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| Synergistic Red Fuse ... As a proponent of the Synergistic Black fuse in my Audio Research Reference 6, I was curious how the new Blue fuse would sound. Simply put, I do not like it in my system. It's as if some of the energy has been zapped from the presentation, especia... | |
| D'Agostino vs. Ayre Interesting comparison, bar81. I, too, consider the Ayre Twenty series top-notch. I would not consider them inferior to D'Agostino or Audio Research electronics. Just different. My thoughts have both been documented in this thread, and in another... | |
| D'Agostino vs. Ayre I've found the Audio Research Reference 6 to communicate an unsurpassed level of presence and three-dimensionality while remaining tonally neutral. Class A all the way -- with only some reservations in the high frequencies: a slight lack of richne... | |
| D'Agostino vs. Ayre Hi khrys,I love, love, love the D'Agostino S-250. It has Plenty of power, as the power meters have never surpassed about 20 watts in my system. And its hugely musical. I do want to eventually swap in a VTL S-400 II, but the system as presently con... | |
| NAD M50.2 Hi audiotroy. I don't know exactly what I want. I do not need a DAC. I have a Berkeley Alpha Reference 2 that I Love. The NAD intrigues me both because it seems simple to operate, and that I can easily rip my CDs to its hard drive. Is 2TB enough? ... | |
| Wilson Alexia 2 Thanks for the link, fdpdk. Sounds like I need to start saving for a pair of Alexia 2s. | |
| Crazy to buy a 17 year old CD Player? There's a Ayre C-5xeMP Universal Disc Player listed right now for $2250. I'm not sure you could do any better under your budget. | |
| Focal Utopia Headphone Cable Thanks for the feedback, david_ten. Here's where I'm torn, now. I could go buy both a set of Silver Dragons and Black Dragons from Moon Audio for roughly the same price as One set of the Kimber Axios. | |
| Focal Utopia Headphone Cable The stock cord is too short. I need at least 16'. So, if I need to buy a cord anyway, I'd like to improve on the sound of the stock unit, if possible. I saw an ad for an Axios cable yesterday, I think made by Kimber. | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 power cord Tried a Synergistc Research Black Quantum fuse in the Ref 6. Not a subtle, but quite a significant difference, especially in the high frequencies. Less wooden, more crystalline, especially with piano. For the cost, I highly suggest anyone try one. | |
| Preamp - Ayre vs. Audio Research Follow up. Tried a Synergistc Research Black Quantum fuse in the Ref 6. Not a subtle, but quite a significant difference, especially in the high frequencies. For the cost, I highly suggest anyone try one. | |
| Personal amp evolution Ok. I'll play.Mark Levinson ML-9Krell KSA-150Ayre V-1, V-1x, V-1xeAyre MX-R, MX-R TwentyD'Agostino S-250With a hundred auditioned in between.These were the "keepers". | |
| From B&W 801D to Dynaudio evidence temptation? If you Google "Dynaudio C4 review", an old Soundstage review directly compares Dynaudio to B&W. http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/dynaudio_confidence_c4.htm | |
| Preamp - Ayre vs. Audio Research I've listened to the preamps for about a week now, and what I hear closely mirrors what both tomic601 and almaaudio have already offered. The difference between the two are not subtle.The Ayre KX-R Twenty is as close to the seemingly ideal "straig... | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 power cord Thanks for the link, randy-11. There's a reason I specifically asked if anyone has heard a difference in power cord with the Ref 6. I used to own an Audio Research Reference 75 SE. I heard a subtle but not ignorable difference much like jperry not... |