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| B & W N802's Vs Revel Studios Vs. Mezzo Utopias The Mezzo Utopia are also nice speakers... but, see Ksales above! | |
| Tannoy? Tannoy are quite reputed for their speakers. Apart from their Westminster, Canterbury, etc (I remember ogling over as a kid) they now have a series called TD(?) with dual-concentric drivers (mid-bass) and hi-rez tweets on them. I heard one of thes... | |
| Micromega CD players? Any reliable models? The Solo, Duo, Duo cd3, and the Trio, were all reliable (as far as I know). Certain Stages needed some kind of mod (factory supplied) & worked OK after... I had a Trio for some time; the transport was, indeed, excellent (& yes, the Trio wa... | |
| CAT SL-1 questions I'll try to answer some of the questions: The Signature has even less noise than the previous models. The Ultimate has a better sounding phono than the Signature. The line from the 3 onwards is very good IMO, with dynamics and musicality winning o... | |
| So you're an audiophile - are you also a musician? Bishopwill notes: "...What I and another classically trained musician in the room heard was a mediocre clarinet player with intonation all over the place, lousy articulation, and no sense of correct performance practice for Weber..."Quite so. THAT... | |
| Deja Vu All Over Again Rockvirgo, you let go a XKE 3,8? I can identify with your plight...I'm still mourning a a pair of 15-ohm Rogers LS3/5A, early serial number... | |
| music , mind , thought and emotion I second the malt. Another note, to repeat what I have written elsewhere; I astart enjoying music the most when my cognitive part intervenes the least. Then, I listen to the music rather than pondering on HOW am I perceiving/listening to the music... | |
| Innersound Kilowatt Monoblock, how good is it? I assume these are the later Stradivari Cello's? Adding to the above, are you sure you can drive them full-range with one amp -- however powerful that amp is? Another point is that *I* happen to like Inner's sound (sorry, how else can I phrase it:... | |
| music , mind , thought and emotion Interesting, Travis. This may go some way answering the last sentence in the original thread ("...can....(it).. be measured"). In the light of the above, it can only be identified by emotional experience and, perhaps, the measurement becomes unece... | |
| what the best phono preamp used with CAT SL1 Strange, Snook, I also find that the CAT's line is superior to its phono. As you say, the dynamics... but a good phono all the same.That's why I wondered which analogue rig is playing here.. | |
| Best spkrs for rock: Dunlavy V-Watt/Puppy-Revel?? Some very instructive advice above. I'll second Onwh's mention of active ATC's: keep them on your list. I have heard them with jazz, rock, blues -- loud. Detailed sound, "monitorish", but good musicality if a bit forward sounding. The ATC (100) so... | |
| Riddle me this... Sean- for that matter, can we have efficient FULL-RANGE speakers w/out lots of compromise? Compromise that we pay for elsewhere (i.e. amplification, active subs)? I think that the "speaker + sub" scenario typifies it: we need two separate speaker ... | |
| Riddle me this... Trelja paints the picture of our reality I think. For the rest Twl & Sean have explained a good deal, in a complementary way. From a historical perspective, the "golden age" of audio sprang from the growth of the recorded medium dominating the... | |
| what the best phono preamp used with CAT SL1 Good advice above. However, the investment may also depend upon your TT set-up & how much you want to spend, proportionally. CAT's own phono is very good, and won't require extra cables. IMO, if you want to stay w/ tubes and do NOT wnat to inv... | |
| Review: Linn Tukan Monitor Tukan "active": I heard a pair at a friends, vs. passive Tukans (another pair, of course). The sound was by far more liquid and less harsh and dry at louder volumes (Stephen refers to these aspects in his review). I remember the upper mids remaini... |