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| CAT JL2 & Pre SL1 or Atma-Sphere MA-1 & MP-1 I was hoping Brian would chime in here but I'll go ahead and give my experiences with these two product lines.First off the preamps: I have not heard the MP1 but have wanted to for many years. The MP3 was one of the most disappointing auditions I ... | |
| Tube recommendations for ARC LS-2 What do you mean by improve the vocals? Do you want more 3-dimensionality, presence out into the room or harmonic richness? You can try all sorts of different tubes here but these qualities are simply not going to be found in the LS2....like squee... | |
| CAT JL2 & Pre SL1 or Atma-Sphere MA-1 & MP-1 Brian (audiogon member is EssentialAudio) has much experience with these two lines next to each other driving Soundlabs. I suggest you send him an email for what I suspect would be some valuable comparative strengths/differences of each.John | |
| ARC VTM200 Question I assume you swapped the input cables on the amps to verify each amp is getting a signal. And try swapping speaker cables to eliminate a problem here too. Then a call to ARC makes a lot of sense. | |
| Review: Aesthetix Calypso Line Stage Tube preamp Hey Jadem6: Looks like I might have to try out some big bears in my room - maybe behind the Soundlabs instead of the Soundlab Sallies. I live in the twin cities west metro so throw me an email and I'm sure I will have some free weekend or evening ... | |
| Review: Aesthetix Calypso Line Stage Tube preamp Hello, welcome to the happy musical world of Aesthetix. You clearly put a lot of effort into making this work for you and it really paid off. So few people give a product a chance like you did. Right on!I have been running with an Io for almost 2 ... | |
| Review of Dartzeel NHB-108 Amplifier Wow Sean, what a wealth of technical details. Thank you as there is always much to learn from your inputs.As Sean mentions, we try to maintain our "more friendly" nature but sometimes things are written here that just fire us up. And no matter how... | |
| B&W Signature 800 Vs. the new 800D Diamond Washline: What many people would disagree with you on has to to with how you came to your conclusion - and not the ultimate result. Insulting? Well, my analogy is no less ridiculous than someone who hears a system in a room that they are totally u... | |
| B&W Signature 800 Vs. the new 800D Diamond Oh come on Brian what's the problem here? I just did a test drive of a Porsche 911 Carerra 4. Man oh man it was so impressive with the stock tires. But when I tried it with my grandfather's Buick Regal's tires, it was such a joke. You'd think thos... | |
| B&W Signature 800 Vs. the new 800D Diamond Washline: What you were disappointed with was the sound of entire system that included the D's. And the same is true for your colleague. Even 10000 people who thought this about the sound of this setup would not fairly be able to make a final asse... | |
| B&W Signature 800 Vs. the new 800D Diamond Twin Turbo in a hot tub? Wow, that's a lot of bubbles. | |
| B&W Signature 800 Vs. the new 800D Diamond Washline: You heard the two speakers in different rooms. And it sounds like they were driven by different sources/electronics. Is this a reasonable way to conclude one way or the other for a preference? | |
| Review of Dartzeel NHB-108 Amplifier Sirspeedy: I can clearly understand why you question the comparison of the Kharma and the VS as they appear to have completely different strengths and applications. But I think people are drawn to the unique strengths of such products. And they cl... | |
| Review of Dartzeel NHB-108 Amplifier I must chime in here as I was the one to corner Hooper for further details as to why he made the changes that he did. Hooper's reply was exactly what I requested: an honest response to his experiences in HIS system with what HE prefered. There wer... | |
| CAT amps........Opinions please Hello,I own a pair of JL-3 signatures and owned ARC amps for a number of years before. My favorite ARC amp was the VT130. It had a lush midrange warmth and an exceptional 3-dimensional quality. But it was a bit weak in the lowest frequencies. I di... |