kiwi_1282001
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| Sanders ESL Power Amp & Mono blocks Hi Cmk,I was particularly interested to read about your selection of the Sanders ESL PA - mostly because this product is a natural consideration for audiophiles with difficult speaker loads. Unless you've changed your main speakers recently, your ... | |
| Sanders ESL Power Amp & Mono blocks Hi Tpsonic,Roger strongly prefers SS to tubes and suggests that his own SS pre is a good partner. His view on the SS vs. tube debate is interesting because he has actually designed both. His view is that valves DO sound better than transistors, bu... | |
| Cary 306 SACD Professional Hi Schwinnindia,A couple of questions on the 306. Others with experience are welcome to chime in to!You feel it sounds best at 192KHz sampling. What is different about the sound at this level vs. say 44.1KHz or 768kHz sampling?Have you tried both ... | |
| Cary SLP 05 & Isoclean Fuses- Amazing 06-26-08: Keithrhow are fuses directional. i mean, let's think about this folks. The have to be oriented according to which hemisphere you live. :-) | |
| Top 5 sounding cd player in the 1000-2000$ range With all your tube kit, you would benefit from a high resolution and neutral source which has good bass control and great dynamic snap. One possible answer is the Cambridge Audio 840C. | |
| Esoteric P5/D5 Opinions please *** Kiwi,WOuld you say that the X0-3se might represent a better value than the P5/D5 if the clock generator is not added to the combos ? Questions based around 'value' are always tricky to respond to as value is a very individual thing.Speaking f... | |
| Esoteric CD player to buy, please help That is correct, the X-05 ups the ante on the SA60 by being a true differential design with a superior transport. Still, the SA60 sounds good on PCM to DSD conversion and thats a trick the X-05 can't do. Neither of course can the X-05 play multi-c... | |
| Esoteric P5/D5 Opinions please 02-22-08: Bar81Am I reading that right, the P-05/D-05 is the second coming?!? No, its not the second coming. The P-05/D-05 desparately needs the help of the G-03x master clock generator to really sing. Without this, a number of integrateds eclips... | |
| Esoteric CD player to buy, please help If you can stretch for an X-03 do it! Its quite a step up from the X-05 in all areas. The X-05 for me was a disappointment. Not a significant step up from the SA-60; the later actually being better in some respects because of its alround abilities... | |
| Cambridge 740c or Rega Apollo with Linn and Sonus So whats new Wireless200? Every product has a life cycle - right? The Cambridge stuff has been "flavor of the season" for the past six seasons. Not bad for a entry level product - but clearly won't last forever. | |
| Musical Fidelity A5 CDP 05-14-08: BrianmgrarcomI believe I am a bit in the minority as many people really like this CDP, but I never liked it; I replaced it with a Meridian G08. Well, you are not alone. I never really warmed to this player either. Somethings not quite r... | |
| Cambridge 740c or Rega Apollo with Linn and Sonus 05-13-08: Pat70Kiwi - What exactly does Hi Fi News say about the Cambridge 840C compared to the Creek and Naim, and what were these last two company's products?I am looking to upgrade from the Apollo, and was maybe considering the 840C, Creek Des... | |
| Cambridge 740c or Rega Apollo with Linn and Sonus Yes at least Hi Fi News is consistant. It just gave the 840C the gong for trumping products from Cairn, Roksan, Naim and Creek. | |
| Wadia 581SE, DCS Puccini or something else??? I was looking to replace an Esoteric source and tried the new dCS Puccini with Boulder amplification. The Puccini is new, hideously expensive, British and not particularly accessible for auditions - so i'm not surprised that not a lot has been wri... | |
| Cambridge 740c or Rega Apollo with Linn and Sonus Where the Cambridge clearly betters the Apollo is in the areas of resolution and neutrality. As noted above the 840C takes that up a further notch still. HiFi News recently commented that the Analog Devices high end AD 1955 DAC's employed in the 8... |