jmcgrogan2
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| VAC Signature Preamplifier mkII FWIW, I will say that I also enjoy the VAC sonic signature. I've owned/heard many great preamps including BAT VK-51SE, VK-32SE, ARC Ref 3, VAC Renasiance mk II, CJ Premier LS 16 mk II, and many, many others. I've also owned many great amps, Clayto... | |
| WAF - Wife Acceptance Factor My wife has more fun grinding on my speaker's woofers while I'm cranking "In A Gadda Da Vida" than she does riding the laundry machine.....even during an unbalanced load.......hahaCheers,John | |
| Speakers for the ears, eyes, and for the decade Congrats on your purchase, I'm green with envy....haha.For speaker cables I'd recommend Stealth Dream or Dream Petite. Enjoy the music!John | |
| Good $250 Power Cord 06-29-09: WigA neutral cable with speed, clarity and dynamics.Thanks,WigFrom that description, and your financial limits, I'd recommend looking for a Fusion Enchanter or Impulse, Nordost Shiva or Vishnu. You may also want to listen to Electraglide... | |
| Good $250 Power Cord Well I would first ask, what are you looking to accomplish with this power cord? Are you looking for speed, clarity, dynamics or warm, full, sweet musicality? I'd have different recommendations depending on which direction your system needs to hea... | |
| What Integrated Amps have the sonics of Separates? I want to get off the $$$ bandwagon. I'm tired of spending money, and then in a year, the equipment has dropped in used value substantially, since the fickle audiophile community has moved on to new favorites.First of all, if the 'fickle audiophil... | |
| SACD vs RBCD players I have already stated that analog is my first format choice. That being said, I own roughly 50 SACD's and 500 RBCD's. I find that when listening to digital, I wind up listening to about 40% SACD and 60% RBCD.....mostly due to aforementioned reason... | |
| SACD vs RBCD players I feel that SACD is a worthwhile improvement over RBCD. A lot has to do with the mastering process though. I have heard a few RBCD's that come close and a couple even surpass some SACD's. I would not really worry about a SACD player sounding infer... | |
| Esoteric DV-50 vs the Newer Esoteric players? I agree with Violin. I've owned a stock Esoteric DV-50S and a DV-60 with $3K worth of RAM mods. I sold them both when I heard my current CDP, a Marantz SA-11S1 with $3K worth of pcX mods. To my ears, the Marantz was more relaxed, and sounded much ... | |
| Running Springs Audio 05-20-09: JtwraceJohn,So it sounds like you like it better in your system then the AM?Absolutely! The AM conditioners had very good speed and resolution, but sounded thin and bright in my system. The RSA are more full bodied and powerful sounding.... | |
| Running Springs Audio I don't know about the Dimetri, but I'm currently using a RSA Danielle, and previously owned a Audio Magic Stealth and Eclipse models. These are very different sounding power conditioners. The Audio Magic are very fast, nuetral and revealing, thou... | |
| SS phono stage in $2k to $3k range... Are you kidding?! Do a search here. The Xono is great, but I doubt anyone would call it warm and sweet. No disrespect intended but perhaps your thinking of some other phonostage.No mistake, and I don't need to do a search, I've learned to trust my... | |
| SS phono stage in $2k to $3k range... Look for a used Walker Signature phono stage. It's discontinued, and rare, but it sold for $6650 new and can now be had in your price range. Sonically, I preffered it to my BAT VK-P10SE w/ Super-Pak phono stage. I haven't heard the Whest or JLTi, ... | |
| BAT-VK31se or VK-50SE or LS17? I found the VK-32SE even sweeter than the 50SE, a bit too sweet for my tastes, and lacking the dynamics of the 51SE. It also had a nasty ground loop hum that I'd never had with any other preamps I had tried in my system.Cheers,John | |
| Conrad Johnson vs Audio Research vs BAT vs Cary First off, congrats on the Threshold T400, I've owned that, and it is one of the best SS amps I've heard.Now I've owned many preamps, including the BAT VK-31SE, VK-50SE, VK-51SE, and had extended in home auditions of two others, the VK-32SE and VK... |