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| Premier Redbook CD Transport or SACD Player? Hey, thank you for many valuable tips here. I am trying to move myself into the 21st century and yet my LP playback system seems to continue to trounce all that the 21st century digital world has brought to us. And with the recent acquisition of a... | |
| Q. about ARC LS5; & running an all balanced system Oh My! The LS2 never had any business as a Stereophile rated Class A product. So many of such ratings were pure nonsense and the LS2 was a clear example as was the LS3. At least they finally were honest with the LS22's B rating!Sorry, but the LS2 ... | |
| Q. about ARC LS5; & running an all balanced system Hello Steve,Look up several of my threads over the last few years as I have discussed extensively the LS5 which I owned (MK II and later III) along with the PH2 from 1995 to late 2002. I can cover my cable experiences with you in an email exchange... | |
| What's under YOUR turntable? Because my Clearaudio Ref TT does not have a suspension, and that it sits atop a standard sofa table which sits on a concrete basement floor, even moderate foot traffic near this caused problems which were amplified to the speakers.I looked into t... | |
| B&K Ref 50 Processor Wow, so what do you really think about the B&K unit, forever?I own a B&K 50 and it works very well for movies and with music it is pretty good too. Just for the heck of it, I tried it in my audio system, replacing my BAT VK31SE, and of cou... | |
| Horiz/Vert Biamping I am more confused as ever. Abex writes, "Horizontal to me is using an amp for the High\Mid Drivers for both channels and one for the Bass drivers for each channel, ..." In his case, one amp drives the top freqs and one amp drives the bottom freqs... | |
| Do Transports Matter??? I seem to have a very different experience than most here. Either my Pioneer PD65 as a transport is incredibly excellent or my Muse Model 8 transport is not all that good as I have swapped back and forth these many times and I am still not sure if... | |
| Experiences with Audio Research LS-2B I do not mean to undercut Jax here at all and yet I have a much different experience with the LS2B MK II. If you are buying this because of all the rave reviews you read from the great ARC preamps (SP6, SP8, SP10) that preceded the LS2, you will b... | |
| are nbs cables neutral? Hello,I own both Statement II and Signature II XLR cables. Because of the different lengths, I have not made much effort to compare these two but the Signature is very very good.As for neutrality, compared to Cardas Golden Cross, the NBS is no whe... | |
| Audio research PH1 alternatives ? Hello,I owned the PH2, the later balanced solid state phono stage to the single-ended PH1. Without a doubt, I would say that the PH2 was the most neutral audio product I have ever owned. This was one of those products that got very little attentio... | |
| Review: Balanced Audio VK-31SE Tube preamp Hello,Thanks for the review. I too own a 31SE and have had it for about 3 months. I wish CD playback had been used in the review as this would have focused only on the line stage.My 31SE was upgraded from a 30SE. The 30SE had a wonderful bass and ... | |
| Question for Ex-Maggie Owners Hello,I had Maggie 3.3s for 3+ years and enjoyed them immensely. But I always ran out of power with the tube amps, ARC VT130 and CL150s, that I had during the time. All the talk to use Bryston amps just did not do it for me as the Maggie magic was... | |
| Home Theatre Amp Suggestions Hi Abex....Your idea is very much what I think I will end up doing. The thought of three 2-channel amps does not seem to be a cost-effective solution. To start with a nice 5-channel amp and then work to find a great 2-channel amp from the same com... | |
| Home Theatre Amp Suggestions Hey thanks for the comments. I guess I was not very clear that in the HT system the speakers are changing to Talons: Khorus in front and Peregrine in back. Due to the higher sensitivity of these, over the Thiels, 100w will be mighty fine. I want v... | |
| ARC SP 10....how good is it really???? This is always an interesting thread. For whatever reason the price for an SP10 on the used market is in the $2k+ range and I simply do not know why.I owned an SP10 for 8 years in the 80s. At the time I compared it to the SP11, MFA Luminescence(in... |