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| Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ? Well--I've heard different, but I cannot say better. But I have not heard Gryphon or Dartzeel in circumstances that allowed me to make a judgment about them--other than that they are both pretty awesome. | |
| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? A representative inside of McIntosh factory once told me that the engineers there maintained that there was no noticeable difference in various interconnects and speaker wire. At the time I had the Mac 1000t pre and 2102 amp. An audio reviewer who... | |
| The Weekend No one touches the Beatles and Dylan to me. The Byrds, Animals, Stones, Zep, Who, Kinks, Floyd, CSNY, Allman Bros, Prine, Bruce, Tull, Chicago, Elton, Seger, REM, Talking Heads, U2, Willie, Emmylou, Lucinda etc. and scores more, all among my favs.... | |
| Will Sasha II work in a 11.5 x 26 ft room I had close to the same room dimensions and the Sashas worked extremely well there. | |
| Audio Lessons Learned - post your best advice for the newer members! I always want to hear a combination of amplification components and speakers at a dealer or in my home before purchasing. Advise from others here does not work. We all like different presentations. Listening to other opinions here on this issue is... | |
| Wilson Audio Sasha DAW’s or Alex 1’s? Toe in is crucial for proper Wilson placement. The dealer will set them up but even the manual makes clear that failure to toe in defeats the theories behind the speaker design and will result in a significant loss of fidelity. | |
| will changing to solid-state make the bass in my wilson sophias better at low volume? Wilsons require high current amps to drive them properly. Also, triode is not the best mode for dynamics at any volume. Do you have an ultralinear mode on the amp that you can switch to? In my Wilson travels (Sophia, WP7s, Sasha and now Alexia 2s)... | |
| Record clamp/weight and turntable speed I disagree on Stillpoints record weight. It eliminates vinyl vibration and clears a slight tizzyness in some highs. Record warped--I put the VPI perimeter record clamp. | |
| SF vs Raidho Raidho's house sound is a bit more transparent than SF which tends to the rich and warm side. Raidho is not strident--but not as rich and warm as SF. These are my impressions having heard them in other systems but not in mine. | |
| Review of the SMARTractor and SMARTstylus Agreed on both counts.SMARTractor-fabulous and easy to use. SMARTstylus- which I purchased because I loved the Tractor--a waste. | |
| Perfect Pop Songs +1 Love Childremarkable (albeit Motown) sound | |
| Audio Research VT80SE amp vs Prima Luna EVO 400 or 300 +1 Audio Research.What Prima Luna obscures can never be recovered. | |
| Perfect Pop Songs A lot of great suggestions but--how about the most obvious. To me, the quintessential pop tunes as expressions of rebellion, teenage angst and/or lust are:SatisfactionI Saw Her Standing There Like a Rolling StoneUnlike many great pop songs, I hav... | |
| D’agostino integrated amp vs their amp and a tubed pre amp setup. I test listened to the Dag S250 with my ARC Ref 40 in my home with my Wilson Sashas for a weekend and the sound was excellent. Not as tubey as a full tube set up but more transparent with the hint of tube magic. In other words, the best of both wo... | |
| ARC Ref 10 tube rolling I sometimes get them from ARC but they are almost double the price you will pay at shops like The Tube Depot or the Tube Store which also provide matched pairs, although ARC claims to put the tubes through extreme testing and matching. To the best... |