kweisner0800
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| Any Amps with Volume control?? Acurus makes a unit called a DIA 150 (DIA = Direct Input Amplifier). This is a 150 wpc unit. You can get information at their site (http://www.mondialdesigns.com). I haven't heard this particular unit, but Acurus is a sister company to Aragon (bot... | |
| speaker effiency Okay, I wan't to pose an honest (as opposed to rhetorical or provocative question) regarding efficiency vs. sensitivity. When comparing two speakers driven by the exact same amplifier, would the more efficient speaker (as cogently defined by Spkrp... | |
| Help me find a smooth solid-state amp? I am personally very happy with the BAT VK200 SS amp. The VK200 doesn't get a lot of attention because it lives 'in the shadow' of the tube gear in the BAT line (I also have a VK3i preamp). Nevertheless, it is a solid performer that to my ears del... | |
| Best Turntable at $1,500? Please Advise. Well, since you're now talking new preamps, if you were willing to stretch your budget, check out the BAT VK-3i which can be had with an internal phono stage. I have one and am beyond happy with it. Gets you tubes, true balanced design, phono and ... | |
| Best reviewers Wow, did this get weird--I don't even know where to begin, so I'll go back to the beginning. Have always like Robert Harley because he is concise and logical, have come to like Michael Fremer, because he is right (mostly) about the virtues of viny... | |
| what's the most vital cable in a system? My understanding is that the lower the voltage a cable carries (line level) the more prone it is to EMF/RFI. This seems logical because microvolts can be more easily disturbed than 'macrovolts', so it follows that good interconnects are 'more impo... | |
| Speaker life expectancy My guess is that while there may be some degradation of the cone materials and surrounds over time, there is no life time limit on the functionality of speakers, especially Vandersteens. They've always been built on the premise that a good design ... | |
| Speaker life expectancy My guess is that while there may be some degradation of the cone materials and surrounds over time, there is no life time limit on the functionality of speakers, especially Vandersteens. They've always been built on the premise that a good design ... | |
| Center Channel - Help be choose I agree with Perectimage, and at the risk of restating the obvious, err on the side of better for your center channel. My personal experience is that so much of the home theater information is delivered by this single speaker, that this is really ... | |
| BAT or Sonic Frontiers w/ Martin Logans? I am using a BAT VK3i with Magneplanar 1.6QRs, so while I can't address your specific match, I can tell you that this is a very neutral preamp. I don't notice any particular character, other than the fact that music from my system just seems to wa... |