honest1
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| Which speakers? If you don't listen too loudly, anythign from Spica is hard to beat. I still have my TC50s in my bedroom system, and have tried a number of expensive speakers in my main system. Everything else I tried was a trade-off (better bass, dynamics, less ... | |
| Opinions on what to upgrade first; speakers or DAC This has been a hot topic of debate since the 70s. My feeling is that you should upgrade the weakest link first, which is usually the speakers. Some argue that information lost at the source can never be recovered, so start at the source. I disagr... | |
| Pre Amp with top class phono stage? Atma-Sphere has a great reputation, although I'v enever tried their pres (I do have their MA1s, which I love, but running direct from DAC). Many people with top TT setups seem to use the Manley steelhead, which I'm pretty sure is a full preamp (co... | |
| Shuguang Treasure tubes.... OK, I guess I'm a tube addict. I bought a pair of the Ming Da 6SN7 onion-shaped tubes. I have been using them in my AtmaSphere MA1s for a couple weeks now, and I think they may be outstanding. They replaced a pair of blue glass (early prototypes b... | |
| Review: Green Mountain Audio Eos vs Callisto Monitor Congrats!!! It seems to make sense for you; you'd probably have lost a lot more on selling and buying new than upgrading. I suppose it is a shame to waste good parts, but compared to the vast quantities of stuff we as a society throw away, a few c... | |
| Review: Green Mountain Audio Eos vs Callisto Monitor Why don't you just send them back to GMA for an update? It seems like you're losing an awful lot of money selling them to buy the HDs. I've always heard good things aobut GMA and Roy. I would think he'd be willing to update them for you, and for a... | |
| Lansche owners questions- help I heard the Lansche room at CES, and had mixed feelings. Of course, all the caveats about show ocnditions apply, but I thought the drivers didn't integrate well at all. I htought the sound was rather course. The tweeters, though, were divine. Thye... | |
| Shuguang Treasure tubes.... The height of my CV181 is 3.70" from the deck of my MA1 to the top of the bottle. The tube socket is sunk flush with the deck. I do have the original blue glass style, not the production black-coated clear, but I don' t know if the glass is any di... | |
| Shuguang Treasure tubes.... Has anyone tried the Ming Da onion-shaped 6sn7? I've not seen much information about them, but they are supposed to use materials normally used in 300B tubes, and look really cool. But they are a bit pricey, I think they are $80 each, I think they... | |
| Shuguang Treasure tubes.... OK _ What the heck is a PSVane and wheere do we get them? All of us tube addicts are now on high alert there's anwe high-end tube out there we haven't tried. | |
| DAC with a Balance Control - Does on exist? Theta Gen VIII has balance control, and is an excellent DAC as well (it is what I am using now), and there are a bunch of them for sale now. It operates in the analog domain. It is basically a function of the volume control; it is as if there were... | |
| Compensating for different speaker cable lengths Wow, I was just going to post a thread on this very sme topic. What about compensated cables like MIT? | |
| The Order of Obsolescence This is something I've noticed. People love things that are considerably old, but hate things that are just recent;y replaced. If your're sharp, you can find things that are really well made just after they have had their day in the spotlight, and... | |
| Room correction altering soundstage I would try dialing out the delay if possible. That does seem like a lot. | |
| More powerful amp for top or bottom? Even though both amps must cover the full voltage swing, since the impedance into the low frequencies will be extremely high due to the internal crossover, it will be putting out very little current and therefore very little power at low frequenci... |