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| What were the best and worst rooms at RMAF 2009? All, I made a major factual mistake in my previous post, for which I apologize to all concerned: suite 589, where I listened to the excellent bel Canto Ref 500M mono amps, was completely wired with Cardas Clear, NOT with XLO. Hence any reference t... | |
| What were the best and worst rooms at RMAF 2009? DCSTEPs cautioning about the origin of the slight limitations of the Gamut room are absolutely on the money. The room was too alive and somewhat too large for optimal results, regardless of speaker setup. A handclap test I performed exposed a pain... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre If I recall correctly, FM Acoustics was showcasings its big monoblock amps costing $128,000. Guido | |
| What were the best and worst rooms at RMAF 2009? I echo TVAD's assessment of the fabulous Bel Canto room. . . incredibly engaging and refined. My absolute preference in the hotel, regardless of price goes to the GamuT room with their big mono amps and the large GamuT towers. Performance of the B... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre I must echo Dave's assessment of the GamuT room, using their big monoblock amps. Performance of the Bach Toccata Adagio and Fugue in C minor on the organ was stunning and very emotionally involving. Yet it seemed to me that a system consisting of ... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Thank you Vito, Criterion's home theater bypass is very flexible. Any/some/all of the Criterion's balanced or unbalanced inputs can be configured/assigned to home theater bypass. This means that you could have up to 6 inputs configured as theatre ... | |
| Mozart Piano Concertos Hi Gawdbless. . . Brilliant Classics is a fascinating little label. . . similar in concept to Naxos perhaps. . . their artists are not usually well known. . .. sometimes their performances are only so so, other time they are stunning.When they do ... | |
| Mozart Piano Concertos If you want to get the widest possible exposure to Mozart in a fell swoop, try the 170 CD set of The Mozart Complete Works on the Brilliant Classics label (92540). . . for $154.99 at ArcOfMusic. Guido | |
| Echole Obsession ic's and speaker cable I haven't heard Echole wires yet. . . I will hear them for the first time next week at RMAF. . . the Echole suite is in my top priority list of suites to visit. GUido | |
| difficulty finding CD player match for Magneplanar Timoteo, find yourself a few players that you really like. . . play with them for 6 months with your Maggies.. . . after you throw in the towel when that your Maggies suffer of dry bass and turn glassy or tense at the 1st appearance of dynamic exc... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre I agree. . . my only concern is also severing the Criterion's shortest path to ground when removing the PC. G. | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre During yesterday's session Criterion was on batteries, but was not unplugged from AC. I have not yet run Criterion unplugged from AC. G. | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre All, time for some updated impressions.I have now been running Criterion almost 24/7 since mid July. . . it has either being playing from CDs on XLR input 1, or from my old tuner from XLR input 2. During night time, I usually mistune between FM st... | |
| Accuphase DP700 versus dCS Puccini cd/sacd player I am also intrigued by Accuphase DP700 as a possible alternative to my Esoteric X-01 Limited. I have not heard DP700 yet, but hope to find it at RMAF in 2 weeks.Guido | |
| difficulty finding CD player match for Magneplanar To echo Macdadtexas, I have heard the newer brothers of IIIAs -- the 3.6s -- driven with both JRDG 201 monos (500W into 4 Ohms and same underlying power conversion module as Bel canto Ref 500) and JRDG 501 monos (same power conversion modules as B... |