ikarus
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| Synergistic Research IC Active Shielding Fully agree. Those things took away the 'edge'. I have them 2~3 weeks now. I haven't noticed any break-in effects. I'm told by the dealer that the leads supplied by the 'mini's are different than the original active shielding leads. (According to ... | |
| Tuners: Accuphase T101 vs Audiolab 8000T I own an 8000T and very happy with it. I have never heard T101, however, in case you are not aware, you should know that Audiolab does not exist anymore. They are purchased by TAG McLaren, and I don't think they service ex Audiolab equipment. | |
| Paris Hi Fi shops If you buy anything, make sure that you fill in the 'export' form. This way you will get the VAT back (I think 18%). | |
| Voltage question... It can be changed in factory / dealer. Costs about $250 to $500 (factory). | |
| Room acoustics - yet again Yeah.. I know. I also know the feeling : 'leave the damn boxes where they are ! You can sort out pots and pans later ! Give me a hand with the speakers !' :) | |
| Room acoustics - yet again Nomoney - yes, drapes, blinds and furniture will help enormously ! Before doing anything, wait until all furniture etc are in place. If you still have slap-echo, consider hanging stuff on the walls (I had a small oriental prayer rug one time). Act... | |
| Cones vs. factory spikes? Marsh, be assured that my speakers do not move (except when I want them to :)). I'm expressing my surprise to the suggestion of Aurios and/or Roller Blocks under the speakers - which, in my opinion, will cause the speakers to move. I'll stay with ... | |
| Cones vs. factory spikes? OK. That does it. Now I'm totally confused. Here is what I knew up to now : On speakers, when the voice coil moves, it generates an equal (assuming no loss) force in the opposite direction (ie towards the back). If not dampened, this causes colora... | |
| Mark Levinson 39 I don't know what replies you've got in your posting. In my opinion, run 39 direct to 335. Every additional equipment in the signal path is cause for detoriation. Being an ML posterboy myself, I'll stick to ML. I used to own a 37 which was one of ... | |
| Pass vs Levinson No problem Bruce. That was the intention. On another note (now I will rant), this is the exact type of questions which causes more and more a'gon regulars leave the discussion forums. When I want to buy a new piece of equipment (especially $$$$ on... | |
| Pass vs Levinson Bruce, I don't know what is uncivilized with my wording above. Question is simply 'A or B'. Answer is 'listen'. A'gon is full of 'A or B' questions. Most of them with ample background. You are critisizing my wording, but, yourself won't give a str... | |
| Room acoustics - yet again Oh boy... Can not spell ! Tweak it is. | |
| Pass vs Levinson Listen ! We can not help you. We don't know rest of the equipment, cables, room, music preferences. As you are down to two choices, you luckier than most of us. Both are very fine pieces of equipment. Get dealer loaners and listen ! | |
| Best Pre-amp for Bi-amping? Levinson 32 has two balanced (XLR) and two unbalanced (RCA) per channel. I don't know rest of your stuff, but it is the best I've ever heard in my system (all-ML & B&W). | |
| One Month Music Discoveries Craig, try Holly Cole 'It happened one night' - her live CD with multimedia - sonics are OK too. My current finds are the new Sara K : What Matters / Jacintha : Here's to Ben. |