ivanj
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| I heard the new 777ES SACD player I have found that, all things being equal, true balanced outputs sound best in my system. Does this new Sony have them? The SCD-1 did.... | |
| Pass XONO - stories from the front? Interesting. I have an Aleph Ono - first gen - in my system and I heard no difference between single ended and balanced using several different cables for each option. | |
| Where s the bass? I think perhaps the high output impedence of the BAT is providing an upper bass lift. Placement in the room and so on is reinforcing this. The Pass is essentially insensitive, thus giving an even FR - no lift. If there is a suckout at the bass fre... | |
| Pass Aleph I started using arpanet years ago for academic questions; then easynet; then usenet, and finally the WWW and, yes, Audiogon and Audiogoners. We are very lucky to be living in this age. And, in addition, folks are communicating with each other in a... | |
| Pass Aleph Here is the kind immediate rely from Pass Labs:"While not bridging in the classic sense, what people sometimes do with the Aleph amps is to run the speaker outputs in parallel, thus delivering one channel worth of signal at a higher current level ... | |
| Pass Aleph Here is the kind immediate rely from Pass Labs:"While not bridging in the classic sense, what people sometimes do with the Aleph amps is to run the speaker outputs in parallel, thus delivering one channel worth of signal at a higher current level ... | |
| Where s the bass? Try putting your listening chair against the back wall. This will elevate the bass level, all other things being equal. | |
| VTL 450 SIG. vs. Wolcott P220M I have heard the Wolcotts on the Sound Lab M-1s at Audiokinesis. After a long warmup the combination produced the most proportionally realistic rendering of Solti's Ring that I have ever enjoyed. High end audio purchases are problematic from a com... | |
| Best Roof Mounted FM Antenna My mistake - the rotor is channel master and the antenna is antenna specialities. | |
| Best Roof Mounted FM Antenna It depends on your situation. This is not voodoo; choice of antenna depends on well-known engineering. I use a directional Yagi with a rotor that is FM only for MY PARTICULAR APPLICATION. It is made by channel master and OEMed by several companies... | |
| Quad 989 vs. SoundLab Millennium 2 I recently listened to SL M-1s at Audiokinesis. I feel that these are the most re-creative speakers I have heard. They are more transparent than any other electrostatic I know of. Wolcotts amps were used to good effect, I played the first disk in ... | |
| What s your latest buy? Happy with it? A VPA 16.5 record cleaning machine. Where have you been all my life? Friends can't believe it's not butter (er CD.) vinyl is now so quiet... | |
| Need help from Quad ESL 63 owners. You might also want to try using a good subwoofer crossed over below 100HZ electronically 18 or 24 db/octave. This will eliminate some of the glare/strain on the midrange and increase the effortless sound. Tune in the woofer with a solo piano disk. | |
| Best SS Phono Stage? Give the X-ONO a try. I am very satisfied with the predecessor with even the lowest output MC cartridges. MAybe not exclusive enough for some.... | |
| RB300 arm for LP12 I'd try to pick up an Ittok,etc., already mounted on a Linn armboard. This would be a turnkey and Linn-matched system. All Linn is better, IMHO, than alternatives from other manufacturers. |