john_l
Responses from john_l
| VTL / Pass / Lamm As usual, onhwy61's description is right on the money.I found that pass amps work best with pass preamps. I tried several tube preamps and found that nothing sounded nearly as good as the Aleph P then later the X1 preamp. I found that my aleph 2's... | |
| Real Standup Men Audiogon Members to the Rescue Good going to Mike and Dale! It says quite a bit when you ship your 20K amplifier across the country to help out a friend. I have to note Jonathan would do the same for his friends too. I've seen him go out of his way to help others on many occasi... | |
| Sony XA7ES or Theta Miles CD The sony by a mile. Better build quality, better sound, and a big company to repair it. It's also the coolest transport on the planet. | |
| Better Amps For Talon Khorus CAT JL2 or Tenor 75? The tenors are the best amps I've heard. I have heard them several times with the talon khorus X and they are a wonderful match. The talon's are efficient enough that 75 high current tube watts drives the EASILY. | |
| ARC VT200 or Sonic Frontiers I'm a longtime ARC amplifier fan. To me the vt100m2 stands as one the the best amplifier's I've heard at any price. I recently borrowed a vt200 from a friend* to use with my power hungry eidolon speakers. I had been wanting to try out a large tube... | |
| Speakers with Audio Research LS25MKII & VT100MKIII The combo you have works very well with just about anything. It's time to go and hear a couple of good speakers and decide what you like. Your choice of speaker's defines your system's sound more than any other component. What size/kind of room do... | |
| system upgrade suggestions What are your specific areas for improvement ? Also, could you list the source component (cdplayer or record player). I've used the mccormack with ap virgo's. A pretty good match. The power sure lit them up. You could hear a little grain in the am... | |
| Are sacd mods really worth the money? I am not certain how important multi-channel sound is to you. Myself, I would wait for a used sa-1 and not modify it. The stock marantz sa-1 and audio aero 24/192 are the best stock player's I have heard. Modification sense depends on your budget,... | |
| Audio Physic Virgo w/ Cary CAD 300SEI My number one choice for the virgos, based on listening experience with them, is the BAT vk-50SE preamp with the ARC vt100m2 (using svetlana kt88 tubes). I am not sure if the cary would be better than this combo or not. I haven't heard the virgo's... | |
| Audio Physic Virgo w/ Cary CAD 300SEI I drove the larger audio physic avanti-centures with the 300sei in a 13x16 room. Myself and others were stunned that 15 watts could drive these speakers. I don't listen at extremely loud levels, but this combo was not hurting for power in any way.... | |
| Transitioning: back to solid state.... Hi Viggen,I don't feel you need to buy expensive NOS tubes to get good sound. The modern day svetlana's sound wonderful. I've heard good things about the eh's as well. It's only a hundred bucks or so to replace the power tubes in a ca-50. If you h... | |
| What speakers with Audio Research VT-100 Best sound I got was with vandersteen 5's. Closely followed (more detail & imaging, less bass) by the audio physic avanti-century. The virgo was excellent as well. Many people like proacs with audio research. I notice that ARC uses wilsons in ... | |
| So you're an audiophile - are you also a musician? I studied/played the classical Kazoo since age 3. I'm decent. | |
| Vandersteen 5 vs Model 2c/2wq Combo If you want to go cheap: Get a set of 2ce Signatures and power them with a mccormack dna 1 or .5 rev A. You will get great sound from this and probably won't need a subwoofer. I feel that from a price/performance/packaging viewpoint, the 2cesig is... | |
| Which hi-end Sony SACD player to buy? I second the mods & the scd-1. I bought calloway's old fully hotrodded Richard Kern Audiomod scd-1. This thing transformed my system. The soundstage became HUGE and airy. I've never heard anything like it for digital playback. I sold my lessor... |