gthirteen
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| HELP - B&W Naut. 805's good music speakers? I stuck with them for almost 3 years. Damn fine speakers.I had them, at one point, in a system using a CJ PV 11, and a McCOrmack DNA.5 amp. Great imaging, Great all around, really.A truly refined speaker.I would absolutely recommend this speaker, ... | |
| Does bewiring decrease "wholeness" ? I think this may depend on many, many factors.1)Speaker cable quality2)Jumper quality3)Whether you're using an "internal biwire" (some wires inside of the same cable connected to highs, some wires connected to lows) or true biwire (separate runs o... | |
| Which Tube Integrated? Rogue v. Cary v. ARC Richard,What input tubes are you using?Also, are you using an aftermarket power cord?What type of tube dampers do you like?The only ones that I've heard that I like are the cheap ones from Audio Research, basically a plastic sheet that is cut into... | |
| Which Tube Integrated? Rogue v. Cary v. ARC I also used the Unison SR-1 temporarily.I had to get back to full tubes (The SR-1 is a Hybrid)I emailed Unison about the difference in the Unico and the SR-1.Besides the obvious difference visually (the SR-1 is the typical Italian visual aesthetic... | |
| Hale Rev 3s Ahem.I am ASSUMING jrd has (1) actually heard the Hales speakers(2) has heard them with Hurricane amplification.Ok, seriously- I doubt he has heard this combo. Nor have I.I've heard the Hales rev 3 (actually, the pair I owned) absolutely ROCK on a... | |
| Hale Rev 3s you'll be fine.THese are good speakers.I owned a pair a few years ago.I just coudn't get the center image that I wanted,but some of the best bass ever.Really balanced sound.I think you'll have enough wattage, however, it's hard to get a tube amp w... | |
| Who's Your Favorite Bass Players; Why? Dean Peer? | |
| Which Tube Integrated? Rogue v. Cary v. ARC I recently compared the Cary and the Rogue.it was eye opening. Check it out here.Good luck!Joe | |
| Please help me with a Cary Audio tube question you could wait for a response,OR just Call???? | |
| WOW SACD machines really do need time to break in. Sorry, bro, I was actually responding to the last sentence of your post tha timmediately follows mine:you said- "I have to admit I find it weird that break in would matter in terms of the software surely elements of the presentation get better or ... | |
| WOW SACD machines really do need time to break in. Ben,Assume that both formats have their limitations.Further, assume that when a component "breaks in", the way that the 1s and 0s are picked up, transmitted to the D/A, converted by the D/A, and fed to the Analog out all change while the tiny piec... | |
| WOW SACD machines really do need time to break in. Yes, it does seem to take some time, perhaps becasue of the higer resolution, there is a more perceptible level of change "before and after" the burn in.Then again, your neighbor could have just been running a hair dryer at the time the Police alb... | |
| Stanton Moore....have you heard his stuff Galactic and Garage A Trois both feature 'Ol Stanton.There are 3 galactic studio albums, a live album, and a recent release that is sorta somewhere in between. Some previously released material, some new, some live some studio.I've got some decent... | |
| Jadis Orchestra Reference vs. Cary SLI-80 HeHe!I'll hold you to that one! | |
| Jadis Orchestra Reference vs. Cary SLI-80 I really, really liked the Cary SLI-80 sig, and I have to disagree with Joe T. on the Darkness issue.WIth the Stock (crap sovtek) 6922 tubes, it was REALLY, really anything but dark.Once I got soem decent tubes in there, it was MUCH better, but I ... |