john_l
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| Audio Physic Virgo- What Power do you use? I owned the virgo's for 2 years before moving to the avanti's. The pass labs aleph P/Aleph 2 monoblocks with nordost cabling is probably the best combination I used. The bat vk-30SE/vt100 is also outstanding if you like the tube sound. Quality ele... | |
| ARC DAC II and Sony SCD-1: Up or Downgrade? I wouldn't bother with an external DAC. The SCD-'s redbook performance is outstanding. Let me put it this way: One of my friends had his feeding a dcs/elgar for redbook. Once in a while we were listening to the sony's output for CD and did not kno... | |
| Does it hurt when you sell at a loss? It's not a good thing, but honestly it doesn't bother me much. I lose a couple bucks here and there trying things out. It's a hobby & I enjoy it. It's no different than spending money to take a trip or eating out. I have had a few situations w... | |
| BAT VK-5i more tube-like than new VK-50SE? Jeff Wu,I use my nos tubed vk-5i with my vt100m2. It's one of my very favorite combinations. The warmth of the 5i goes well with the transparency of the vt100m2. It's almost like a vintage toned highly transparent system. I've heard more transpare... | |
| Weirdest Question asked when selling gear? "Will you throw in shipping to "I'm with you sc53. Whenever I get the 128 questions or the "I MUST get another $10 out of you" type, I know it's not going to be worth my time to deal with this person. "Gosh, you're WAY OVER MY HEAD with these ques... | |
| BAT VK-5i more tube-like than new VK-50SE? I own the 5i. It is definitely more lush and warmer sounding than the 50SE. The 50SE is considerably more transparent. I would not describe the 50SE as sounding solid state at all. It is very evenly balanced yes, but also has the tube magic of 'pr... | |
| need help - Cd players Someone is selling a gcd-750 right now (600?). They are excellent players. That or the sony 9000. I think I'd spend my cash on the sony to get the dvd and sacd playback. | |
| Pass Labs or Audio Research Solid State Amplifiers For metallica and 'megadeath' I would definitely stay AWAY from pass labs aleph amps. They have very precise bass, but in your price range the aleph 3 and aleph 5 will be too wimpy. I too have heard that the early ARC solid state amps stank. I hav... | |
| What is the best amp setup for Magnepan 3.6 ? Wolcott p220 monoblocks. I used 6-7 different amps with my 1.6's. Including pass labs aleph and vt100m2. The wolcotts were far superior to other amps. VERY VERY powerful. | |
| Buyer Protection.... ? Some ideas:Try to convince the seller to send it via cod. Perhaps you could offer to send the shipping costs up front so he will know you are a serious buyer. Try to get as many phone numbers and addresses as possible. If he's a legitimate person ... | |
| Quiet fan to cool amp and preamp? directron.com sells pabst fans. they are only 12db. | |
| Which way to go for a long interconnect..... I too found that long quattro-fil is head and shoulders the best I've used with my old arc ref1/vt100m2 setup. I A/B compared it to several other cables. It's scary how much better it is. It's speed and transparency really come out when the length... | |
| Best preamp for Audio Research VT100mkI If you want to go cheap, the passive adcom 750 is very good with this amp. In general, tube preamps are much better than solid state with this amp. I use a vk-5i with my mk2. I find that it is as good as the ref1 I previously owned. Different, but... | |
| what does "Air or a Halo around instruments" mean? I've found that cables (matched to the system) are really what makes or breaks this effect. I can put a badly matched cable into my system, and instantly it is transformed from 3d to 2d. Tube equipment is definitely the way to go for a sense of pr... | |
| Best DVD plyr for under 1000 new or used ? Sony 9000es supplying an hdtv is the best I've seen. Only downside is that I understand it has limited vcd and xvcd (the video cd's you make on your computer) support. |