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| Audio Research DSI 200 integrated amp About the McIntosh MA 6600, I used to own one and felt that it was good only up to a certain volume. Above this level, the sound is in tatters - ragged, congested, collapse of soundstage - in a word, unbearable. The level at which this occurs woul... | |
| Infinity Prelude MTS I used to own these speakers. Because of their high sensitivity and active woofers for the low frequencies, you would do well with a tube amp for the midrange and treble. ARC and Cary amps come to mind. | |
| Vienna Die Muzick flagship speakers Hi Guido,You are so lucky! I am so totally absolutely green with envy! Ah well, in my next life......maybe. | |
| Vienna Die Muzick flagship speakers Hi Guido,I have read ypur excelllent review of these speakers in PFO and am wondering whether Part 2 has been published. I can't seem to find it. Regards. J. | |
| Esoteric K01: What are the best settings for CD? Hi Matjet,I am another K-01 fan, having just acquired it a few months back.I concur with your experience regarding warm-up time. I leave mine on all the time and put it on repeat play for 2 hours before serious listening.I run it direct to my powe... | |
| Next step after Benchmark DAC1 The M2Tech Young with Palmer (battery) Power Station would be an excellent upgrade. Well received by Stereophile in latest May 2013 issue. It was actually compared to the Benchmark DAC and was preferred. | |
| Digital cable... I have used the Kimber Illuminati D60 previously and it is indeed an excellent cable. Do get only the 0.5m length for best sonics and value. | |
| dcs Puccini heats up CDs I used to have a Puccini player and I do find that CD's feel warmer when retrieved from the tray but not to the extent that you have described - 20 deg above ambient temp is quite a lot of difference. I now have the Esoteric K-01 with the VRDS Neo... | |
| Any experience with Esoteric K-05? Jeffkad,I have the K-01 and agree that the sound of the K series is indeed very neutral. If you are looking for a warmish sound, you can still get the K-03 but add a tubed pre-amp. A very good tubed pre-amp to consider is the ARC Ref 5SE. I used t... | |
| Esoteric K-03 or K-01 Denon1,You are correct about the Bryston"s impedance. Also, my listening room is rather large and the VA Die Musik speakers are not super sensitive, ca. 87 dB, while their impedance can drop rather low at times. So, they need to be cranked up for ... | |
| Jeff Rowland Aeris DAC : my experience Csmsart,I have read through your wonderful review of the Aeris DAC and am curious about your observation that it sounds better with a single-ended digital input cable. But the analogue outputs from the DAC to your pre-amp are, if I am not wrong, b... | |
| Jeff Rowland Aeris DAC : my experience Badwisdom,Your comments on the Corus sound a bit mysterious. Could you please provide a link to the article referred to? Anyway, with such a chorus(pun intended) of positive reviews on the Corus so far, one negative article may not mean much. As a... | |
| Jeff Rowland Aeris DAC : my experience Denon1,In my system, I set the volume from -6 to 0 depending on the recording. My speakers need a lot of power/current to sound fleshed out at realistic levels. I will update you on any of the pre-amps mentioned should I get to audition at home. W... | |
| Jeff Rowland Aeris DAC : my experience Denon1,Your suggestion to try out the C03 first is indeed a very good one. Hah, why did I not think of that? :) You may be right about there being more synergy. I will be calling my Esoteric dealer to see if I can audition the C-03 at home before ... | |
| Jeff Rowland Aeris DAC : my experience Thanks to all for your input. Looks like I will be pulling the trigger for the Corus very soon. |