john_l
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| Best value for the buck speaker cables 'potentially stupid question' what an interesting concept. In response to Jeff: yes you can. When a cable is advertised at 'bi-wired', that is generally what it means. This can mean internally biwired, which means they are bound within the came ca... | |
| Audio physic Virgo vs Maggie 1.6 QR I owned both. Still have the virgos. (might be selling soon)The sonics are so close overall that I would almost call it a draw. The magnepans are slightly quicker and more coherent throughout their frequency range. They have the uncanny ability to... | |
| Speakers for BAT equipment I heard some sound stellar with some Wilson Watts. You might be able to get some cubs for 3K. The other choice ( I know I sound like a broken record), would be audio physic virgos. Basically you want a high efficiency speaker with ruthless detail ... | |
| Cardas Neutral Reference vs AQ Caldera I found nordost red dawn spkr and inteconn to be a great match for the magneplanar 1.6 with vt100 and pass labs pre. It's quickness and transparency really let the magneplanar show its strengths (quickness and transparency). It's transparency lets... | |
| Where is the best place for amp s I have wondered this too. Expecially since I have such bass heavy speakers now. I read an interesting footnote in one of michael fremer's articles. He said the 8 foot and 20 foot analysis plus oval 9 cables sounded sonically equivalent. I compared... | |
| Speakers for ARC VT-100. Desire AIR If you are OK with their size,the 1700 retail magnepan 1.6 was an outstanding match for the vt100. The (3200ish) audio physic tempo III's, and the (5700) virgos are wonderful with nice small footprints. I've heard proac's are a good match too. The... | |
| SONY SCD-1 UPGRADE I heard it in a very high resolution system, a/b compared to the DCS upsampling 192 DAC. It wasn't as good, but oh so close. They were both some of the best CD playback I have heard. Very limited returns upgrading that CD player. | |
| Sony ES CD Player Cult--which sound best I have the xa7es and I'm pretty happy with it. I think my friends levinson 36 is better, but not by much. One thing I really like about the xa7 is that it has balanced, fixed rca AND variable rca. When used in a preampless system, you are seeing e... | |
| Dealer Ethics? - Anonymous disparagement Hey Swampwalker & cornfed. Thanks for the +1's. Makes me happy, even if it's only in the name of science. Really, the reasons I don't always disclose if I happen to selling something while proffering a positive opinion are: A) I don't want to ... | |
| ARC LS 25 MK II vs. BAT VK30SE I was extremely impressed with the vk30Se. I heard it put into my system replacing a pass labs aleph P. Lost a tiny bit of resolution (what wouldn't!), but immediately, and amazingly changed the sonic picture from 2 to 3D. Great piece. That was wi... | |
| Reviewing the Reviewers I like mike. | |
| DNA-1 SMc A/B mods: More laid back? I bought my old dna-1 with the rev A already done. It was a wonderful solid state amp. Very very powerful with the signature DNA pronounced bass. I preferred this amp to the sound of the krell fpb series and older levinson 27 series. I had heard d... | |
| best pre-amp for less than 1000 Sounds like you're a lehman black cube guy. Check out some of the past threads by searching in the chat rooms. Lots of detailed opinions. Black cubes sell new for 700, and used for 4-500ish. They have excellent, detailed sound & also don't nee... | |
| Static on CD playback? Am I to understand that you solved the problem by cleaning the CD and lens ? Generally you should not clean a CD lens by blowing on it. You can leave spit on the lens. I owned 5-6 CD players over the last 15 years or so, and never had to clean the... | |
| proac retailer in Seattle area There's one in Portland, OR. Stereotypes. Nice people. No sales tax ! |