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| Superb PHONO Preamp ? Mike and Thomas:I do not have the Lamm yet. It will arrive on Wednesday. As far as the Aesthetix goes, please remember that this will be based, for the most part, on MY system and room as well as MY tastes and prefernces. That said, sonically, I f... | |
| Superb PHONO Preamp ? I am sorry for not answering the question directly but I thought I'd confuse you even more by letting you know that Lamm just a few days ago came out with a reference tube based phono stage the LP2 (retail around $7,000) that I just bought without... | |
| REL Strata III vs. REL Q201E Last night at Overture Audio in Ann Arbor I had the privilege of having Allan Haggar from Sumiko (the REL importer) and the great guys at Overture (JB, TJ, Patrick and Tom) give me a private after hours demo of the REL Stentor III. The Stentor III... | |
| What would you do differently? Well, I guess there IS an advantage of being single after all! :-) I own 5 sets of speakers, 5 CD players, 14 turntables, 7 power amps, well, you get the point. I also have a dedicated room with zillion $$ outlets, 1,000s of LPs and CDs, nothing b... | |
| Moral Dilemma I throw him an oxygen tank or life preserver, pull his sorry ass outta the water, AND THEN TAKE HIM HOME AND TORTURE HIM SLOWLY!!!(Or did you mean convert him to audiophilia? Maybe that would be even worse!!) LOL!! | |
| Best smaller than bookshelf speakers? If you haven't heard the Acoustic Energy Aego2, check them out they will blow your mind. They are even self powered so you can connect directly to your source. They are the same size as the little Bose with a smallish subwoofer like the Bose but t... | |
| Hales Trancendence 8 or 5 speakers Hi Doug. If you are thinking of the Hales, the T8s are in another league from the T5s. Even though they share the same tweeter and midrange, they are much different sounding. The T5s have a single stock 10" paper cone woofer and the T8s have two c... | |
| Settings for PS Audio PowerPlant I seem to have no choice on mine. I am forced to use the Sin or PS2 (which I use) as all the "SS" settings produce a very disturbing pulsating hum (only my digital sources and preamp are connected to the PP300). My PP300 is connected to its own de... | |
| CAT/Hovland internal phono vs external? Dmailer, I have had an ARC PH3 and an AI, I have also had a CAT Signature (not Ultimate), a Sonic Frontiers Line 3 with an Aesthtix Io phono stage so I have some experience with the ones you mention. I can tell you that, for my tastes and preferen... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century I am truly happy to see that people appreciate Gino Vannelli. I have been following his career and enjoying his incredible music and talent for 27 years! | |
| Coincident Cables Experiences? Any Good? I will post my usual disclaimer and state up front that my impressions and opinions will be based on my tastes, preferences, system and room. That said, it is fuuny you should post this question as I was JUST going to post some comments on them. I... | |
| Hovland-Pre,anyone heard it ? As always, my impressions are based on MY tastes, preferences, system and room and relative to my experiences with other equipment so, YMMV. With that disclaimer out of the way, I can start by saying that I have owned a CAT Signature MKII, an Audi... | |
| Re-Tubing A Sonic Frontiers Pre Amp Lak and Adrian4r have hit the proverbial "nail on the head!" Good advice! | |
| Amp upgrade over BAT VK-500?? Dtwomey, we were NOT bashing the BAT, but Metaphysics WAS asking about and UPGRADE to the BAT and, since he was already going to spend around $5k used, Acuujim accurately pointed out that for about $2k more he could have the Lamms. After all, we A... | |
| Amp upgrade over BAT VK-500?? I second the Lamm M1.1s suggestion. I too had a BAT VK-500, a pair of Plinius SA-100s a cj and Macormack DNA before getting the Lamms. It bettered all of them - most by a large margin. My speakers (Hales T8s) neeed juice too. FWIW, I too have the ... |