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| Anyone compared these 2 Preamps ? I have not heard the FSP but currently have the VK-30SE in my house on loan to me until my VK-50SE gets back from a friends. The BAT preamp is the best preamp I have heard. Whether you buy the 30SE or 50SE, I have not heard anything that can touch... | |
| Tubes in Audio Research Equipment: 6550 I find that the 6550 tubes, while having good dynamics and deep bass, are very thin and cold sounding. Improvements are the cousins to these tubes - KT88, KT90, KT91, etc. While a bit of power is sacrificed, they tend to be more musical. The only ... | |
| Omega Amp Opinions? I have heard them all and personally like the Classe equipment more. Either the Omega or the Omicron have my recommendation. | |
| looking for an amp ??? I have had Levinson, Pass Labs, Viva, ARC, etc., and now have the BAT VK150SE monoblocks. They are by far the best amps I have ever heard. Obviously speaker matching is very important and unfortunatley I cannot tell you how the BAT will match up w... | |
| looking for an amp ??? I have had Levinson, Pass Labs, Viva, ARC, etc., and now have the BAT VK150SE monoblocks. They are by far the best amps I have ever heard. Obviously speaker matching is very important and unfortunatley I cannot tell you how the BAT will match up w... | |
| Spectral Phono Section vs. External one! Shawn - The Spectral gear is very detailed and slightly on the cool side. I think matching it with a tube phono stage and or line stage would warm it up nicely. The PH3 is nice but the PH3SE is the way to go if you choose ARC. I do not like the SF... | |
| New Speakers The Watt Puppy 6s would be my suggestion. They are incredible in terms of imaging and detail. They are wonderfully musical and incredibly fast and accurate. They are also quite reasonably sized. The only other contender on your list would be the S... | |
| Kudos for dealer I will back John_I on the Portland scene. Craig at Art of Audio is my favorite out of the new equipment dealers, while Jim and Kurt at Echo Audio are incredible with the used gear. Avoid Gary at The Audio Gallery like the plague! He is the biggest... | |
| Sonus GP VS Vienna Mozart I am on the other end.... I have not heard the Viennas but have heard the Grand Piano's. They were very impressive. I do not think I have ever heard a speaker in that price range that had as big a soundstage as well as the incredible musicality we... | |
| A/R Ref 2 Mk II any comments? Arcmania: I am very impressed with your assessment. However, I am assuming you have not heard it. Am I correct? I personally think that ARC is playing catch-up with Balanced Audio Technology. I am very frustrated with ARCs policy to continuosly pu... | |
| Sony SCD777-ES Custom output setting Call your amp manufacturer, but I have yet to hear of anyone having problems using the Custom bandwidth setting. | |
| The best CD Player for the money Without a doubt any of the Sony SACD players. You get a terrific CDPlayer as well as SACD. | |
| Sonic Frontiers Preamps - Cold & thin? I had a SF2 & SF3 in my system for a few weeks and did not like either of them. I found them dead sounding. If that is what the reviewers mean by "cold and thin", I agree fully with their assessment. I personally like the BAT VK50SE and the AR... | |
| Sonic frontiers Line 3? vs. BAT? My recommendation is to stick with the BAT. Upgrade to the VK50SE when you can and avoid the SF Line 3. I did not like it at all in my system. I found it lifeless. The BAT equipment is as good as anything I have heard. I listened to so many preamp... | |
| Help learn diff.between SS and Tube I have owned many solid state amps and have heard most of the others named here. I have yet to find a SS amp that can match the sound of "live" music as well as a tube amp. If you can be satisfied with solid state, go for it. But if you are strivi... |