kmelancon
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| Power cables for ARC Reference 75 ARC uses Sain Line Systems cables in their listening room, and some of the head honchos of ARC have purchased sls cables for there home systems. I have my whole system wired with Sain Line Systems and love them, the best I have heard. | |
| Revel F52 setup comments Rogue tube amps pair really well with F52s. They add the midrange magic and tube involvement while maintaining tight bass. The impedance of the F52's works surprisingly well with them. | |
| Amps compared Get yourself a pair of Rogue M-150's or 180's. They sound amazing with the Revel 52s. | |
| Which tube monos? So many choices.Very intimidated I would add the Rogue monoblocks to your list. I've heard several different tube amps and I think they sound superb and are a great value in the hi fi world. I would suggest the Apollos if you can swing em. That's what I'm running. | |
| Primaluna and Rogue I've never heard the Prima Luna amps but make no mistake the Rogues are anything but bright. I think they do all of the things that a good tube amp does and not too much of the bad. I have heard them in comparison to several other different tube a... | |
| Moving from CD Player to MAC Book Pro Music Server Sounds like a nice setup. I've been seriously thinking of making the switch to a music server as well. Thanks for sharing your setup. Please keep us posted with a few more suggestions and comparisons as your system settles in. | |
| wadia ipod dock-- anyone find faults? Hey Guys I returned the wadia Ipod dock so I can't do anymore comparisons. Although I do have a few final thoughts about it.In final all I'll say is with my system. Wav files sounded really good on there. Lossless didn't. So if your running wav fi... | |
| wadia ipod dock-- anyone find faults? Dave,I did record my lossless files with error correction. Have you tried the comparison between lossless and wav yourself? There are 3 of us here in Minneapolis that have all tried the same test and all of us came out with the same results. With ... | |
| wadia ipod dock-- anyone find faults? Brian, I was really hoping the Lossless format would live up to it's name "lossless". But it just didn't. I'm no expert but anytime you compress something I'd be surprised if you didn't lose something from that process. Your right about fitting m... | |
| wadia ipod dock-- anyone find faults? I gave it another try with Wav files instead of lossless and they were really close. I still preferred the redbook cd over the wav files but they were at least on the same playing field. The only problem with Wav files is that they are pretty big ... | |
| wadia ipod dock-- anyone find faults? Another audiophile friend of mine and I hooked up the Wadia ipod dock. I was running MP4s also called Apple lossless through my ipod.We had read in the new Absolute Sound that the sound was supposed to be just slightly better using lossless and th... | |
| Hi End rack really deliver? You bet you can hear the difference!I went with the Mapleshade solid 4inch thick maple racks. The difference was far from subtle. If I had to quantify my gains in percentage basis I would say somewhere between 10 to 20 percent better depending upo... | |
| Aesthetix IO vs. Manley Steelhead vs. The Groove I ran the Manley Steelhead for a few months and then Auditioned it against the Tom Evans Groove +. I was definitely into the Steelhead but once I hooked the Groove up I was amazed at how much better it sounded to me. I went from enjoying my listen... | |
| What are the treasures in your vinyl library? Willie Nelson : Stardust/ Classic records 200gPeter Gabriel : Passion/ Classic records 200gTom Waits : Mule Variations/ Regular pressingJack Johnson : In between dreams/ Regular pressingWhite Stripes : Elephant/ Regular pressingAll of these are no... | |
| Simply Vinyl...why the bum rap? I bought portishead's first album and it sounds great as does the reservoir dog soundtrack. I'm playing it through Krell Evolution components and a VPI HRX so I would definitely know if they were bad recordings. I have a handful more simpyl vinyl ... |