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| Thiel CS6 to Von Schweikert VR4 JR - Am i Crazy? If the 3.6 is considered one of the warmer sounding models, then no wonder Bundy is wanting more here. I guess it all comes down to what our reference point is to warmth.If you live in Minnesota and it's 55 degrees in March, that is considered war... | |
| What Preamp should I use If you enjoy the clarity of the Adcom GFP-1, you are in for a real treat on the later generations of budget preamps. I would not recommend the GFP-555 in any version. Adcom made some fairly decent amps and tuners (which I used in the 80s and 90s) ... | |
| CJ LS17 vs ARC LS15 Have you considered the LS5? If you want more body, warmth, the LS5 is THE ARC line stage to do this. It has a 3-dimensionality, bloom and harmonic richness the LS15 can not touch. Look for a MK III as these have a more natural top-end than the MK... | |
| Thiel CS6 to Von Schweikert VR4 JR - Am i Crazy? You seem confident about your sources so I would suggest another speaker for you to consider - a used pair of Talon Khorus. These are in the $3-4k range on the used market. I was a long time Magnepan 3.3 owner but wanted a more dynamic speaker so ... | |
| stands. mdf or steel Wow, how can you beat logic like Albert's. I guess if you really want confirmation that you picked the right speaker stand material, why not find out what the material is for the Wilson stands. Afterall, I suspect they "voiced" the speaker on that... | |
| ARC D115 Mk2 vs ARC M300 Oh yes, you will experience much the same when you switch from the D115 to the M300 like you heard from the SP-10 to the SP-11. I too owned the SP-10 for 8 years and after hearing the SP-11, I had no desire to change.The hybrid ARC products are no... | |
| General transport Question Common sense would also tell us that a transport is the easiest component to measure and validate its accuracy - you either have the exact data at the correct time interval or you don't. And repeatable validation tests would be equally easy. But i... | |
| Have AR sp-16 preamp need one with more features 1) What do you mean, distortion when you run another room off of it? Are you trying to drive 2 amps? This could be a problem if the resultant impedance of the two amps is less than 20k or so. You need to check the values for each of these and then... | |
| Tube Pre with remote and 2 pairs of outputs Pretty much all the ARC preamps from the mid-to-late 90's have 2 sets of outputs and a remote option. The same is true for BAT products. But in the case of the Bat 3 series, there is one XLR output and one RCA. With the 5 series, there are 2 XLR o... | |
| General transport Question Sundance45: Did you actually listen to the Sony compared to each of those standalone transports and hear the Sony that far behind the others? I have what I consider a top-notch DAC and my little dismal Pioneer PD-65, with or without the Genesis Ti... | |
| all preamps gain and phase. Yes, Newbee pretty much explained it right on.For years, I had an ARC LS5 II which had a 30/12 db switch. For LP as my source, the full 30db gain in the line stage was needed with lower output cartridges as my phono stage at the time only had 48db... | |
| tube preamp for Linn/ARC system??? If you like the sound of the older ARC SP series, and you have MC cartridges of less than 1mv output, the SP-6 will not work at all unless you also have an MC step-up device. The SP-8 is an incredible performance step up from the SP-6 but it too d... | |
| System Components are Warm but Synergy is Bright? Hello,I try not to put too much credit to cables for dramatic changes, but Straightwire has a reputation for being bright. I had the SW Virtuoso XLR cable years ago and I was amazed at the improvements, i.e., HUGE loss of fatigue, when I switched ... | |
| balance and single ended what I heard Metralla's first sentence says it all. What cables were you using? Were they the same model? What gear was being used? Even though a product has XLR connections, it may not at all use a balanced circuit topology. For cases where a single-ended sig... | |
| 1970's Audio Research Equipment, worth having? If you want older ARC gear, I feel the peak of ARC was from 82-85 or so with the SP-8, SP-10, D70, D115, D250 models. Once they headed into the hybrid line, their sound became way too analytical for me. If you want a sound that is a refinement to ... |