jeffreybehr
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| Vandersteen 5A vs Martin Logan Prodigy I do own 5As, bought this summer. I drove them initially with 160Watts-into-8/320-into-4 Monarchy Audio SE-160s. Before I bought the 5As, I had performed some some minor improvements to the amps including installing a switchable 85Hz hi-pass filte... | |
| Vandersteen and NOT BI WIRE---Your thoughts "Unfortunately, Audioquest Slate doesn't seem to be available anymore. Is there an equivalent?"I don't know if Rocket88 is better or worse, but it's a fine cable well suited to single biwiring, it uses DBS to keep the cable broken in, and it's ava... | |
| Vandersteen and NOT BI WIRE---Your thoughts FWIW, Daverz's Slate and the Comet I mentioned are both members of AQ's Flat Rock series. In that configuration, the hi-frequency and the lo-frequency bundles of conductors--2 pairs each--are separated maybe a half-inch, in a sort-of-zipcord confi... | |
| Vandersteen and NOT BI WIRE---Your thoughts My 5As are single biwired*. I use Sonic Craft's 4-conductors-per-frequency-band formula, and the system sounds VERY good. SC's Jeffrey Glowacki recommends and sells Neotec solid-conductor, OCC-copper and OCC-silver (in Teflon) wire, with double st... | |
| Capacitors in Cary PH302 phono amp The MultiCap PPMFX metalized-'propylenes are their entry-level cap; they're not bad sounding, but any of their other caps will sound better. The best MC, the 'styrene RTX, is QUITE-good-sounding and about the least-expensive truly-hi-end cap aroun... | |
| Distance from the front not the rear wall? Yup, the front wall is behind the speakers; the rear wall is behind the listener. It's the front and the rear of the ROOM.. | |
| Vandersteen 5Aa Carbon--any 5a owner's opinions? Stan, one has to know something first to be able to remember it. :-)V'steen performs upgrades only for original purchasers? Maybe that limits the number of upgrades to no more than they're able to do.. | |
| Vandersteen 5Aa Carbon--any 5a owner's opinions? Sid, I'm asking about the 5A Carbons, not the 7s. I'm interested in 5A owners' opinions of the 5A Carbons' sounds.My 5As sound so good I can't imagine anything else sounding better, but maybe in a year, V'steen will be offering 'affordable' upgrad... | |
| stupid tube question of the day Generally, tubes do indeed get consumed just being turned on. There MAY be a tiny difference in consumption between classes of operation. I do NOT leave my tubed equipment turned on. If one does, three- to four-thousand hours of goodness get used ... | |
| Power Cord Recommendations John, I too have had positive results with Neotec NEP-series cable, using Furutech ends. The cable AND ends used the best copper available, Ohno Contiuous Cast (OCC). I built a pair using the 13g. cable and 25-series Furutech connectors and then a... | |
| help me to understand the gain Gte, you have TWO problems. First is that you have about 130 more Watts of power than you'll need for your Zus. Second is that your poweramp has about 30dB TOO MUCH gain. Too much gain amplifies preamp noise (and the thermal noise inherent in the ... | |
| Vandersteen 5As...first impressions Sidssip, I won't be 'randomly' replacing anything in the crossovers, and I'm confident that RV know FAR more about crossover parts than I do. I also know, however, that the 5As, even at $17K/pair, and built to a price. Said another way, V'steen bu... | |
| Vandersteen 5As...first impressions TY, all, VM. As I listen more, I increasingly appreciate their excellence.I intend to very carefully improve parts in the x-over. I understand V'steen matches drivers to each other and to crossover parts, so I'll have to be very careful to match v... | |
| Vandersteen 5As...first impressions TY Dodgealum and Samhar for your good wishes.Marakanetz, yes, they did. I listen almost exclusively to big-orchestra Classical and film music plus some Classical small-group music, mostly piano and cello...and Diana Krall. They sound superb on sma... | |
| Problem-Ayon Triton, paired with Vandersteen The Ayon Triton is an 'it' or a 'them'? Perhaps it's an integrated amp? If so, there could be 2 ways to connect it to the V'steen filters. One is to use the preamp-outs/poweramp-ins if the amp is so equipped. Another is to connect the filters in t... |