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| 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... | |
| Whats more important? Speaker or the Amp Above $500/pair, i don't think there are any really "bad sounding" speakers. and, according to ancient wisdom, all amplifiers sound the same... when i upgraded my system to B&W 801's, i had a denon 200w/ch amplifier. it was well made, and loo... | |
| First round of auditions disappointing save up for eggleston andras- 1's or even 2's.maybe you'll come to like sonus faber electra amators or the extremas.as for von schweikerts, i own a pair, and the (new?)carbon fiber midrange is as fast as a planar speakerand you'll get all the dyna... | |
| The WORST Components for Rock and Pop Music I would like to 2nd the opinion of Sogood51- i wanted something to play rock/pop music for my bedroom, and ended up with a JVC "Kaboom" box which sounded amazing in the store. when i fired it up at home with some jimi hendrix set to a volume i rar... | |
| The BEST Listening Chair u’ve ever had or saw?? my dad left me two "vintage" office chairs from the early 50's- mahogany and leather (with rivet borders). they make you sit up VERY straight, with nice arm-rests. there's nothing behind your head, as the chair only comes up to your shoulder blade... |