jamesw20

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Speakers Like Merlin VSM?
I am a fan of merlin products and have owned several versions. Aside from being pro merlin, bobby has provided me the BEST support of ANY company from which I have done business. He is very fair in his critiques and will openly admit when his prod... 
Integrated for Merlin Vsm
I've got my Filharmonia ordered and can't wait!Thanks 
Crossover Help
Cd,Crossover is at 120 Hz. What further tweaks are you speaking to?JWH 
Transport for Bel Canto DAC2
You might try a hard drive based system. I recently purchased the olive musica and feed it into my dac 2. Great results. 
Crossover Help
Got the denon with auto setup and WOW the orb's with my hsu vtf 2 sub sound great. Thanks for the suggestions. 
Crossover Help
Thanks guys. The azur doesn't allow you to set the crossover and I'm not going to change from an rca to the sub. I've decided to go with denon receiver as it has great flexibility in crossover. 
Speakers Like Merlin VSM?
I have had the tsm-mm, tsm-mx, and now the vsm-mm as well as numerous B&W nautilus/signatures and must say I prefer the vsm-mm. As you stated they require a good setup, but customer support can point you in the right direction. If you were hap... 
Anyone Compared the Olive Opus to the Zero One?
got my olive musica and it is fantastic! I'm sending the digital signal into a bel canto dac 2 and then my tube preamp. 
Anyone care to comment on Orb Audio?
I just got a 5.1 for HT only and build quality is great. Much better deal than gallo, however, I don't mean to trash gallo as they are fine products. 
Recommendation for small satellite speakers
Check out orb audio as well. They are small and fairly inexpensive. I've ordered some for 5.1, I'm a little leary to use something so small for stereo use though. 
B&W N803 or Signature 805?
If you like the look/feel of SF, try the cremona auditors. I've owned both the sig 805 and the cremona and for stereo, the cremona is a factor better. For HT I like the s805. 
EL34 Integrated
Sorry about the question for the onix after someone had responded. I'm interested in the Ming Da MC34A? Anyone familiar? 
EL34 Integrated
How about the Onix sp3? I realize it doensn't use el34, but would it compare? 
DAC for Olive musica
I know it's been discussed before, but how about the benchmark vs. the audio mirror. They are very different animals, but for my use with the olive which is preferred. I doubt the olive will have the finest transport mechanism so are upsampling an... 
DAC for Olive musica
The opus is without a doubt a better machine, but the price is much higher as well. I plan on using the musica with a $500-750 preowned DAC for as good, I hope, results.