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| Jeff Rowland Preamps i was curious on this very subject as to what happened to the Coherence-2, and i was once told by a company rep over the phone that the coherence-2 was "too expensive/complicated to produce". I personally don't take issue with the piece- it's bril... | |
| Why is the market for used Levinson amps so slow? i would (briefly) like to sum up a few issues regarding Mark Levinson amplifiers and i base this on my own personal experiences as well-1. industry leader in amazing-sounding solid state. Huge pride of ownership (at least for me). 2. owned a 23.5 ... | |
| Jeff Rowland Preamps i owned both a Consonance with Phono and later on a Consummate. i couldn't detect a really big difference between the two but enjoyed them very much. my bias for the Consonance is due to upgrading the line-stage module- a plug in box about the siz... | |
| Anyone auditioned Pass Labs XP-30 preamp? i can understand producing a new top-line preamp as a match for the newest amplifiers (cost no object). HOWEVER, i cannot understand with all the latest technological advances why you would need THREE boxes for TWO channels.there are a number of V... | |
| How to get the impact of a live concert? it sucks that you have to pay for an astronomically-priced Focal, Kharma, Wilson, Rockport, etc. speaker system. but with adequate amplification with the right sources AND a well damped room, you CAN get (95% of) the impact of a concert performanc... | |
| How to get the impact of a live concert? the closest to live i ever heard was with the Wilson Audio WAMM system consisting of two (18") subwoofer cabinets in the back and a pair of "trees" withdifferent speaker arrays on them that could be pointed independently and a complex crossover as... | |
| anyone heard dc10audio speakers? the thing is, you don't (have to) end up paying MSRP on these speakers, as they are auctioned off from time to time (as new). and there is considerable technology involved in their manufacture. ALSO, they RELY on the properties of wood and various... | |
| going Pass Labs, do I need "Class A " ? I believe i have a pretty good handle on what pass amps can do, and i listen closely to those who have bought (and sold) different models, as well as the reviews of those same models. based on the mere fact that Pass Labs would offer two parallel ... | |
| anyone heard dc10audio speakers? if the wood on them was any indication of the sound quality it would be a pretty easy decision, wouldn't it? | |
| going Pass Labs, do I need "Class A " ? dear mr. peterayer, i am going by one person who put his XA-0.5 100W mono blocks up for sale. a lot of people questioned his decision in the forums, so he explained at length regarding his changing preference fora different design. apparently he f... | |
| going Pass Labs, do I need "Class A " ? the X- AMPS are going to be a better choice for music with more dynamicproperties; the XA-0.5 AMPS would perform better on subtler material- acoustic guitar, chamber music, female vocals, solo piano. if harmonics is- or will become- the most impor... | |
| matrix 803's.. i have chance to buy... worth it? B&W's are some of the best sounding speakers i ever heard when i was first getting into considering a high-end system- one example was the 802M series 2. BUT this was when listeningto a Bruckner symphony (#9) and not a movie soundtrack. powerf... | |
| Most forgiving high end speaker 10k-20k? I AGREE WITH MAPMAN regarding the underlying basis of the question- i.e.- what really well made speaker will sweeten up poor recordings? well, what is a "poor recording"? there's muddy, there's thin (like an old Charlie Parker album),there's ear-b... | |
| Levinson 27.5 to 335 Just from what i have read from the forums here as well as stereophile, etc. the ML-335 is a much better amplifier and is a significant improvement over the #332 that it replaces. the early problems with Harmon regarding servicing your amp are not... | |
| B&W 805D2 or Magico Q1? Dear Difficult M-coonery, i asked for opinions regarding how both speaker systems sounded being that both absolutely represent the high end. the B&W's in no way are "SUBARU'S"; THEY are perhaps better described as Audi's (vs Bentley's). with y... |