keithr
Responses from keithr
| Zu Omen Defs and Ice Amps? I just had a Onkyo 9555 on a pair of Definitions while i waited for a new preamp.Bad move. Class D and Zus are a TERRIBLE match.Tube or Mac--that would be my decision. | |
| WOW; great stuff at THE Show, Newport this weekend Elviukai- it had nothing to do with the demographic you offended---the Focals just sucked. 300k of cold, lifeless sound. | |
| WOW; great stuff at THE Show, Newport this weekend I thought the TAD monitors were extremely coherent, but just too much SS in the system to my taste (my complaint in many rooms to be honest---big buck SS was def on display at this show).My favorites were Lotus, Reference 3A, and Evolution Audio a... | |
| Any high WAF speaker with ATC sound? just an FYI- Barefoot MM27s have little WAF. they are cool looking in the front---but the sides are all covered in professional grade plastic. they aren't great looking. they are quite good sounding. | |
| Tenor 75 Wi OTL I've always been impressed with Tenor amps in friends systems back in the day---if my speaker would work well with them (Zu Def2), they would definitely be a consideration.Look forward to hearing more thoughts on the sound with the Presences Glory. | |
| Shindo Cortese - First Impressions Plinko- how was the Montrachet? | |
| Shindo Cortese - First Impressions Thanks Alberto. I borrowed a Montille from Matt and it was a fun amp, but always have wanted to hear a Cortese. Your review is helpful! | |
| Shindo Cortese - First Impressions I really don't understand this:"My entire system (including cables) and room treatment, had been chosen and designed to deal with harsh or excessive treble from lesser recordings." which you say are 30% of your listening.so you are trying to solve... | |
| Best Integrated amp for Wilson Audio Sasha Raquel- Interesting Dart doesn't post links to those reviews on it's own website. I wonder if that is due to JA's less than enthusiastic measurements. Dob- I don't know what you are saying, but the speaker is not particularly easy to drive. Please... | |
| Best Integrated amp for Wilson Audio Sasha JTinn- I looked on the Dart website and there are no specs or mainstream reviews, so I will defer to you. Raquel- Sashas efficiency is misleading. They spend most of there time below 4 ohms with some tough phase angles---this isn't a 90db flat 8oh... | |
| Best Integrated amp for Wilson Audio Sasha I don't know about the integrated---just going back from memory on the stereo amp, in which multiple reviews said lower impedances weren't its thing (I believe Mike Lavigne told me that as well a long time ago). That would lead me to hesitate on s... | |
| Best Integrated amp for Wilson Audio Sasha for Sasha? I don't think Sashas will run correctly on a Dart or integrated in general.You need Sophias if you want to use an integrated. The Sasha is difficult to drive correctly. | |
| Preamp suggestions If you want to warm up your system, better move would be to go buy McIntosh amps which are natural fit for B&Ws. | |
| Tubes for Shindo Aurieges L The whole point of Shindo is you don't have to tube roll. Ken uses vintage parts and NOS tubes throughout. You are looking at the preamp the wrong way---if you really want to roll, switch to a Cary SLP98 or something. | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? I'll add on to the folks that the VAC Standard isn't a terribly great preamp. It seemed cloudy to me and not very tube like. Renaissance is clearly different.Kevin's pricing has gotten up there imo as well. Everything he releases now is 10k+ |