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| Can I go wrong with Stealth Indra ? No, you can´t go wrong with the Indra. I use the cable between my modded Wadia 581 and my modded Ayre V-1xe with great results. There are a handful of better cables (TaraLabs Zero, Transparent Opus, Jena Labs Dream Dancer) - but at a much higher c... | |
| Modwright SWL 9.0 SE vs. Ayre K-5xe Dan is a very honest person - as far as I can say. But I´ll be sure he will say without a doubt, that Ayre K-1xe is on a different level of construction and sonics. You´ll have to spend a lot more $$ to outperform the K-1xe - therefore to me Ayre ... | |
| Kharma Mini or Avalon Eidolon diamond Toboo: interesting comment about the Opus vs. the 3.2. I found the Kharmas a bit bass shy and I have to follow Chucks comment: the Avalons present a much more holographic soundstage than the Kharmas. Detail retrieval is on par but the base line of... | |
| Mark Levinson 32 and reliability Earflappin. Regarding the many ways to audio nirvana you´re absolutely right. All interconnects were balanced - I only believe in balanced configurations (with the exception of the very very expensive Kondo gear). As I´ve changed to a complete (no... | |
| Best power amp for Avalon Opus Ceramique no. I still prefer my modded Ayre V-1xe. | |
| The Perfect Speakers for Jeff Rowland Concerto Int Neilgundel: I´m a bit surprised that you call the Ayre stuff sounding solid state like.. I never ever had this impression. I liked the Concentra II - which I had (with a heavy modification) but it couldn´t match the transparency, air, speed and de... | |
| new kharma amplifiers matrix 150 ..very nice. A speaker I had a closer look at as well. Superb design and build quality - but A BIT overpriced. | |
| new kharma amplifiers matrix 150 I bet they sound awesome.. I´ve heard their smaller sibling the Matrix 150 and was highly impressed. Do you use them with Kharma Ceramique speakers ? | |
| new kharma amplifiers matrix 150 Peterb: do you mean Matrix 150 (thread) or the Exquisite´s?Had a very short listen to the Matrix 150 and was highly impressed. The only real shortcomings I found was their tiny little back (very bad if you use cables with a big diameter) and their... | |
| Best power amp for Avalon Opus Ceramique regarding class D amps: I found a combination which works with the Avalons(at least with my Opus Ceramique): Kharma Matrix 150. Tiny little boxes with a very very nice, neutral and highly detailed sound. | |
| Ayre balanced interconnects Ayre uses double gauge of Cardas GR and sounds at least in my system better than Cardas Golden Reference - although I use the GR. Saying a cable kills another is quite difficult as I´ve experienced quite cheap cables performing superb in one syste... | |
| When will Wadia 581 be available Bombayawalla: when the unit is fully burned in I keep you on track. A shoot-out between 861 SE, P-8i, X0-1 Ltd. and Reimyo CDP will follow in mid October (two dealers and two friends of mine will bring their stuff to compare it with my 581. | |
| Avalon Opus Ceramique versus Kharma 3.2 I have to add sth. to my previous comment: Falson S is better in bigger rooms. I exchanged Falcon S with Opus Ceramiques as the Falcon S base line is very sensitive to furniture exchanges which I wasn´t aware of.Now I´m a very happy Opus Ceramique... | |
| When will Wadia 581 be available 581 is available. I´ll very soon get my GNSC modded 581 - looking foreward to that as the standard 581 is already beyond expectation (betters the 861 SE in all areas). | |
| Ayre balanced interconnects can´t support your opinion. I use Cardas GR and they sound excellent with my gear (beside I use Acoustic Zen, Shunyata and Stealth Indra). |