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| SF Extrema,Few q my friend uses a pass aleph 1.2 monoblocks (200w/8 ohms) to drive his extremas, and they sound fine. 100-200w of QUALITY amplification should get the ball rolling. i wish SF would consider making them again, perhaps with an improved stand.stereoph... | |
| Eggleston Andra 2 owners Hi, DEV, in response to your questions, my andras were upgraded from 1's; i did have the option of biwiring at that time but decided to stay with a single pair- no doubt biwiring would offer some improvement. upgrading to levinson 33H monoblocks f... | |
| Eggleston Andra 2 owners there certainly are alot of options for pushing the egglestons envelope. the one that i found most dramatic was also VERY expensive- transparent wire one-step below opus- (REF-MM).i was able to save some money by their upgrade program. the day i h... | |
| Best analog sounding cd player under 5K mark levinson led the way in digital reproduction for a long time, 1st with some very good sounding proceed dacs/transports, and cdp's that were built like tanks. then they made the first ML-brand dac, the #30, which was considered the absolute be... | |
| Sonus Faber Extremas ? i am still puzzled to this day why sonus faber would discontinue the extrema- a virtual ton of positive reviews of their sound continues to proliferate the internet forums. my brother has a pair on sound anchor stands (which are an excellent match... | |
| Are you at this point?? yeah, my system sounds very good, but i have a problem with PICTURES of really beautiful equipment. OH WELL, I tell myself that it's just "window shopping"; BUT then, instead of simply putting on a cd and relaxing to some MUSIC, I sometimes find m... | |
| What has been your most satisfying component? The JRDG Consonance preamp w/phono- for approximately $3500 with the line-stage upgrade and sorbothane treatment which came a bit later (stereophile never acknowleged the new mod even though they gave a very favorable review to the original preamp... | |
| Best system ever wilson wamm's, levinson 20.6 monoblocks, m.lev.26s preamp,m.lev.#30 dac/goldmund meta-laser transport, MIT cables,and an exceptionally good sounding room. the sense of scale (shostakovitch #4, james taylor live) towered over "ordinary" stereo syst... | |
| What music is your system setup for? IMHO (ONLY)-mid-fi systems are helpful in masking many rock (as well as many other) alblums' distortions and mixing errors. these distortions are, again, to my ears, EXTREMELY distracting on a high-resolution system.example 1. Jefferson Airplane- ... | |
| How far out there are you? A manager of a high-end audio store made a statement to me long ago that i'll never forget, and actually helped me to slow down and think alot more about what i really wanted and how much money i was willing to spend to get there. he told me as i ... | |
| Need your help finding a pair of speakers......... having owned the Andras, their only real deficiency (to me) was the midrange, which lacked a bit of speed and transparency (the bass and treble left little to be desired).other than that, finding something significantly better is going to be a rea... | |
| Speaker disappearing act? i've had some nice speakers over the years; they all imaged pretty well, but admittedly none of them performed at the level where i couldn't tell where in the room they were located. BUT, they all excelled at bringing out the textures of instrumen... | |
| At what price do amps start to sound had a denon that got killed by a hafler. the hafler got wasted by a levinson. the levinson sounded two-dimensional compared to a (newer-tech) krell. the krell sounded somewhat unnatural compared to a rowland. the rowland lacked the dynamic authori... | |
| Mark Levinson suggestion please levinson amps/preamps have improved greatly over the years, and while the 23.5 is still a good amp (with tons of clean power), it doesn't throw much of a soundstage (i know, i owned one).the 331/332/333 series got bested by the pass aleph 3 in an ... | |
| Is this upgrade worth it? OTOH, a ML-333.5 is a true upgrade path from the #333 to the #336 although notidentical. IF THIS IS WHAT HE'S SELLING, it might be worth consideration- supposedly the ".5" upgrade was a serious attempt by levinson to add life/musicality to their a... |