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| difficulty finding CD player match for Magneplanar Excellent point Timoteo. Your amp is obviously more than up to the task. . . time to start churning CD players. Please let us know when you discover one that has enough power for your maggies. Unfortunately we just have no experience in testing CD... | |
| SS or Tube Preamps with Dual-Balanced outputs Jeff Rowland Pre info as follows:** Criterion:Main out: 2 pair Balanced (XLR), 2 pair Unbalanced (RCA)Record out: 1 pair Balanced (XLR), 1 pair Unbalanced (RCA)Note that Price of $12,000 used is hypothetical. . . there have been no used Criterions... | |
| Okay, Classe CA 2200 or and Ayre V -5xe amps About Ayre, I also find their sound to be a bit aggressive for my prefs. I heard them 4 years in a row at RMAF and AYRE electronics, including flagships MX-R and KX-R remains not of my liking.As mentioned in a private msg to Gary, the JRDG 501 all... | |
| Okay, Classe CA 2200 or and Ayre V -5xe amps Hi Gary, of course I am a die-hard JRDG fan. . . but what is your budget? G. | |
| Upgrade from Quad 11L? I have reviewed the Quad 11L speakers in issue 176 of The Absolute Sound. They are extremely well built, the manufacturer even uses Lyptus for their plywood, a very hard and stable timber from Brazil to make them impervious to vibrations. The bott... | |
| In search of the right SS integrated amp I defer to Dave on C500 break-in. . . he owns one, and I do not. I was with Dave and several other people at Soundings when C500 was contrasted with Boulder 2060 + 2010. . driving the big Vienna Die Muzick flagships. the impressions Dave reported ... | |
| Seismometer on iPhone What is the frequency bandwidth and amplitude resolution of the appse? GUido | |
| Jeff Rowland Sound Hi Kiwi, if I recall correctly, you tried the JRDG Continuum 500 integrated, which yields a max power of 500W over 8 Ohms and a peak output current of 40A. Which Griffin integrated did you use, and what is its maximum power and current throughput?... | |
| Wanting separates but help needed ....... Seems your listening area is rather large and perhaps may benefit from more power. . . Have you considered Pass X600.5 monoblock instead? G. | |
| Jeff Rowland Sound Hi Davef, I have no experience with Tenor and CAT. I have heard several times ARC tubed amps and thought them to be very nice. . . mainly Ref 220, VT-200, and also Lam hybrid monoblocks. Spent quite a bit of time in the VTL suite at RMAF: they use... | |
| What were the best and worst rooms at RMAF 2009? I second (or third) the Esoteric room. . . I was particularly taken by comparing on X-01 D2 playback of redbook tracks as PCM, and then repeating listening with conversion to DSD. . . very convincing to my ears and my musical prefs. G. | |
| Jeff Rowland Sound Hi Daveyf, your JRDG Model 8 vs 501 findings do not surprise me. JRDG 501 was a relatively early design using ICEpower, besides not being intended as a Model 8 follo-on. Have you tried Bel Canto Ref 1000 Mk.2? It is a more recent design perhaps, w... | |
| Jeff Rowland Sound Daveyf, With which JRDG class D amps have you compared your Model 8? Guido | |
| Jeff Rowland Sound Fair enough, but it is worth pointing out that JRDG Model 2 was introduced 15 years ago in 1994 and was withdrawn in 1999. . . conversely Pass X30.5 has been out only for a much shorter spell, and is current production. Unfortunately technology, a... | |
| Jeff Rowland Sound Rleff, I have actually listened to Boulder 2060 and Rowland 312 for several hours in the same system while I was in Denver for RMAF. The amps were set up in the main showroom at Soundings Hifi, just across the parking lot from the Marriott hotel. ... |