larryi
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| The best speaker you ever heard? Ctsooner,I heard the D40 and I agree that Proac does a very good job with a ribbon tweeter where other manufacturers haven't quite pulled it off. I suppose it is mostly a matter of voicing than any particular technology. I say this because Proac s... | |
| More Tubes = Better Sound "In theory," fewer tubes mean less concern with mismatched tubes, which means less muddled sound. A lot of purist won't even except two output tubes per channel in a parallel single-ended setup for this reason.But, in practice, there are quite a f... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? I agree with Charles and Grannyring, theory notwithstanding, I have found that I like the sound of active linestages in my system. Moreover, I like tube linestages even though they measure poorly compared to solid state, and I currently use and li... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? TBG,To me, the ideal review would be one that extensively describes the operational features of the product (particularly any operational quirks or inconveniences) and physical characteristics and largely dispenses with the flowery praise of the s... | |
| Do you put as much effort into your Car Audio? I do wonder about how difficult it is to integrate a non-OEM audio system into a modern vehicle given the complex electronics and displays. Also, many modern cars have been pretty extensively engineered from the early design stage with the audio s... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? There is nothing wrong with folks here nominating favorites as candidates for consideration as being at the top, but, as Charles1dad said, there is no reason for anyone to accept someone else's "this is best" declaration-at this or ANY level of pe... | |
| Do you put as much effort into your Car Audio? Not as much effor, but a LOT of effort nonetheless. That effort comes in the way of paying for a nice car with a nice OEM system. In making my purchasing decision, I put a lot of weight on how the system sounded and the noise level of the cabin wh... | |
| Lossless Files Vs CD's I have not done extensive AB comparisons to listen to the difference between CD and lossless files of the same source material, so, my own experience is limited and not of the apples-to-apples variety. But, I have at least heard implementations in... | |
| Channel Balance on Dynavector XV1-S Moryoga,I use the balance control to make pretty fine adjustments which I am sure involve a whole lot of different factors, including room acoustics affecting balance. Balance controls can also be used to compensate for channel imbalances of cartr... | |
| Channel Balance on Dynavector XV1-S Cartridges can have pretty large channel imbalances even when there is nothing grossly wrong. I understand that a difference of up to 2 db higher for one channel is not uncommon (one reason a balance control is a MUST have item, particularly for a... | |
| Recommend a recording that shows of soundstage With classical music (the bulk of my collection), I really don't have that many recommendations based on soundstaging (I don't really listen for that quality). However, a few recordings are memorable for those qualities, sucb as:Respighi: Church W... | |
| Tonearm Options for Basis 2800 Moryoga,There can be a number of reasons why Basis used someone else's cables at a show and not all of the reasons involve sonics. For example, exhibitors often team up to defray cost. I've been at shows where the horse trading and last minute arr... | |
| Tonearm Options for Basis 2800 I don't know if the vacuum clamp is retrofittable to any table, but, it is the other great option on Basis tables. The vacuum holds the record very firmly to the platter which dampens/drains vibrational energy from the stylus tracking the groove a... | |
| Tonearm Options for Basis 2800 I own Basis power cords and I have heard Basis loudspeaker cables and interconnects. For my system, the interconnects were good, but not as good a match as other interconnects--they are extremely detailed and dynamic sounding, but, again, in my sy... | |
| Which REL subs for ProAc One SCs? If you are concerned about overdriving the main speakers, you should go with a fully active crossover/subwoofer system that actually cuts off the main speakers below the crossover point. With such a setup, the best sound will most likely be with t... |