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| Your jaw dropping cables I have the same high opinion of the Masterbuilt cables, interconnects, and powercords as Thankful. To me, the powercords were the most surprising. Well worth trying before you make the leap and a they have a 90 day return/refund guarantee. | |
| $18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please An essential feature for me in a linestage is well implemented support of balanced inputs and outputs. By "well implemented" I'm looking for low output impedance and, if possible, galvanic isolation of the outputs such as via transformer coupled o... | |
| suggestions please I heard the Von Schweikert VR22 at RMAF this year and ended up purchasing a pair as a graduation gift. These are overachievers, competitive well beyond their $2850 a pair price (factory direct including shipping) with a 90 day in home trial. | |
| Opposite of Thiel At your price target, I'd suggest checking out the Von Schweikert VR33 which lists at $4500 a pair. The fully tricked-out version is the VR35.Alternatively, I heard the VR22 at RMAF this year and ended up purchasing a pair as a graduation gift. Th... | |
| Von Schweikert VR-6 or Wilson Audio Watt/Puppies 5 Regarding service for the VR6's, give Albert a call. I'm sure they'll be happy to maintain these speakers.As for power, I'm driving them with a pair of modified Kronzilla DM monoblocks. These use the T-1610 tubes biased conservatively to produce 4... | |
| Von Schweikert VR-6 or Wilson Audio Watt/Puppies 5 I sold my VR5-Anniversaries several months ago to make way for new speakers. I moved my VR-6 speakers from my bedroom system into my main system for the interim. I'm amazed how good they sound with great detail, top end speed & openness, and r... | |
| Anyone else tried these speaker cables? Hi Thankful,As you know, I have the Masterbuild Signature speaker cables, interconnects, and powercords. If you haven't tried the signature powercord, especially on the amp, "you ain't heard nothin yet". I hope you'll be able to compare the Standa... | |
| Does biamping w/ SS + tubes work? I've been biamping my Von Schweikert speakers using a pair of Double Kronzillas on the top and monoblock Spectron Musician III Mk2 amps on the bottom. The Spectrons provide a very high damping factor on the bass drivers and the Kronzillas do their... | |
| VAC Sig Ren MK2a Headscratcher attenuator info... again I've tried submitting this post several times, but here's a 6-Moons article with links to various attenuator sources.http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/passive2/1.html | |
| Your jaw dropping cables Masterbuilt Signature power cordsI had previously installed the Masterbuilt speaker cords and interconnects to good effect. I then tried installing the MB powercords on my Spectron monoblocks in place of Shunyata Python CX powercords. As soon a I ... | |
| VAC Renaissance Pre-amp owners - Help Reversing fuse-- reversing phase?I don't see why reversing the direction of the fuse would reverse the absolute phase of the signal. Not to say that absolute phase doesn't matter. Since there's no standard in the industry, let alone that a standar... | |
| VAC Sig Ren MK2a Headscratcher Mixing different amps for biampingDev, sure the Spectrons and Krons are very different amps. So are the woofers and midrange drivers in the VR5-Annis. I don't understand why that matters. The Spectrons have tremendous control over the magnesium wo... | |
| VAC Sig Ren MK2a Headscratcher I had been using Spectron monoblocks full range for a couple of years. When I had an opportunity to get the Double Kronzillas (two output transformers on each monoblock), I couldn't resist. The Krons do some amazing things, but the Spectrons shine... | |
| VAC Sig Ren MK2a Headscratcher I'm running a similar biamp setup with VR5-Annis. Double Kronzillas on the top and monoblock Spectron Musician III Mk2s on the bottom. Very tight, fast, articulated bass and the Kronzillas doing their thing on the top. A friend is installing a VAC... | |
| Speaker suggestions at around $30k VR5-Anniversary-MkII speakers.These list for $30k. I've had a pair for almost three years. They match up well with all the criteria you list. They have very extended highs and uncolored midrange. The bass is deep and very fast via magnesium woofer... |