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| Vassar Clements R. I.P. Sad news. A poster on Audio Asylum mentioned that he played on 2,000 albums. That is an absolutely mind-boggling number. How did the man find time to sleep? He will definitely be sorely missed. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Probably the Von Schweikert VR-11 or VR-9 (I own the VR-9). The VR-11s have the slight edge in scale and ease of presentation, by virtue of their much bigger size, but they need a lot of space to really sound their best. The 9s, though, were bette... | |
| Anyone tried the new Kharma amps? I used to own the Tenor 300 hybrids with my Kharma Midi Exquisites and ultimately switched to one DarTZeel NHB-108. While the Dart was faster, more refined, and more transparent, and just as musical as the tubed Tenor, I thought that the Tenors di... | |
| The Chieftains - which CDs have the best sound? I second the MoFi "Long Black Veil." I'm pretty new to the Chieftains' music, but I picked up the MFSL on a lark. I wasn't disappointed. Excellent music and terrific sonics. I borrowed the original CD from a friend, and the MFSL betters it in ever... | |
| Anyone tried the new Kharma amps? Wow, I didn't know that Kharma had entered the realm of amp production. Should be interesting--and expensive. I used to own a pair of the Midi Exquisites. Probably should've saved the money and gotten the 3.2s like you. They're by far the best val... | |
| Speaker upgrade plans..... I don't know the exact dimensions of your room, so please take my comments with a grain of salt. If you have room in the budget, I would look at the combination of the 3.2 and the Ceramique subwoofer. I think it's the best value in the entire Khar... | |
| IC´s:Stealth Indra, Prana Cosmos or Kubala The two previous posters make a good point: It's very difficult to make a suggestion without knowing your sonic priorities. That said, I've had the best luck with Jena Labs' Dreamdancer interconnects and speaker cables. FWIW, I own Von Schweikert ... | |
| Stands for 33Hs ? Though they're on the expensive side, Silent Running Audio makes custom stands for the 33Hs. In my experience, SRA makes the best isolation devices available--and I've tried a bunch of 'em. | |
| Anybody tried EMM DCC2 into preamp? Henryhk:To my ears, the DarTZeel was much more fluid, while improving upon even the DCC2s fantastic resolution and clarity. The noise floor was as low as I think I've ever heard. Dynamics were improved as well. It's not going to be cheap at 18k, b... | |
| JRDG Concerto + Amphion Xenon Hi, Neville:I'm not using the onboard phono stage, nor have I heard any feedback from anyone who is using it, so I'm afraid I can't help on that front. I've always felt that, if you're looking for absolute performance in analog playback, the best ... | |
| JRDG Concerto + Amphion Xenon I just bought the Concerto, and it's one serious integrated amp. I've owned a bunch of integrateds from such companies as BAT, Musical Fidelity, Krell, and several others, and the Concerto trumps them all. It's by far the quietest amp I've ever ha... | |
| Anybody tried EMM DCC2 into preamp? I've tried the DCC2 pre section against a number of separate preamps--most of them tubed--including some from Audio Research, BAT, CAT, Atma-Sphere, and a couple of others, and in each case, the tubed units had a little more of that "body" that tu... | |
| Does a listening room help or hinder? I definitely think there are different levels of listening--primarily critical and background. As mentioned above, I have my computer in my listening room, and I can certainly listen to music while playing on the computer, just not critically. In ... | |
| Does a listening room help or hinder? Personally, my listening room is crammed with stuff. I've got a computer and desk in there, listening chair, leather couch, CD racks galore, and a separate, small HT system in one corner. On paper, the room should sound like crap, but everyone who... | |
| Argent Audio BOBS I've had a pair on my VR-9s for about two months now, and like Dbld, they ain't leaving! Ric has explained the principles behind them, but I'll be damned if I could understand it. The bottom line is that they were clearly superior to my Walker Ult... |