jayarr
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| What are the "best" DYNAMIC speakers available? Have to agree with horns. It is not so much the macrodynamics but the microdynamics of the music that come alive with horns. Music becomes much more interesting, not as compressed sounding. Check out Avantgarde horns if they're in your price range... | |
| Best amp for 5k used? SS or Tube I have to agree with Thorty and Tubegroover that the Berning is a great amp. IMO it combines the best attributes of SS(great bass,extended frequency extremes,ability to drive most speakers) with those of tubes(soundstaging,midrange clarity,intimac... | |
| Some thoughts about value in high-end audio Since I don't see much of a devil's advocate response, I think I'll give it a try. If the only determinant of price was the 5 to 1 cost to price ratio then I would probably agree with the assessment of the sorry state of hifi world today. However,... | |
| Battle of the "Davids"......Belles vs. Berning Ianrmack, I owned a Berning 270 and an OCM 200. OCM was the company Belles was involved in prior to Power Modules. My understanding is that the amps are very similar. In comparing the OCM and the Berning amps the Berning was superior across the bo... | |
| Great speaker/SET amplifier matches.... puroagave, Berning Ziegfried with Avantgarde Duos and Silversmith cabling. A match made in heaven. Jayarr | |
| Berning ZH270 + AP Virgos = magic? Del, I haven't heard the Virgos but have owned the Berning amp. I very much liked the way they sounded with several speakers. They didn't have the typical lush,slow tube amp sound. If you have any doubts about them I can assuage your fears by sayi... | |
| Personal amp evolution Like many of the above posts, I started with midfi- Sansui 6 receiver. I evolved into hifi with the Hafler 220 and never looked back. I upgraded to a pair of OCM 100's(used as balanced differential monoblocks). It seems I have followed a trend in ... | |
| Why no threads on OTL amps? Kenl, I have a pair of Avantegarde Duos. I found that I needed the integrated subwoofer to really enjoy all types of music. I didn't like the single driver(full range) speakers--no frequency extremes tho they do midrange very well. As to the amps,... | |
| what does "Air or a Halo around instruments" mean? Eantala, I interpret air to mean hearing the ambiance or environment into which the instrument is playing. For instance, you hear the oboe soloist not just playing notes to the left of center orchestra (localizing within the soundstage) but also p... | |
| Why no threads on OTL amps? I also own a Berning amp. I used to be a solid state kind of guy until having an epiphany regarding OTL tube amps. I listened to an Atmosphere amp and was blown away. I started researching OTL amps and became interested in Berning amps because of ... | |
| Any Levinson owners/critics out there? griswold, I own a 37 transport and 36S DAC. I have owned a Theta Basic III and a Timbre Dac. The Levinson bettered both in my system. I found it to be neutral, slightly laid back, with excellent resolution of detail. I heard more of the recording ... |