jtimothya
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| VTL 5.5 vs. Lamm LL2? I've had the LL2.1 in-house for several months and tried it with a variety of NOS 6DJ8 family tubes. Along with the expected gain in 'air', timbre, etc., these older tubes (Valvo 7308s, Amperex Orange Globes, Telefunkens) deliver real improvement ... | |
| Magico Mini II vs. Magico V2 comparison For crying out loud, can we please talk about Magico speakers instead of one another? Milimetr - I'm surprised to learn the Jadis has enough power.How important is damping factor for an amp to find happiness with the V2, V3, Mini II ? Seems most o... | |
| Looking For Neutral Tube Amp Recommendation Without knowing more than your speaker specs I'll concur with the Atmas or used Lamm ML 2.1s. The Atma-Sphere MA-1s are neither inherently warm nor cool, they are very quick with extended highs and taut bass and music through them has a clarity of... | |
| XLR or SE cable? Here's a similar take from a SoundStage review for the CD3's successor, the CD5:"Via balanced connection to the Atma-Sphere MP-1 Mk III, the CD5 played with slightly less noise in my all-balanced system. Id previously done a similar comparison be... | |
| Wilson Sasha vs. Magico V3 I for one would like to read about the comparison in the original poster's question. Has anyone compared the Sasha vs. Magico V3? What amps were in use? | |
| The Best Phono cable I use an RCA terminated SilverBreeze with an ARC PH7 and an XLR terminated SilverBreeze with an Atma-Sphere MP-1. Tonearm is SME V, cart is Transfiguration Orpheus. I can't say if the SilverBreeze is 'the best', but it certainly is well made, quie... | |
| Want to buy Ayre C-5xeMP but... I'd say this is the time to be buying CDs. Like turntables and tonearms after the CD proclaimed 'the death of vinyl', the CD player will only improve. And today, the C-5xeMP is a excellent choice. http://www.soundstage.com/equipment/arc_cd5.htm | |
| audio research ph7 & Cartridge I chose theTransfiguration Orpheus with my PH7. http://www.profundo.us/transfiguration/orpheus/orpheus.htm Tim | |
| Who has heard the new ARC ref 2 phono? The 6H30 is not as warm as, say, a NOS member of the 6DJ8 family. Or put differently, the 6H30 tends toward neutrality. Those preferring extra helpings of second order harmonic distortion may tend to back away from the 6H30. CJ used it in their A... | |
| Phono PreAmp with less than a 12" x 15" footprint Zyx Artisan Phono Stage, 6"W x 2 1/2"H x 7 1/2"D - excellent phono stage. | |
| Esoteric C-03 Break In Time The greatest change I heard in the C-03 occured early on and it easily needed two weeks just to settle down from travel. I think Bill has it about right - from my time with it, the C-03 did indeed 'smooth out' after a couple hundred hours of play... | |
| Medical Isolation Platforms Sdlevene - could you speak to reasons for choosing the particular Minus-k model that you did, versus, say, the BM-6 or BM-10? Thanks in advance. | |
| SACD sounds worse or CD sounds better or ....? Without discussing specific players I don't think you can talk about Redbook or SACD formats sounding better or worse. Playing the same dual-layer SACD on the Ayre C-5xe (DSD) and ARC CD-5 (PCM) I found those two players were near sonic twins. Wr... | |
| SET vs OTL When driven from a balanced source, I thought the dual differential Atma-Sphere circuit required no phase splitter? | |
| Mint Tractor System improvements of all kinds (including the Mint) consistently make most "bad" records sound better.I couldn't agree more. You'll know you're on your way when Phillips LPs (v. few of which are 'bad') come to life with the venue context of back... |