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| Other Hobbies? Masturbation keeps my hands full when I'm not listening to music, riding a motorcycle, making photographs, or collecting "Hello Kitty" items from eBay.Marco | |
| Sugden a21 question.... I've only heard the un-modded standard Unico, but with some premium tube (don't recall which), and only in two very similar systems paired off with Solilquy 5.3 speakers (90db efficient floorstanders). In one room it sounded pretty compelling to m... | |
| Sugden a21 question.... The new A21SE is rated at 21W but remember Class A is a different ball game.May be a different ball game, but still not in the right ball park in my experience. Two of the SS amps I've tried with my 89db SR17's were class A. The Aleph 5 putting ou... | |
| Sugden a21 question.... The short answer is, no. I think you'd be rather disappointed with that pairing off. Those Gallo's need some muscle to do their best, and, as good as the Sugden may be, 25 watts is just not enough to push an 88db speaker to satisfying volumes. If ... | |
| B&K st 140 evolution.... FWIW: I owned the B&K EX140, which I guess are pretty rare at this point. They were a dual-mono version of the ST140. Same chasis. Looked identical to an early ST140 with the only exterior difference being the label. I did a lengthy comparison... | |
| Need Ambient Speakers to Hang in Corners. Really Ah, well then Sam and Art have started a circle jerk as I'm pretty sure it was Art who initially reviewed it for Stereophile. He even said something quite similar. So with an opinion like that, I wonder if the Pathos is now in Sam's reference syst... | |
| Review: Portal Panache Integrated Amplifier Ejlif - I'm pretty sure we're on the same page regarding the Panache. I think perhaps it's seeing the glass as half empty or half full. Or perhaps 2/3 empty and 1/3 full in your case, and vice versa in mine. Regardless, I'd agree, not a "giant-kil... | |
| Need Ambient Speakers to Hang in Corners. Really I'm pretty sure it was Art Dudley who spent his wad over the Pathos Classic One....perhaps that's what made his sample sound so great? He does tend to gush a bit much, but I must confess, I do enjoy his writing very much.Marco | |
| Need Ambient Speakers to Hang in Corners. Really Hey Peter- I do have a pair of the Omni-Mount brackets, the centenial nerd mentions, that you can check out if you haven't seen them. They're the ones I'm using in the kitchen. Meant for a 20-lb max and do require drilling into the back of whateve... | |
| Review: Portal Panache Integrated Amplifier Ejlif - thanks for chiming in again! I'd have to say that I concur that I do prefer my SET system at work, which is indeed separates, but probably for very different reasons, of which resolution is not one. I was really surprised to hear your asse... | |
| Review: Portal Panache Integrated Amplifier Hey, we never did hear back from Ejlif, who was expecting delivery on a Panache. He probably is (wisely) staying clear. I'd be interested to hear your comments if you're still out there Ejlif.Marco | |
| Review: Portal Panache Integrated Amplifier I agree, a great review has become muddled with BS. Once again, great job Slate1. Sorry to have been acerbic in my former banter...needless to say, I thought certain comments made here to be inappropriate, and my opinion remains that they are. Y'a... | |
| Review: Portal Panache Integrated Amplifier I beg your pardon, but your "position", as I have understood it, was not at all in putting down the product itself, and I never accused you of doing so. Obviously you have no place to do so having never heard the piece of gear in question. What yo... | |
| Review: Portal Panache Integrated Amplifier Howard- If you ever try the Panache, I would not recommend combining it with the high-efficiency horn speakers that I know you like/own, as I do. Stick to tubes there (IMO, of course). With the Panache I would try listening on conventional speaker... | |
| Review: Portal Panache Integrated Amplifier Howdy boy's and girls. Today's word is "Hypocrite". Say it with me now; hypocrite. That's right boys and girls. Now can you say, "conflict of interest"?! VERY GOOD! MarcoPS Thanks Howard - I also had no idea that Steve was a manufacture of amps an... |