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| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre i love jeff rowland's products starting from way back. my 1st "real" preamp was a consonance with phono built in. the phono stage was, for an extra $300, dead silent with MC. i "complained" to the dealer that it should not have sounded nearly so g... | |
| Review: Da Vinci Grandezza Reference Tonearm it's nice to see someone who really knows what THEY want in an audio system, although how all of your components work together would make a nice article in itself. | |
| Next upgrade, DartZeel or Ayre when it comes to high-end audio, "I" now have "The Latest and The Greatest"- LOL, well who can really claim to know what that is...? anyway, i humbly submit the following:i recently upgraded my wires to transparent MM2, got an EMM-Lab CDSA cd play... | |
| Pass Labs amps. Help me choose. i had an e-mail exchange with a gentleman at pass labs about the xa.5 amps. and he "really" liked the xa100.5, so that would probably be something to save up for. BUT IMHO your levinson should sound (overall) as good as any of the non-XA amps you ... | |
| analog vs. digital better ? or just different the only reason i even responded to this redundant subject is that i have the "same problem"- my turntable sounds great (a vpi aries) and my cd player sounds great, too (EMM lab).i have some terrific records (some are ancient but they sound very a... | |
| analog vs. digital better ? or just different just get the music that you really like, now that you have the choice of either format. one box doesn't HAVE to sound better than the other. one guy i know was selling used vinyl for $3-$5 a record. the sleeves weren't all perfect, but i picked up... | |
| what is the best amp you've ever heard Pass Aleph 1.2 monoblocks. they converted a pair of the somewhat forward-sounding B&W-801S3 Matrix speakers to near state-of-the-art. they always said the 801's wouldn't reach their full potential without the right electronics. the 1.2's may n... | |
| Tape Project Tapes admittedly, the other people here have better sources than i do by light years, but i still think it would be a serious kick to try to dub an LP onto a tape running at 7 or 15, quarter or half track, just to see if the results are enjoyable. that'... | |
| Mark Levinson 326S or Audio Research Ref 3 ? gee, i love jeff rowland gear- i have a JRDG-consummate preamp sitting in the closet right now. having said that, i just replaced an EMM-Lab DCC2-SE with a levinson 326S. the EMM pre-dac sounded just a bit sterile to MY ears- but this could have b... | |
| If money is not a problem unless the notion of near-limitless SPL's is the reason for the question, the answer for me is simple- the same speakers i already have. money is not the problem- it's the software- both variety and format- which is always changing, and not always... | |
| Tape Project Tapes Mr. Jsman, several of the aforementioned tape recorders can playback the tpt's. only 2 of them lack the ability (via a simple switch) to play IEC equalized tapes-the prosumer teacs, and only ONE lacks the ability to play at 15ips. plus i could alw... | |
| Magico Mini 2 vs Kharma Midi Exquisit vs MBL 101s i hope everyone realizes the obvious fact that kharma midi exquisite speakers retail for about $80k (maybe more). i believe that the MBL speakers are over $40k (retail of course). at one time i would "kill" for a used pair of the kharmas, but afte... | |
| Magico Mini 2 vs Kharma Midi Exquisit vs MBL 101s with all due respect this is the most bizarre and inconsistent choice of speakers i have seen both design wise, sound wise, and price wise. personally i think the sonus fabers produce the most room friendly and un-fussy results of the speakers on ... | |
| Next upgrade, DartZeel or Ayre at some risk of ruffling feathers here, plus i haven't heard either combination, but dartzeel makes one amp and one preamp and that is all. assuming they have made a few sales by now, you would think the company would comtemplate building some mon... | |
| Goldmund Meta Laser One Transport i had one for about 2 days before i returned it. admittedly it was traded-in to a local dealer. but it was very "sensitive" from what i remember and skipped among other things. it is true however that at the time it was a top-rated transport. as a... |