gbmcleod
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| Cambridge 740c or Rega Apollo with Linn and Sonus ....how quickly time goes by....two weeks? Try 2 days. Bought an 840C from this site and am warming it up as we speak. Sent the Apollo back to have it checked out in anticipation of selling it if I prefer the Cambridge.The Cambridge was not even o... | |
| Cambridge 740c or Rega Apollo with Linn and Sonus I'm buying a Cambridge in 2 weeks, when it arrives. I'll enjoy hearing it cold out of the box, as I did with my Hurricane amps, which took all of 30 seconds to reduce me to awe. It would be lovely to repeat the experience again. Given the consiste... | |
| Cambridge 840C, YES it is as good as the reviews P.S....Dazzdax, you're a bit wrong about giant killers not existing in High End audio.Try listening to a pair of Antique Sound Lab Hurricanes and then say that again with a straight face. The Hurricanes are quite dazzling amplifiers, especially ba... | |
| Cambridge 840C, YES it is as good as the reviews To put a little perspective (and humour) into this, lets consider what players were -- at one point -- under 5k.The Lector CDP 7T,X,Y,Z. The Edge player HP reviewed, along with the Bluenote Stibbert (remember that? Vanished! Poof! Somebody threw a... | |
| Cambridge 740c or Rega Apollo with Linn and Sonus I've had the Apollo for a while. It's very nice, very dynamic, but not the most 3D player I've had -- or tested. That would be the Arcam fmj 23, which is still a terrific player. However, having read Harley's review in TAS, maybe the Cambridge IS ... | |
| What power cord with the Cambridge Audio 840C? I would NOT recommend a Shiva: it is a very nice cord, but lacks "flesh on the bones." At the very least, one needs a Vishnu, but even this is not enough, I think. Having had all the Nordost cords, I opted for Shunyata power cords for the lower no... | |
| Difference between today and yesterday. I believe musicians might disagree on an orchestral recording, but a direct recording of a flute at a microphone is going to have all its components intact, barring a bad recording. Also, a "good" recording of the human voice is also going to have... | |
| Difference between today and yesterday. I do want to remember that the original post was: are speakers from yesteryear as good as today. And my response was: yes, from certain perspectives. Again, the midbass is wrong in very many speakers, yet it is rarely noted in reviews. My opera si... | |
| Difference between today and yesterday. One of the areas where speakers have not, for the most part, improved, according to HP, is the midbass. The other area is the upper midrange. In MY experience, and I have reviewed for several publications, including Ultra Audio, many speakers STIL... | |
| A question for those who've chosen a Valhalla PC.. TP:could be, but I'm inclined to think otherwise. I've heard the Nordost in several systems that vary dramatically, and the effect is rather obvious. One component that would not 'whiten' the sound is the JVC XL-Z1010 CD player. Its' sound is anyt... | |
| Anyone tried Shunyata's Antares interconnect yet ? Oh, I forgot to address a question posted by Mkilpi to dgad about the Transparents vs. The Shunyatas. I have both. I like both, but the Transparent clearly has more midbass energy -- and weight -- than the Shunyata. I have the Shunyata Gemini spea... | |
| Anyone tried Shunyata's Antares interconnect yet ? This is a most interesting thread. I stumbled across it.I owned the Andromeda speaker cable and the King Cobra V2 power cords, and now own Python Helix and Taipan Helix, and my reaction to them is that the bass is less forceful and weighty, too. I... | |
| Anyone familiar with the Manger driver? Oh, Man, you HAD to ask which model it was?? Now, you'd think I'd remember, but I don't. I remember the price was around 9k for the pair, because UPS had to come and inspect the damaged box (man, they must have dropped it from 8 feet high!).When y... | |
| watt puppy 7 / sophia? $15,000 is a BARGAIN for the WPs??? LOL...not in my book. My perspective is different, though...I knew Dave when he was in Novato, California and I lived in San Francisco. He sold the WATTS through DB Audio in Berekely, the same establishment that... | |
| A question for those who've chosen a Valhalla PC.. I've had the Valhalla power cord as well as the current Shunyatas. I also have the Brahma power cord.My experience with Nordost in general is akin to Michael Gindi's review in issue 69 of TAS, wherein he was reviewing Jadis electronics.He posited ... |