kalan
Responses from kalan
| First Sound compared to Supratek, VAC, or Audio No It does not surprise me that someone would greatly prefer a Supratek over a First Sound in a given system.I don't believe all pre-amps mate electrically with all power amps in a way that actually allows the two parts of the signal chain to perform... | |
| First Sound compared to Supratek, VAC, or Audio No I auditioned both the First Sound Presence Deluxe MkII and the next First Sound model up: the P Dlxe 4.0 MKII (two beefier power supplies). Since a couple of folks asked about what the upgrade path is like within the FS line, I will say that I bou... | |
| entry level Discovery or Audience products..... If the top model Discovery and Audience cables are any indication of their entry level cables, then I would go with Audience.I lived with a system's worth of Discovery Essence (a few IC's) and an 8-ft run of the Essential speaker wire for about 4 ... | |
| Talon speakers and Spectron amps? The Atma-Sphere MA-1's are fabulous amps, but I believe they really do need to "see" higher impedances than the 4 or 6 nominal Ohms that Talon speakers present. I lived with MA-1's (not the current Silver Edition version) for about 2 weeks. They m... | |
| Whats wrong with short cables? The assumption that cable manufacturers promote longer speaker wire lengths to increase sales is an easy one to make. If you use short speaker wire, you need long interconnects. Right? Has anyone researched the total cost difference between long I... | |
| Whats wrong with short cables? Redkiwi: What is a "link" in this context? | |
| Whats wrong with short cables? OK, has anyone tried using wire coat hangers for speaker wire like the "morrison link" suggested (that 'pragmatist' mentioned above)?Part of Rule 3 in Morrison:"Just snuggle one monaural amplifier up behind each speaker. You can use a foot of any ... | |
| You never know what today will bring Oddly enough, even Discovery Essence RCA interconnects seem to have a lower SNR (than other RCA interconnects) because I also tend to turn DOWN the volume knob a couple of notches when I use Essence RCA IC's between my CDP and pre-amp. This is com... | |
| Review: V P I Industries TNT-3 Turntable Surfgod, Thank you for your contribution. You describe much of the same music/sonic qualities that I heard with my TNT when I first got it set up. You aptly hit the crux of the VPI TNT advantage: fine sound AND great musicality. I am itching to tr... | |
| Am I the only one who thinks B&W is mid-fi? Joeb, Live music is a great reference, but it pretty much works best if that live music is un-amplified. You've undoubtedly heard the cliché: 'Live, acoustic instruments in a real space,' (paraphrased). There is a reason why live, un-amplified mus... | |
| State of the art remote pre amp? Reality? I have heard the cj 16LS in my system. I bought a First Sound Presence Deluxe 4.0 (double power supplies) a couple of months later. The cj has all the remote control functions one could want. The FS is manually operated. I still own and love the F... | |
| What to phase plugs do, and how do they function? Thank you, Gs556, for your informative response. | |
| Soliloquy 6.5 vs. Coincident Super Eclipse same $ Tetralla's speculation that the version of Super E's you have a line on is probably correct: version II or something close to that. A user and Israel Blume have told me that the III really does improve upon the strengths of both the I and II versi... | |
| Coincident Total Eclipse vs. Talon Khorus I am familiar with the Coincident Super Eclipse and a couple of Talon models. I currently run Coincident Super Eclipses (orig's) and have spent time with Talon Firebirds, Khites, and Ravens.If the Super Eclipses are any indication about the rest o... | |
| Coincident vs Silverline vs Ref 3a I own the Coincident Super Eclipse (original version) and have heard the Ref 3A DeCappos at length (orig and "i" versions) in a couple of set-ups. John_l described the DeCappo sound pretty well. If I had to pick one descriptor that stuck in my min... |