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| CJ 17ls vs CJ 16ls Mk II Chuck--Agree with posts suggesting CD player upgrade. While your Philips "seems to do such a great job," I suggest you haven't heard what your system is capable of unless you audition players of the same quality as the rest of your components.BTW,... | |
| CJ Preamp help please Pops--FWIW, I've been running the 14 since 1997 with matched Mullard 6GK5s. Audible improvement over GEs, particularly on voice, piano and strings. Top to bottom, the 14 has more of what you hear with GE or other tubes that I've tried. I also had ... | |
| CLASSE - Great amps or highly flawed? In 1992, I purchased one of the last Classe' Tens (125wpc) designed by the legendary Dave Reich, whose amps bore the designation DR. The last DRs--DR-10, DR-15 and DR-25 (Ten, Fifteen and Twenty-Five)--are still considered some of the best-soundin... | |
| Nordost vs NBS I'll struggle along with my NBS, thanks. | |
| Better Speaker Cables for Apogee Ribbons Our Apogees were cabled with Swiss SYMO developed especially for Jason Bloom, the driving force and designer behind these legendary speakers. Jason personally recommended SYMO for his speakers. Of course, most of the wire under discussion here was... | |
| Which pre-amp has been most thrilling match with a SS amp? May I suggest the c-j 16LS. It's really quite stunning. In our system, heads and shoulders above the CAT or Joule. The other pairings, I can't speak to, but he Hovland may be a competitor. | |
| Avalon or ProAc? As a most satisfied Avalon owner and having auditioned--in our system--a good number of "name" speakers before their purchase, I have nothing but high marks for Neil Patel's designs. The Arcus is, without qualification, the finest 2-way speaker I ... | |
| any one comparing DCS with upsampling to SACD? An Accuphase DP-75V 24/192 demo player appears periodically on this site for around $7500. Very well worth considering. | |
| Speaker upgrade - please advise. you may regret it. These are some of the finest 2-way speakers you can buy at any price. Stunning. All music forms sound excellent on the Arcus which responds well to a solid 50wpc and above, SS or tube. I auditioned many of the speakers listed he... | |
| Avalon speakers,redux Agree with Siddh, Skip. You don't see current Avalons on the block much; older series such as Radians and Ascents, yes, and even then, not in the numbers you see in other brands. We've had our Arcuses for three years and wouldn't let go of them, e... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Our Avalon Acoustics Arcuses. Listened to many. Owned others. The 2-way to beat, IMO. | |
| How much does your system retail for? $25K not including odds and ends of wire and trade-ins. | |
| Solid state power amps.; on or off? My Classe' Ten has been on for 9 years without a problem. The only time it's shut down is component/wire change, contact cleaning and thunderstorms. No problems. | |
| "local" sacd's jsbail, you mention the time it's taking to ramp up HDTV. There's more to this than meets the eye. The format only really shows its stuff when a screen is 40" or larger (resolution lines in larger screens are a major negative with the current form... | |
| upsampling? You might want to audition the Accuphase DP-75V player which upsamples to 24/192; it's stunning. J10 reviewed it in 'Phile a couple of months ago. After hearing it at length, I've decided to upgrade to that player. After hearing the Sony SCD-1, I'... |