john_l
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| Hall of Shame MIT Cables. I myself like the Eidolons, hate our local dealer (gary eats kitty litter).Also as a general statement, those HUGE gazillion dollar/driver speakers that companies keep putting out as 'reference' models. Take one unused fridge (may subs... | |
| BAT VK50SE Preamp w/ DCS Purcell and Delius Match I heard this combination. Best CD based system I have ever heard. | |
| i need a beter interconnects to my systam I've tried quite a few different brands. Nordost i/c's seem to have greater transparency and detail than anything else I've tried (ocos, harmonic tech, mit, analysis plus, monster, wireworld). It's expensive, but you do see results with it. IMHO t... | |
| Audio Research... I've owned several ARC pieces and have gone back and forth over which is better. The silver is the more 'classic' audio research look, but the black does indeed seem to fit into modern decore a little more. Black is easier to touch up in case of s... | |
| Is there a way to go from PC to receiver/MP3 play? I run the digital output of my soundcard into the digital input of my phillips 880 cdr, then into a receiver via the phillips analog out. It's a little jittery, but fine.Beware that your PC can output some gawdawful LOUD and high pitched sounds wi... | |
| Call me very, very lucky single sister ? | |
| Audio Research Litzlink cables Yes, absolutely. Not as ultimately transparent as some, but very very smooth and nice to listen to with great harmonics. You really do have to jump to an ultra-expensive i/c such as quattro-fil to better it. I do note that maggies sound really goo... | |
| Speaker cable for 25' run flat/small for under carpet ?? Nordost can get very expensive in those lengths. I think their red dawn cable is quite good. A big advantage of nordost cables in general is that they don't seem to suck power like some cables. I find I use less gain with nordost verses other cabl... | |
| Can anyone help me to decide which pre-amp is better ? The vk-5i and vk-50(SE) do not have optional phono boards. You must buy an outboard unit such as bat's p5 or p10. The vk-3i and vk-30(SE) do. The vk-5i has a fairly different sonics to the 50SE. They both have the bat 'house sound' which is a glor... | |
| Can anyone help me to decide which pre-amp is better ? I use the vk-5i with the ph-3. Wonderful, warm sounding system. I think the vk-5i is actually in the league of the ARC ref1 sonically - I think it may sound a little better (they're different - you need to decide). I've owned both. I was unimpress... | |
| what speakers do the best "disappearing act"?? My tops are avalon eidolons and audio physics (virgo, avanti, spark and tempo ). The virgo is in a class all it's own for the 2500-2800 range. A Tube preamp/amp will generally increase a sense of presence as well. Moving the speakers out into the ... | |
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| Thinking of rcprince who works in Manhattan Glad to see you made it rayhall. | |
| Thinking of rcprince who works in Manhattan Glad to know that you made it out. Thank you for sharing your story with us. Is Rayhall around ? I think he was in NY as well. | |
| 24/96 or 24/192 One of my friends with the dcs delius setup did an ramp up test of the scd1(transport)/dcs against his scd-1's analog output. He went from 44 up to 192. Up to 24/96, I would say they were pretty close. Once the dcs got into 128 and 192 territory i... |