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| Do not buy any Sonus Faber used Phaelon's point cannot be dismissed, and is THE issue at hand, especially for THIS website, a facilitator of USED equipment. Sumiko's policy is clear and broad: there will be NO service/parts for used speakers that cannot be verified as originally... | |
| Oppo 93+EE MinimaxPlus vs Oppo 95? Thanks Njs. I'm thinking I get the virtues of the OPPO 93's multi-channel output, etc, and better the OPPO 95's analog output with the EE Plus in place. Plus I get asynch USB and tube/ss choice (even some tube rolling fun which Ive never done befo... | |
| Tidal Speakers owners There is a Tidal Piano (no other designation) now on agon. However the original price is listed as $26k, and in researching it seems that the original price for a "basic" Piano, at least according to a 6moons review, was in the 17k-18k range. Am I... | |
| Joseph Audio Pulsar? So Curriemt11, since you asked for alternatives, have you tried the B&W 805Di? They should be fairly easy to find/hear. I've read in a few forums that many believe they are fantastic and the star of the new Diamond lineup. | |
| Joseph Audio Pulsar? Mp666, I believe the BelCantos monoblocks were the 500s. To be fair, the bass extension and weight from these likely far exceeds less expensive ones in 2-3k category. However, if you are marrying them to sub, that may offset the benefit of Pulsars... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo Any more impressions now that we're a few months later? Comparisons to others in simialr price range? Seems like a very interesting speaker in a very competitive pricerange. | |
| Joseph Audio Pulsar? For what it's worth, I just came back from Axpona NYC show and heard the pulsars twice. They are fantastic spkrs for their size/price. The highs and mids are beautiful, and the bass extension and weight are remarkable for their size (especially th... | |
| Best 5.1 McIntosh separates If you are not dead set on Mac, then there will be lots of options. I would suspect that the tube amp requirement is for better (as respects those qualities that tube fans like) 2 channel audio playback? In that case, consider a 2 chnnl tube amp f... | |
| SACD via HDMI on Oppo BDP95? db, that is true, but the OP specifically asks about SACD over HDMI to the Classe and Krell units, and it's clear that it aint going over as DSD, but rather PCM. As others have noted however, it seems PCM may be just as good as DSD. My question: i... | |
| How to hook JL F112 sub to both preamp and pre/pro [From the description, it seems that Jeff's original idea of a line level switch box would be a simple solution. Decware's box comes to mind]No, actually, according to Barry, just connect the two units directly to the sub: pre/pro LFE out via RCA ... | |
| How to hook JL F112 sub to both preamp and pre/pro Bob, OK, so you are firmly in the camp of processed sound, if done right, sounding better. I'm ok with that (I think Kal at Stereophile agrees with you too). Of course I cant agree or disagree as I've not compared it much, but assume you have and ... | |
| How to hook JL F112 sub to both preamp and pre/pro Srosenberg, thats a mighty nice system, and certainly more high end than mine by a longshot. As I stated earlier, I wonder if I'll be able to hear as much of a significant difference with preamp changes as you would in your system. Guess the only ... | |
| How to hook JL F112 sub to both preamp and pre/pro Mac:Barry Ober is a technical consultant for JL. Check out his own personal website at soundoctor.com ( a wealth of audio info and white papers). This guy has an uber-impressive resume, he's an audio engineer and has built recording studios. A ver... | |
| How to hook JL F112 sub to both preamp and pre/pro Srosenberg, thanks much for the input. I actually did have an email exchange with Barry at JL and he confirmed what you said, its perfectly fine to run both inputs, LFE/RCA out from pre/pro and balanced/XLR out from preamp.Not surprised your calyp... | |
| How to hook JL F112 sub to both preamp and pre/pro Bob, from everything I've read, even the better pre/pros cant compete with a good standalone preamp. Now, to be fair, I havent tested this thesis, but the overwhelming opinion in my research of forums (Agon, AVS, etc) says this is so. Also, adding... |