guidocorona
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| VAC Ren II, VAC Phi, or ARC Ref 3? Dgad, concerning coloration, you make a good point. Yes, strictly speaking any alteration of the source signal may be deemed a coloration, and is often referred to as such. Yet, 'any' is far too open ended a word, thus the term coloration starts a... | |
| VAC Ren II, VAC Phi, or ARC Ref 3? Frank, I live in Austin (TX), but travel to NYC a few times per year. Do you live in the NYC area? I'd love to hear your phy-based system. I understand Phi has an even larger sound stage than Ren II. I intend to ask the consultant if Rowland's pin... | |
| VAC Ren II, VAC Phi, or ARC Ref 3? Frank, the audition took place at a dealer. Unfortunately the Phi had been sold just a few days earlier. It is my understanding that Phi is more related to Ren II. Ren Sig II is an older design, now largely deemphasized. I have heard the Ren II a ... | |
| Aesthetix Calypso vs ARC LS25 MK2 All, just yesterday I spent three hours comparing the ARC Ref 3 with the VAC Ren Sig II. Front end was supplied by the new DCS P8I single box player and by the Accuphase DP-77. Ref 3 was stunning and had no obvious problems driving the relatively ... | |
| Audio Research Ref 3 Opinions All, just yesterday I spent three hours comparing the ARC Ref 3 with the VAC Ren Sig II. Front end was supplied by the new DCS P8I single box player and by the Accuphase DP-77. Ref 3 was stunning and had no obvious problems driving the relatively ... | |
| Has anyone heard the new ARC Ref 3 Preamp? Musicdesign and all, just yesterday I spent three hours compaing the ARC Ref 3 with the VAC Ren Sig II. Front end was supplied by the new DCS P8I single box player and by the Accuphase DP-77. Ref 3 was stunning. Amazingly DCS P8I was also extremel... | |
| VAC Ren II, VAC Phi, or ARC Ref 3? Dgad, I dare say that the only device I heard yesterday which I can even faintly accuse of addeing a 'coloration' was the Accuphase DP-77, if we call coloration a type of unrealistic sound we will not find in live instruments. VAC Ren Sig II, ARC ... | |
| VAC Ren II, VAC Phi, or ARC Ref 3? Warning, this is a rather long post!What you will find below is something in between a bunch of coarse listening notes and an audition report. I am just cleaning my notes and adding a few observations after my listening session today, which lasted... | |
| VAC Ren II, VAC Phi, or ARC Ref 3? Just an update on some of the system configuration for tomorrows audition:Front end: Accuphase DP-77, DCS new single box universal player (sorry do not remember its name), ARC CD3 Mk. 2 (not too interested in this player as it has no SACD playback... | |
| ExactPower EP15A Grant, this begs the question. . . Why do some makers of chords like Electraglide, Crystal, and possibly Elrod not ground their PCs? | |
| ExactPower EP15A Nsgarch, not lifting any ground pins can be a problem. Some PC like the Electraglide Epiphany and the Crystal are purely two wires with no obvious connection to the grounding pin. What kind of issue may be encountered using such chords on balanced... | |
| VAC Ren II, VAC Phi, or ARC Ref 3? Thank you once again everyone for your input this far. Next week I may be fortunate enough to audition an ARC Ref 3 side-by-side to a Vac Ren II. This will prove to be interesting. I will post my findings to this thread and will include system con... | |
| Sacd/dvd-a, The Hype Is Dead, For Me At Least... You are so right Ben, neither my obvious irreverence nor your profound earnestness will influence the survival or demise of SACD nor of any other format. I do respect your decision to drop out of this discussion, and look forward to reading from y... | |
| Sacd/dvd-a, The Hype Is Dead, For Me At Least... Hey Goatwuss, you need a ticket to go to the SACD funeral. Ben's selling them!Ben, reading disorder? How come you confusing adjectives with adverbs. . . are you developing a writing disorder? Could be real serious. . . and contagerous! | |
| Sacd/dvd-a, The Hype Is Dead, For Me At Least... Huh? Did I just hear a distant disembodied and discordant voice emanating from the old cryo-treated Krypt in St. Aloysius Cathedral? |