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| When a Reviewer "likes" something The ads in the magazines are limited in information. so are many of the manufacturer's web sites. and how do you find the MSRP or the average resale price of an item? That brings us to reviews- a much more complete breakdown of data about a compon... | |
| VPI is Introducing a high-end Direct Drive Table VPI is a great company and i am sure there are many folks out there with a TNT, probably somewhat modified as well, as are older and newer models, all which have gotten good press and satisfied customers. but i have to agree somewhat that, with a ... | |
| Could they sell a high-end amp without the fancy When someone DARES to A/B the performance of a HEGEL product (or similar) with a Rowland, Burmester, etc. amp/preamp that will be a great day for the hobby. but no one wants to do it. funny how that works. | |
| Pass Aleph P versions To Danielk141,i was under the impression that the Aleph-P was a very good preamp with Class-A circuitry honed down to as few parts as necessary. it compared favorably with a passive attenuator in a Stereophile comparison. No doubt Pass has improve... | |
| Is there a perfect speaker? panel speakers (magnaplanar 3.7's for ex.) are the closest thing to perfect i have heard- when listening to female vocals they are truly magical. they have limitations of course, so to provide the best possible dynamicfull-range system, you could ... | |
| Listener fatigue: what does it really mean? when i "upgraded" my speakers to B&W-801's i now had transducers designed for recording engineers to discern flaws and minute problems in playing back studio takes. I knew that going into the acquisition, but all of the subsequent upgrades and... | |
| corus vs coherence 2 GREAT DISCUSSION-THANKS GUIDO. look i come to praise Cesar, not to.. well, you know. but your information yields a lot of points which reinforce what i have experienced. JRDG welcomes you to participate in a grand experiment. Jeff is one of the be... | |
| corus vs coherence 2 Let me throw another comment into this discussion since i have owned the Model-12 monoblocks. hey, remember the #10 and #12? doesn't come up much in discussions. after hearing Diane Krall through a #10 at the local dealer (whose main listening roo... | |
| Rowland M925 4-chassis mono amp i just want to know how the 925's will rank in Stereophile versus the Dartzeels, the D.Momentums, and the Levinson 53's they have already "reviewed". can they possibly be as good as the darts, or maybe even better? the momentums came so close for ... | |
| corus vs coherence 2 thanks for the great discussion regarding REAL improvements in the sound of these components. BTW, i didn't know that the Criterion preamp had been discontinued....! wow, this IS a surprise. and the upgraded power supply for Corus is soon to be re... | |
| corus vs coherence 2 This is a really good question, and can be generalized to a lot of different high-end manufacturers and their philosophy, technology, and marketing. I have owned Rowland consonance and consummate preamps, and both sounded excellent and worked real... | |
| JM Lab Nova Be or Eggleston andra 3 ? anyone? I had Eggleston Andra II's (upgraded from I's). a very forgiving speaker IMHO.The JM Lab speaker is made to an even higher build quality, but it "may" have more issues in getting the optimum set-up. also, you are comparing the esotar tweeter from ... | |
| Do you own especially uncommon gear? no Premium or fancy, but when a hurricaine knocks out my power (here in Miami) i get out my Panasonic mono-cassette-am/fm radio for news & entertainment. takes 4 D cells. battery life is exceptional- i haven't ever had to change them in the mi... | |
| Cables more hype than value? a very VERY long time ago i compared a $30 pair of OFC cables (rca-1M) to a $125 pair with teflon and some other features. the system consisted of a Hafler amplifier, a decent but not SOTA CD player, and a pair of panel speakers with a powered woo... | |
| How do you dress your cables? my sole concern is creating too much stress on cables, any cable, especially where wire has a junction with plugs or connectors. my other pet peeve is separating cable runs as much as possible, so that when i have to change something, i am not pul... |