gavman
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| CD Transports Buy whichever Esoteric unit matches your budget.I recently acquired the P03 - D03, and combined with Entreq grounding it is superb | |
| SVS Subwoofer Isolation feet. Will I lose bass? Some people posting on this thread are not nearly as amusing as they think they are. This forum would be a far better place without them | |
| What other Hobbies or Interests Do You Have? Hillwalking - mountaineering with my dogsTuning jap cars and driving scottish roads. My long termers: a R32 nissan skyline gtr, 3.0, dry sump , mid 600's, high 9's standing quarter but unbeatable on the back roads, a Mitsubishi evo 6, 2.3, dry s... | |
| Upgrade SACD/CD player from DCS Puccini to better DCS, Esoteric or EMM Labs? If the answer is tone controls or equaliser, may i suggest that you are asking the wrong question?I second caphill's opinion re the Mac preamp. It really has no place in a system of this calibre. Philosophically your system seems stuck in the 70's... | |
| Breakdown of Turntable Performance That's interesting, i would have bet money the Ekos/K9 rig would have better bass than Ittok/Troika one | |
| Recommend speakers for a large living room Focal Stella Utopias with Boulder amplification. I have a large, difficult room and they fill it effortlessly. I am part of a soundsystem and domestically i require a powerful, but unfatiguing, musical sound with excellent PRaT, but also with text... | |
| Open Baffle. Why are they mostly limited to DIY? I made an enquiry to Spatial's European distributor last week, as I'm very interested in the Lumina. Unfortunately received the response that they are not currently available like for like in Europe, the distributor is working his own variants and... | |
| Which stereo amp to try under $30k 'I just completed my system'Keep telling yourself that 😋 | |
| Which stereo amp to try under $30k Hullo MayorWest, apologies for the delay in responding, I wanted to check with Boulder to make sure i wasn't giving out incorrect information. It was a pre owned 2060 that i initially suggested, as you say a pre owned 2160 would likely be a budge... | |
| Which stereo amp to try under $30k I have a Boulder 2060 and am currently saving for a 2160.It will take me three years. I think you can probably guess what I'm going to recommend....a pre owned 2060.Not mine of course, because my cat was sick on it and it went popIn my limited exp... | |
| A brief review of 15 high-end speakers on home demo including B&W, Boenicke, Magico,Wilson Excellent review Duckworp, really useful to read direct comparisons of many big names in the same system, thank you | |
| Quarantine/Vetting by Admin prior to allowing "Company Is Dead" Threads to go live But it's irresponsible to permit someone with sour grapes over a week- late delivery to post a thread claiming a company's demise. This can have implications for the business in terms of credit worthiness, suppliers demanding early payment etcAs f... | |
| A civil discussion about the state of Audio Research The more i read the more sympathy i have for ARC. Some customers are just difficult | |
| Spatial Audio X3 Open Baffle Loudspeakers How are you getting on with them?May i ask, what were your previous speakers and references? | |
| Maggie owners (past, present, future) what do (did) you love and or dislike about them? Jazzman can i ask which model of Spatial OB speakers you have, and if you have heard Nolas, how would they compare?I've owned two pairs of Alon - Nola OB speakers and loved them, the Spatials i am unfsmiliar with but they look intriguing |