hank
Responses from hank
| replacing Dunlavy SC-IV's Hi Dazzdax,About a year ago I narrowed my speaker choices to the Dunlay SC-IV/A and the Vienna Acoustics Mahler. I auditioned both of them several times, listening to the same music. I chose the Mahlers and never looked back. They sound wonderful... | |
| Burn in power cord by boiling water?? There is another method that is seldom used by by us audio maniacs. If you choose to try this please use extreme caution and don't hold me responsible for any possible bizarre consequence. So as a last resort do the following.Take the stock power ... | |
| SS preamp to replace BAT VK3i w/ht bypass The Jeff Rowland Synergy IIi is a great preamp that is fully balanced and has a home theater by-pass. | |
| Alternatives to Dunlavy SC-IVA??? I was going to buy the Dunlavy SC-IVA as well. But when I heard the Vienna Acoustic Mahler I was very impressed and bought them. Smooth across the entire frequency range, great bass and a big 3-D soundstage with a very musical slightly warm sound.... | |
| Amp choice for VA Mahlers I also have the Mahlers and I am using a pair of Classe CAM 350 monoblocs. While expensive ($7000)they sound great. They produce a wide deep soundstage, almost 3D at times. The entire musical frequency range is reproducedvery accurately and withou... | |
| Speaker Polish? REVISITED DaveRegarding polish.....Goddards is good, I use Pledge, to be honest almost all the commercial stuff will work. Manufactures of wood polish products would have you believe that you must polish furniture to protect it and regular polishing is nece... | |
| Speaker Polish? REVISITED I have been an amateur furniture and cabinet maker for over 30 years and have done some custom work for clients occasionally.The recommendations to use wax touch up sticks and felt marking pens is very good advice. It is cheap, effective and most ... | |
| tube pre for bryston I auditioned a Bryston 4B-ST and used my McIntosh C-22 as the preamp. The Mac is about 30 years old but was recently reconditioned with new tubes and it sounds very nice. My speakers are the Vienna Acoustics Mahlers. The soundstage width was the b... |