jbrrp1
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| Best loudspeaker with coincident/coaxial driver I am running the TAD CR-1's, but what got me interested and down that road was being smitten by the Evolution One's at last year's RMAF. I am delighted with them, and I suspect the Evolution One would delight, as well. I use a VAC Ren Sig II pream... | |
| How well respected our EAR products I've owned a lot of EAR products - - guess I resonate with their idea of good sound. Started with the V20 Integrated, added an Acute CD player (closest to vinyl at that time that I had heard), added a 324 phono stage, short flirtation with the 868... | |
| What is the best usb convertor I use the Berkeley Alpha USB converter and am quite happy with it. I get sound that seems a worthy alternative to my LP rig. | |
| vandersteen Quatro or sonus faber elipsa I certainly can recommend the Quatros. I used Quatros for a number of years in my 11.5' x 15' room, and I found them to be stellar, only selling them to move on to TAD CR-1's (it took a rather great speaker to displace them). I ran them with a cou... | |
| Stringreen Glad you tried it. I sure found the PC's to make a clear improvement, and way beyond just the bass, as you noted. Any Vandersteen owner really should try this out, and using your DIY approach makes it affordable. Enjoy! | |
| preventing usb bus overload. I have operated two Windows 7 based systems with USB HD's and simultaneous USB feed to asynchronous DAC's with no obvious problems, and no sonic compromises that I am aware of. Of course, YMMV, depending upon a whole lot of variables in computer a... | |
| What better to power my 82db Magico Q5 I'm currently using a pair of Merrill Veritas class D amps that I am finding amazing (three weeks in, as my VAC Phi 200 is out for an update). They double down quite comfortably to 2 ohms, and I'd bet they would handle the Q5's with aplomb. From w... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... The de Capo's are 92 dB, with a 6 ohm minimum impedance - - pretty friendly to tubes. My 35 watt EL34 pp integrated amp can barely crank up on the dial (I wish the speakers had a little less sensitivity!). | |
| New Bookshelf speakers u love 3k to 6k I find the Reference 3A De Capo's to be very satisfying speakers - - easy to drive, and very alive sounding without the crossover. I've lived with a pair of i's for over 5 years now.I, too, have been very impressed by the Joseph Audio Pulsar's, bu... | |
| Happy users of SPDIF in Lampizator Big 7's? So, no DoP feed on the PCM connection? It's not too big a of deal for me. Presently I own exactly zero DSD titles, and I really am not feeling it for DSD, in general (too much dough per recording). I am actually pretty encouraged by the PCM that I... | |
| HiDiamond Diamond 3 XLR IC's - Burn-In Time? I switched to the the HD 3 XLR's in the past year to run 4m from pre to power amp, and 1m from DAC to pre and I find them to be wonderfully detailed and also harmonically full-bodied. But I bought used, so the were likely well broken in before I s... | |
| Vandersteen 5 HP Filter settings for RCA unit That is pretty bizarre. My RCA filters definitely show just what I posted above, and it seems to completely disagree with what the photo in your referenced ad shows.I also have a set of XLR filters, and they read something entirely different from ... | |
| Vandersteen 5 HP Filter settings for RCA unit I have the RCA M5-HP filters, and here is what they read:470K = 3,6 (PID switches to turn ON)300K = 4,5200K = 3,5150K = 6100K = 5 75K = 4 50K = NONE 33k = 1,3,8,10 20k = 1,4,6,7,10 15k = 1,3,7,10 10k = 1,10 5k = 1,2,9,10I hope that is enough to help! | |
| Totem Mani 2 Sig. vs Dynaudio C1 I too owned the Totem Mani-2's and can vouch for the quality and quantity of bass - - no subwoofer required! They should energize your room just fine. | |
| Looking for Tube Pre-Amp Recommendations I can highly recommend the VAC Renaissance Signature. There is one on the 'Gon now for $5,500, and it would be worth the stretch, IME. I have used a Mk. II version now for 5 years, and it is the component that stays (even tempted me to try out the... |