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| Now that there is a CJ ART II Abe: I spent a bit of time auditioning both the Premier 14 and the 16LS just before the 17LS was introduced. Relatively, there is nothing comparable about the 14 and 16 – in every capacity the 16LS is superior. However, I wasn’t prepared for the h... | |
| CJ Premier 11a vs. Audio Research VT50/VT100MKII ? This is a rather apples vs. oranges comparison. The CJ and ARC sound are different as one can get, and to appreciate one over the other will certainly mean that some part of you likes one type of "family" sound over the other. Both are excellent a... | |
| Now that there is a CJ ART II Nex_wave: Sonically, the 16LS and 17LS are very similar (that is, they both have the classic CJ family sound). The most distinguishing characteristic is the dimension of the soundstage, which is very different between the two. I own a 17LS and aud... | |
| "DAC DUMB" needs info. David99: I have a GCD-700 and had the opposite problem a year or so ago where the fixed outputs would intermittently shorted out. I wasn't entirely thrilled with the overall sound of the 700 anyway (I've had it for 5 years - time for a change), so... | |
| SACD : why ? If this discussion were about the differences between two CD players, we'd all join our preferred camps and cheer for the unit we thought sounded best. While the SACD format can theoretically provide for a higher resolution output, we are still ta... | |
| Tube or SS DAC/Player with Tube Preamp? I'm on my third set of NOS tubes for my DAC, and the sound is dramatically different with each set. In many ways, this might be the best feature of a tube DAC, but it does mean that you commit to spending a bit of time (and money) fiddling with it... | |
| Biwiring There are lots of posts on this topic, and from what I gather most folks believe that biwiring provides some benefit over a single wire. However, in my limited experience with bi-wiring a pair of ProAc's using MIT T-2 cable, I was rather unhappy w... | |
| Tube pre sspwramp vs sspre tubepwr sc53: The couple of times I've heard the 100.2, I thought it sounded excellent, and seemed to have the same ARC family sound as the VT-100. Unfortunately, I've never A/B'ed the two so its hard to compare, but empirically speaking, the 100.2 is a v... | |
| Tube pre sspwramp vs sspre tubepwr Sc53: You're thinking of the VT100 mkII, which is a tube amp. As Garfish mentions, the 100.2 is its solid state counterpart. | |
| Tube pre sspwramp vs sspre tubepwr I think you'll find as many people in one camp as the other. My experience has been that the "realness" (for lack of a better word) I find characteristic of tube equipment seems to come more from the amps than from anything further up the chain. H... | |
| Hate to ask...... Inscrutable: Of course. What was I thinking (or not thinking). | |
| Hate to ask...... I somewhat agree with cornfed's comments about the distraction caused by the center channel speaker. However, while I don't have HT in my home (yet), the salient feature for me has always the presence of the rear channels, and not the addition of ... | |
| Digital Support I think you may be right about the limitations of analog media being somewhat more pronounced than digital. From my understanding however, and from what I've been able to hear, the real differences lie more in the extraction and reproduction of th... | |
| Digital Support Umm...it sounds like there are personal issues here that go a bit beyond the discussion of analog vs. digital audio. I might suggest that a private conversation about this may be in order.Gregm: My understanding of the encoding technology for CD's... | |
| SonusFaber GP? Other recomendations? Tom: I'm sorry that you had to travel so far to listen to the ProAc's. In my area there are several dealers, so it was convenient for me to give them a few auditions before I made my choice. This is probably a matter of personal taste, and the tra... |