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| mcintosh vs jeff rowland I think you are both wrong. Three dimensional (3D) means height, width and depth. Any two channel system that is worth having or is not broken will have all three dimensions. Three dimensional does not mean having sound coming at you from all dire... | |
| mcintosh vs jeff rowland I recently sold a Rowland Continuum 500 and bought a McIntosh MA7000, driving a pair of Sonus Faber Guarneri Mementos. Thus far, I have not decided if I am happy with the transition. The Continuum was fully broken-in (and it did get better as time... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE The four best speakers I have ever owned were the Joseph Audio Pearls, the Magnepan MG20.1, The Avalon Eidolons and the Sonus Faber Guarneri Mementos. All were definitely "keepers"See my list of speakers in the personal speaker evolution thread:ht... | |
| Personal speaker evolution I have tried a number of speakers in the almost 50 years of my pursuit of the high end . . . . I have listed my speakers on a couple of previous occasions in this thread, but as the quest goes on, here is an update.ELECTROVOICE EV-2 (1963)DYNACO 2... | |
| Sonus Faber monitors vs. ??? It appears that you have a very good, well balanced system. The Sonus Faber Domus speakers are qute good and probably well matched with the Musical Fidelity 308cr amp.Unfortunately, and as I am sure you are well aware, if you do go to a more refin... | |
| Is There any Truly "High End" Integrated Amp? I continue to be impressed by the Jeff Rowland Continuum 500. I am now using the amp to drive a pair of Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento speakers and the sound is superb!!!! As they say :"Try it, you'll like it"! | |
| Integrated amp for Eggleston Andra II Knghifi,Unfortunately, I had to sell the Gamut to get the funds to purchase the Rowland - and therefore never heard a direct comparison. And, since the Andras are "warmer" than the Eidolons which are driven by my Spectral gear, I really can't pain... | |
| Integrated amp for Eggleston Andra II Sorry to be late in responding - but - I am using a Rowland Continuum 500 integrated amp on a pair of Eggleston Andra II speakers and the results are excellent. Clean, pure, good soundstaging, great depth, plenty of power (to say the least).I am v... | |
| Is There any Truly "High End" Integrated Amp? I started this thread in 2006 and have experienced several excellent integrated since that time - the two latest were the Simaudio Moon I-7 - which was a phenomenal piece of gear and the Jeff Rowland 500 watt Continuum Integrated Amplifier - Man, ... | |
| Bel Canto PL 1A vs Esoteric DV 60 The Bel Canto will blow the DV-60 away with all audio sources . . . . Redbook, SACD, DVD-A are all extraordinary on the Bel Canto, while the DV-60 may even be a step backward from Esoteric's own, discontinued DV-50s, and is definitely not in the s... | |
| Is There any Truly "High End" Integrated Amp? In response to a question from Kalan (above)I am using the Rowland Concerto integrated amp with Verity Parsifal Encore speakers at a weekend house. These are speakers that are usually coupled with the best separates - but they sound GREAT with the... | |
| Is There any Truly "High End" Integrated Amp? I bought a GamuT DI-150 and it was a wonderful sounding integrated amplifier. It was also beautiful to look at - - - Probably the best looking piece of audio gear I've ever seen.My only problem with the Gamut was the fact that it didn't have a bal... | |
| Kharma CRM 3.2F vs. Avalon Eidolon and Diamond Getting back to the original topic which was Kharma 3.2 vs Avalon Eidolon (How quickly we forget).I have owned both. I bought a pair of Eidolons in 1999, kept them 5 years, loved them, but decided to try something else.Among others, I bought a pai... | |
| ESOTERIC X-03 VS. AYRE C5XE I have owned both the Ayre C5XE and the Esoteric X-03. I originally sold my Esoteric and bought the Ayre. I couldn't wait to get back to Esoteric. I kept the Ayre machine for a couple of months and missed the huge panoramic soundstage, the awesome... | |
| Cary 306 SACD power cord recommendations I'm using Virtual Dynamics Nite II power cord very successfully on my Cary 306 SACD player. This cord seemed to open the 306 up a bit and it gave the player's already excellent dynamics - a little more body and more oomph.The Nite Series II power... |