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| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Certainly, decent power cords are must-have items in a system of this caliber. However, I would not go crazy with big buck spending on power cords for tube amplification--most tube gear seem to be not as sensitive to power cord changes as are soli... | |
| VPI, Graham, Koetsu advice please I would expect the Koetsu, itself, to be more lush and veiled than the Lyra. They are completely different sounding cartridges. For certain systems and tastes, one or the other will sound better. You really cannot have it all in a cartridge--a car... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... My Audionote Kageki came with the brown-base RCA 6sn7s. This is a warm, lush sounding tube. I tried numerous other types, and I ended up liking the Tungsol roundplates (and copies thereof, like French Neotrons). I really did not like the metal-bas... | |
| JBL Project K2 S9900 Speakers Anyone Know ??? Wow, talk about straying off the ranch. The K2s are a very different breed of speakers--more dynamic and vivid sounding than most modern high-end speakers. You really need to hear them for yourself. There are some listeners who will be shocked, an... | |
| 2-Way Advice: Magico S1,YG Carmal,Diablo Utopia Raidho has three basic ranges of speakers--the top line is the D series, the mid-line C series, and a new X series. I have heard two of the X series speakers at a dealer--one is a very tiny 2-way that sells for somewhere in the $7,500 range and a ... | |
| 2-Way Advice: Magico S1,YG Carmal,Diablo Utopia I have heard the Carmel and S-1, but, none of the rest in your list. I preferred the Carmel to the Magico--better fleshed out harmonics of instruments and not quite as brittle sounding. In the same sort of camp, as far as tonal qualities, I like R... | |
| Evaluation of the Coincident Statement Phono Stage I have gotten very good results with the two cartridges (Lyra Titan and Transfiguration Orpheus L) I use with my phonostage with a built-in SUT and matching has been no problem because it is quite insensitive to loading changes and no additional l... | |
| Evaluation of the Coincident Statement Phono Stage The crazy expensive Audionote M-10 phonostage is a MM stage that is intended to be used with, presumably, their own external step up transformers (also crazy expensive). I have heard this setup in a nice sounding system, but, I have never had it a... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? I have found, generally speaking, that changing the small signal tubes in an amp have a bigger impact on the sound than changing output tubes. This is good news because most of these tubes are cheaper than the output tubes. Although my Audionote K... | |
| What is the future for Proac Speakers ? What matters the most is how they sound to you; if you like any particular current model, it really doesn't matter that much what is in their future. I like their current lineup; their stand-mounted speakers are certainly competitive with other mo... | |
| What is the future for Proac Speakers ? It appears that proac-usa is the importer/distributor of the speakers, not a dealer, and it speaks to stability if this company has been the distributor for 30 years. In my area (Northern Va./Washington DC), Deja-Vu Audio is the local dealer. They... | |
| Is Louder always Better? Hi Al,I actually have the Romeo and Juliet recording on the direct to disc LP and I have the Telarc Firebird, also on LP. The dynamic range of those recordings is quite staggering. The classical recording with the wideest dynamic range that I have... | |
| Is Louder always Better? Al,I listen to a lot of classical music too. While I agree that it is nice to have the ability to play large orchestral pieces at realistic volume levels, practically speaking, it is not something that can be done because recordings simply do not ... | |
| Is Louder always Better? Now that I think about it, Rhyno is probably referring to headroom--how loud a system can get beyond normal listening level before distortion, in all of its forms, becomes too obtrusive. It IS important that the amps not distort or clip before rea... | |
| Is Louder always Better? I find the use of the term S/N ratio and "noise" confusing here. Is noise a catchall for harmonic and intermodulation distortion, phase anomalies, frequency response variation, and signal/sound that is uncorrelated with the musical content (what I... |