john_l
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| Speaker Cable for Avalon Eidolons I would try several cables at once if you are going through a dealer. I found that the eidolon's change dramatically with different cables. I think that Avalon uses Cardas neutral and golden reference cables in their listening rooms. The eidolon u... | |
| Most Architectural Turntable/Best Looking? Hmmm.I've always loved the looks of the rega P25 with cherry. Slightly retro, but nice clean, timeless lines. 1275 newThe clear acrylic Basis 1400 with vector arm is the best looking at any price. It has a frosted platter, a clear acrylic body, an... | |
| Which headphones should be purchased? Headroom also has some recommendations on headphones for noisy environments.When I was a traveller, I used to use sony nc-20 noise cancelling headphones. They didn't cancel as much noise as I wanted, and the fidelity was 'just ok'. They were best ... | |
| HMS TPO MATCH cables On listening, myself and six other people all picked the '0' impedence setting in all cases. We used it with a placette/ayre/eidolon system and a CR Developments Romulus/gallo system. It was not a scientific test.I liked it for the airy quality it... | |
| Is it worth it? If I were stuck in a small room, I would try out Audio Physic Sparks, proac tablette 2000 signatures, Gallo Nucleas's, or Reference3a MM DecapoThe sparks are very clean sounding with amazing imaging. They are also small enough to slide back agains... | |
| Which preamp- Pass Labs X1 vs Cary SLP2002 Go with the X1 ! The output impedence of the x1 preamp is 200 ohms unbalanced, 750 ohms balanced. The x350 has a 22Kohm input on balanced. I have owned pass labs aleph 2 amps, the aleph P, and the X1. The X1 is so far the best solid state preamp I... | |
| Most bang for the buck Table and Arm combo? Twl makes a good point. Either hang onto the vpi, or sell it and buy a $900 used p25 w/rb 600. Excellent players. One additional thing to consider is that shipping a turntable is very tricky. Turntables don't travel well, so you need to factor the... | |
| Building a system around the Avanti 3's, need help The avanti-centuries. See www.soundstage.com. These were known to image a little better than the 3's, but didn't have as much bass. This is what immedia told me. I haven't heard the 3 in person. Great speakers & a great value. I felt the avant... | |
| Building a system around the Avanti 3's, need help I owned avanti's for a few years. In general, they do not need much power & they favor high quality components and revealing cabling. Off the top of my head, the best combination I can think of would be: Audio Aero 24/192 cd player direct dri... | |
| SS amps that sound like tubes? I've been collecting audio toys for years. Currently I own a few small tube amps, and one solid state amp. For a long time I always thought "Solid state. Why do people bother ?". Powerful yes, but afflicted by dry, lifeless transistor haze. Either... | |
| SS amps that sound like tubes? I too have heard the Gamut D200 is unbelievably transparent, but I have not heard one yet. Of the amps I've heard/owned, the pass labs aleph series and the ayre v-1x are the most tubelike sounding of solid state amplifiers. The ayre would be a goo... | |
| link between speaker and floor I like the Aurios Pros. Basically these are two metal disks with ball bearings between them. They don't have any spikes. I found they decoupled the speakers from the floor quite a bit more than spikes. I have heavy full range avalons, so the pro's... | |
| good/best CD player with variable out Put me in for Audio Aero too ! Brilliant tube magic sound. You must wait for it to break in. I it better than the wadia 850 (too in your face with detail), or the levinson (boring) near as much as the AA. In general I agree with Tok20000. The AA i... | |
| I don't understand Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" Recorded in one take ? Who cares. It's one of the best pieces of music I've heard. Absolutely brilliant. Hearing that album was the entry point to jazz music for me. I never 'got it' until I heard KOB. I find the spontaneous creativity of the albu... | |
| Audio Physic Virgo Owners...... -The reference3a decapos can outdo them in low level detail but not soundstaging. Not much bass either. -The audio physic avanti can outdo them in soundstaging and detail. -I've heard a few speakers, like the eidolon & upper kharmas that are '... |