khrys
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| YG Acoustics add in Stereophile Osgorth, no offense taken here.Hey, at least you listened; which I suspect is the goal of the whole "World's Best" thing anyway. Got me, a long time Wilson aficionado to compare them in my home just to confirm the hubris. To my surprise, they actu... | |
| YG Acoustics add in Stereophile Henryhk, yes I do believe that YG speakers require a somewhat longer break in period that the average high end contender but it is not outrageous. They sound perfectly agreeable right "out of the box" but bloom progressively at least through 120 h... | |
| YG Acoustics add in Stereophile Tbg, I do agree with you. I love the Kipods but the Anat Reference II Studios are exceptional. Their American manufacture makes them a relative bargain but it was their performance that sold me.As you may surmise, they sound far better in a "home"... | |
| Opinions of the EMM DCC2 SE Thanks for your responses, all most helpful.Goatwuss, your question regarding "problems" with the sound of my Hovland is most salient. It is a great preamp falling sonically somewhere between a Jadis JP 80 MC and an ARC Ref 3. As French_fries has ... | |
| Transparent MM2 Mikelavigne, I have not spoken directly with my Transparent dealer about giving me a large break on any price consideration because my reputation and obvious full price first buy purchase capability with a new vendor should have established me as ... | |
| Transparent MM2 Mikelavigne, that your Opus and Valhalla cables have not suffered embarrassingly relevant depreciation at resale is certainly a testimony to their inherent value but gives me scant reassurance that I will be so lucky now that my XLMM1s are "obsole... | |
| Transparent MM2 Mikelavigne, your well considered response makes TA's upgrade program seem more compelling, especially if I can actually sell my XLMM cables for anything approximating a profit and not the free-falling price bloodbath that usually accompanies a pr... | |
| Transparent MM2 Mikelavigne, I much admire your system and taste. But when was the last time you made a purchase at your level without comparing it with your current reference concomitantly in real time in your own system?Will you be relying on auditory memory to... | |
| Transparent MM2 The new cables are the Kimber Select hybrid silver/copper models: specifically KS 3035 SC, KS 1021, KS 1121 and KS 1030 (ok one all Ag) ICs in various configurations, all terminated with the latest WBT spades or XLR.The all copper or all silver ve... | |
| Transparent MM2 Well I finally was able to compare my TA XLMM ICs and SC with the new updated MM2 versions and boy was it ever worth the wait: -the new MM2 version is superior to the old MM version in every way: -I cannot imagine anyone preferring the old MM soun... | |
| YG Acoustics add in Stereophile Kusina and Kevinm, it is most definitely possible to overdrive the midrange unit of the Kipods but it is highly improbable that it would ever occur in any listening session unless you were trying.YG knows this and offers an optional outboard high ... | |
| YG Acoustics add in Stereophile Atmasphere, as an owner of these speakers I think your analysis of the design path of the crossover is probably correct. And I have heard the midrange driver bottom out as you did. But it only occurred once when my former Wilson dealer was testing... | |
| YG Acoustics add in Stereophile Bflowers I was taken with the Kipod's combination of extended but linear frequency response and holographically precise imaging. Email me and I'd be happy to discuss it further.Paulfolbrecht, I appreciate your purchasing principles.So why even bot... | |
| YG Acoustics add in Stereophile I also heard that it was the Alexandria X2. I believe the mbl 101E was also involved. Do not know for sure.However they measure, they are great speakers.I ended up trading my W/P8s for the YG Kipods. | |
| Review: Transparent Audio MM2 tech on Ultra IC Interconnect Articulate, informative and entertaining review.Your love and knowledge of music first is obvious and it makes your opinion of these cables much more relevant to me.You describe how these cables render music, not just how they sound.I have been tr... |