ghunter
Responses from ghunter
| DCS elgar+ as word clock/DAC for PC I dare say the reason you're not getting a response is that your questions are quite basic, and perhaps the expectation of someone who can afford a dCS rig is that they're smart enough to read the manual :) | |
| Anyone Playing SACD/DVD-As on a PC ? The reason we're not all doing this is the embedded copy protection the labels want in their high-bitrate releases. I think this is a large part of the reason these formats are headed for the graveyard. | |
| A brutal review of the Wilson Maxx Not to beat a dead horse, but I too wish that he would have given more review of the speakers and less review of the reviews.I heard the Maxx last year hooked up to a $20k Meridian cdp, and the top of the line Halcro pre/power, and with very expen... | |
| Totem Forest vs. Sonus Faber Home or Domus Lines Sonus Faber speakers are great at lush, wide sounds, which is why many people who love classical music are attracted to them. I love them for dreamy, spacey rock/pop/electronic for the sheer ambient environment they're capable of portraying. After... | |
| Totem Forest vs Proac Response D15 vs Spendor s8e Last year I demo'ed a pair of Spendor S9e's and found them plenty dynamic but a little unbalanced throughout the whole range. I ended up buying a pair of Totem Hawks, even though I was offered the S9e's at close to dealer cost. That said, a two-wa... | |
| should I stay with Audio Research LS25 ? Yes, get rid of your preamp as soon as possible. It's awful. Sell it to me :)Why are you thinking of trading? Is there something in particular you don't like about the sound in your system? | |
| Totem Hawk a underated "Jewel" I've been meaning to do a Hawk vs. Forest "test" at my house, as I know of a guy near me who owns some Forests. I love my Hawks, and they provide an AMAZING full range sound when driven by my 100 wpc Audio Research VS110. In our last home I had mo... | |
| Sub for Totem model 1 A second vote for the Lightning, even though it's beyond the stated $500. Cheaper subs may be great for HT but to pair with a speaker as good as the Model 1 you'll be severely let down with something in the $500 range. It will be really tough to i... | |
| Best 10K Speaker If you like the JM Lab sound so much but want more body, why not just move up their range? | |
| Best speakers 2,500 can buy. I have Hawks with Audio Research VS110 tube amp and they sing beautifully. I've also had them hooked up to a 100wps solid state Exposure integrated and they have really opened up with the tubes. | |
| Trading Dynaudio Contour s5.4's for ??? There are no tube pres that I know of that have a built-in DAC. Given the design ethos of most tube-oriented companies, building in a DAC is as likely as Yasser Arafat returning from the grave and converting to Judaism. Some may offer separate tub... | |
| Which tube int. amp to pair with Spendor S3/5 I have a pair of S3/5se upstairs paired with an Exposure 3010 integrated and it sounds wonderful. When we moved last month I hooked the little Spendors up to my Audio Research VS110-driven system before I took them upstairs, and I have to say that... | |
| Driving Totem Forrests with 40W Tubes??? This may help a little - you did ask for feedback from any of us tube + Totem users...I'm running my Hawks with a 100wpc Audio Research VS110 and the sound is amazingly effortless. At 86db/6ohms for the Hawk vs 87db/8ohms for the Forest, one would... | |
| Has anyone heard the Ref 3? Yes, that sounds like a better description - ruthlessly accurate. The tubes had just over 400 hours on them, so I assume it's well into the break-in period.I read in another thread here last night that there's an upgrade to the LS25 due soon (LS26... | |
| Has anyone heard the Ref 3? Over the past week I've had the LS25mkII and Ref3 in my system, as I'm looking to upgrade my SP16L. Sources are a hard drive feeding an ARC DAC5 and a VPI Scout feeding an ARC PH3, and an ARC VS110 drives my Totem Hawks. I'm very happy with my sys... |