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| Lightning quick DYNAMIC amp in the under $1000 range @celander For a while I had both the Khartago and the STA-200's big brother, Job 225, with the 2CE Sigs and they both worked great fronted by the W4S STP-SE so if the STA-200 has enough juice it will work well too but I think the Khartago is a bet... | |
| Lunim T2 vs Cary Audio DMS 600 The Lumin based on great sound, reliability and more importantly support. Peter Lie is available on multiple forums daily to help with software and support issues. | |
| Lightning quick DYNAMIC amp in the under $1000 range I own an STA200 and it is in fact a great little amp if you have the right preamp for it but in my almost 20 years with three different Vandersteen models my favorite amplifier match was Odyssey. For $995 the Khartago is as good as you are going ... | |
| Spade termination for Vandersteen 2CE Signature ii Glad you got it sorted out. I've always had good luck with Douglas. | |
| Spade termination for Vandersteen 2CE Signature ii Why do you need to contact Vampire? The BAR spades are available for sale online from multiple places. https://www.douglasconnection.com/Vampire-Wire-BAR-Spade-Connector-4-Pair-VWBAR.htm http://www.soniccraft.com/product_info.php/vampire-bar-... | |
| Is There a Speaker for Me/Impossible Requirements? (budget: $2000) They are back in business and it is still Pat running the company. Most of their new speakers are fully or partially active. | |
| First Watt SIT-3 proper speaker matches @kcpellethead I suggest you look more closely at the specs on the 3M TM, which I own, that sensitivity spec is only applicable above 200 hz. So you will get plenty of volume in the mid-range and above with low powered tube or SS amps but anemic b... | |
| First Watt SIT-3 proper speaker matches What's backwards is that if you don't want to be constricted to in your case a small group of speakers then you pick the speaker first and then find an amp that matches them. In the case of the SIT-3 the speakers most linked to it would be Avantg... | |
| First Watt SIT-3 proper speaker matches Since you already own the amp and in a sense doing this backwards you are going to have to restrict yourself to speakers this amps measured 9 watts into 8 ohms will drive and the floorstanding Focals are not it. | |
| Is There a Speaker for Me/Impossible Requirements? (budget: $2000) In a similar vein as the Harbeth, Spendor, Graham Audio group take a look at JM Reynaud from France.You might want to try contacting this seller as the ad expired but I don't think he sold them.https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9a90b-jean-marie... | |
| TEAC NT-505 FUNCTIONAL REVIEW The Teac HR Streamer app is in fact a variant of the Lumin app which also works with the Teac. Most of the missing documentation you are looking for can be found on the Lumin site. I switched to using the Lumin app instead of the Teac one as it ... | |
| Relaxed, musical DAC around 2k used? Always warmed the MP-D2 up thirty minutes in advance. Never left on 24/7 like the Teac. Don't know anything about Audirvana or any of the "aftermarket" player software. I only use the streamers designated software for any of the six I've owned. ... | |
| Relaxed, musical DAC around 2k used? I have the first version of the MP-D2 with the AKM 4490 chipset. I don’t suspect the difference between the 4490 and 4497 is that great and I would never order one with the ESS chipset as that is not what the DAC itself was designed around. The ma... | |
| Relaxed, musical DAC around 2k used? @canibefrank I actually own the NT-505 and the MP-D2 though the first version with the AKM 4490 chipset. As a DAC only the sound is similar though the sound of the MP-D2 can be "tuned" quite a bit with the various input and rectifier tube combina... | |
| Why no Class D integrated love? (from manufacturers) https://www.nordacoustics.co.uk/product-page/nord-two-int-a-ice-1200as2-integrated-amplifier |