my 30S. My system is running on the Exact Power SP15 power conditioner/regenerator. Works great!I have detail in a wonderfully balanced way with great soundstage and natural decay. Oh yeah, the music sounds great! | |
| Wadia 860, Levinson & Aero Cap Direct into Amp The Levinson sounded, to me, to be more natural and balanced than the Wadia that I heard it against. The Wadai had the more incisivly etched image but that just wasn't natural to me. The 390 threw a hugh sound stage with awesome bass. Female voice... | |
| Digital as good or better than YOUR analog? With my Levinson CD player I can esily surpass the performance of all but my best albums. And those only in the sense of "air" and, rarely, in vocal presence.Of course, sometimes the cd is recorded badly (happened a lot in the early years) and the... | |
| Personal amp evolution Oh wow...Packard Bell tubed stereo (60's)Pioneer reciever (early 70's)Tanberg reciever (still running! mid 70's)Audible Illusions mini-mite pre and power Kit (1980?)Various SS amps: Amber,PSAudio, Threshold,Phase Linear,Carver etc(80's)Van Alstine... |