jallen
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| Best sounding integrated made........is? I have the Rowland Concentra II integrated having departed from tubes. I have no regrets. Few solid states pieces will do what the Rowland does. Listen to it before you buy anything. The match with your speakers is most important. Jallen | |
| Good MM cartridge - any ideas? I am currently using the Shure V15 Type 5 (latest) and it is silent with my Aries/JMW10 arm. This is run into the Rowland Concentra II phono preamp. There is a ground wire on the back of the JMW 10 that if not grounded properly, will result in hum... | |
| Please explain Mulholland drive? I like what sugarbrie and Jameswei had to say about the movie. I too didn't understand the movie until several days later. This is clearly a movie with multiple interpretations and levels of impact. I felt that the "dream" was also a person in a s... | |
| Shure V15--A Good Cartridge? I am using the Shure V15 (latest) and have been very impressed. I have been a Sumiko person in the past, but the Shure delivers the goods. Very wide, expansive, fast, detailed, and just musical. To me, the biggest factor is the quality of the phon... | |
| What is more affordable option to WBT and more ... The Cardas Rhodium are very good, as good as any other connectors I have heard. Michael Percy Audio still carries them I believe. Music Direct is another source. Jeff Rowland uses the Cardas Rhodium posts on the Concentra II. The previous post is ... | |
| Audio Research is looking to sell the company Years ago when all the audio world was going the way of solid state, ARC was holding the flag of tubes alone. I believe they will sell to someone who will carry on their tradition of dedication to musical reproduction with tubes and solid state. I... | |
| Aerial 10T Owners and Anyone that can help Dan, I helped a friend set up his 10T's and we tried two amplifiers, the Rowland Concentra 2 and the Bryston 7BST monoblocks. The Rowland was very good, but did not quite have the muscle of the Brystons. The top end of the Rowland was more open an... | |
| Whats the deal with CD players? Tweekerman brings up a good point regarding quality. I have had in the past about 4k in a transport and dac. They both were returned some time in their life for sevice to make them well again. They sounded great, but they broke. I do not know if t... | |
| Stereophile looses Jonathan Scull I will miss Scull and his articles, even if I couldn't afford the gear he landed in his pad every month. Since I live in the cultural abyss, the only time I get to hear new gear is CES, other shows, and good mags through the ears of others. Unfort... | |
| Are silver cables on the way out? I think there needs to be some distinction made between several variables we have here. First, silver and silver coated copper are very different. Next, solid core silver and stranded silver are also very different sounding. In addition the dielec... | |
| Straight Wire Question I have used Straightwire Maestro and been happy with them. For long cable runs, the Cardas Neutral Reference is hard to beat. I like them better than the Maestro's. Jallen | |
| Cables for Rowland/McCormack/Epos Try the Cardas in this price range. They work fabulously with the Rowland gear. jallen | |
| Re-tube time for a BAT VK30. Advice please I had the VK30 with a Bryston amp (4BST) and loved the combo. The tubes I would recommend are the Sovtek 6922 as were in it. However, the Svetlana 6NIP will work, but the voltages are different so they may cause a problem later?? Bugle Boys are gr... | |
| Amps for Audio Artistry speakers The Rowland amps are magical on the Beethove speakers. That was the best sound I have ever heard at the CES period. Listen to the Rowland Concentra, 112 before you buy. Jeff | |
| Which is better, Muse 2 or EAD 7000III? The Muse with the Bessel filter is a very good piece. They also used the Cardas AES/EBU cable from the XLR digital input to the board. With a good Transport, Theta Basic or Basic II, Muse 5, etc., it is hard to beat. I have compared to the Theta G... |