karl_desch
Responses from karl_desch
| Vandersteen updates and amplifiers Just an update. I decided I liked best what I heard at Ultra Fidelis. I ordered the Vandersteen M5-HPA and William Tell Zero/Bass cables. Very excited to see what the change does for my system. Thanks to both Jon Spelt, @audioconnection and all o... | |
| Vandersteen updates and amplifiers @pilrem. Thanks for the endorsement of Jon too! | |
| Vandersteen updates and amplifiers I’m sure it makes a difference. Right now I’m at “sounds great” but want to get to “sounds amazing” like I heard at Ultra Fidelis with both the Quatro and the Kënto. | |
| Vandersteen updates and amplifiers I have heard great things from both John R and Jon S about the William Tell and Robin Hood speaker cables. Seems like a big leap forward for Audioquest. I currently use Kimber 12TC shotgun Biwire which neither of the Jons likes! Something about ... | |
| Vandersteen updates and amplifiers @gdnrbob. Preamp! Oh no! I got to keep this search to amps and speakers. I would love to hear the Atma MA-1, the Ayre MX-R and the Aesthetix Atlas. All Amps with “A”s. Just not sure how I make that happen in Ann Arbor. | |
| Vandersteen updates and amplifiers I had the pleasure of being able to spend more time with Jon at Ultra Fidelis this week. This time the Kënto's were setup with the same electronics as my last session with the Quatro CT. The speakers were in similar but not identical positions as... | |
| Vandersteen updates and amplifiers Thanks @stringreen. @stringreen. I ended up screwing the Isoacoustic footers into the feet of my equipment racks. I think getting the Quatros back near the side walls reduced the effect of the footers. I just have the speakers on little Herbies ... | |
| Vandersteen updates and amplifiers I think I need to go back to Ultra Fidelis and listen to the Kënto - M5 HPA. | |
| Vandersteen updates and amplifiers Had a great 3 hours at Ultra Fidelis today. My first time in the shop even though I grew up in Milwaukee. I listened to the Quatro CTs fed with the M5 HPA. Preamp was ARC Ref 6SE and digital was Qobuz streaming but I don’t recal the DAC. Cables... | |
| Vandersteen updates and amplifiers @audioquest4life Thanks for that perspective. Congrats on your impending 1.5s. You must have a nice big listening room. In my living room, I think I could shoehorn a T3 and remain married. John suggested that the T3 was similar in its sound jus... | |
| Vandersteen updates and amplifiers I had a great time listening to the T1.5s driven by Atma-sphere Novacrons a couple nights ago at Classic Audio Loudspeakers. Man those things are huge! The sound was just totally effortless at all frequencies. Never listened to a stereo that get... | |
| Vandersteen updates and amplifiers @joey54. Thanks, I saw that they do this for a charge, but I'm also assuming that this is a transformer coupled converter, not balanced circuitry throughout. What did you move to in the Aesthetix line and what did that change do for you soundwise? | |
| Vandersteen updates and amplifiers Just an update. I hooked up a pristine old Marantz 8 (not 8b) and swapped out the Pass XA 30.5. I had to do some XLR to RCA conversions in order to use the amp with my current M5-HP crossover. I used the multimeter measurements to get the approp... | |
| Vandersteen updates and amplifiers I’ll let other Vandersteen users chime here as well. Upper level Vandersteen’s have powered subwoofer sections and roll off bass below 100 Hz before the power amp. This combined with a nominal impedance of 8 and no nasty phase angles makes them r... | |
| Vandersteen updates and amplifiers @audioconnection Ive got the Vandertones and will measure things out. Thanks for the advice on Marantz 8.@gdnrbob. I have always wanted to hear Atma-spheres. I am planning a trip up to Brightonto listen to some Classic Audio Loudspeakers. Should ... |