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| 16K to Spend. Help me make the end all Upgrade. Good advice from Sbank. It would be a pity to spend big bucks and not get good sound because of placement issues. Aside from size, the suggestion of the Vandersteen has the advantage of the speaker offering some flexibility as to bass response sho... | |
| Class D amp with Tube Preamp Combo? Hi Guidocorona,It was a massive, single chassis stereo amp. I think the model number was 302, but, I am not sure. The owner used it to power Kharma speakers, but sold it in favor of a Hovland amp after buying a pair of Sonus Faber Anniversarios. W... | |
| Class D amp with Tube Preamp Combo? Hi Guidocorona,It was one of the earlier Class D amps, though I don't recall the model number. I bet it was still low on the learning curve and subsequent models have been improved.I am hesitant to talk about "tube magic," because it means differe... | |
| Class D amp with Tube Preamp Combo? To a great extent, component compatibility is unpredictable, and the only way to really know is to actually try different combinations. However, as a general rule, I have found that the idea of mixing and matching so that the strengths and weaknes... | |
| Older Cd Players vs. new ones I don't know about mid-1990's vs. today, but, it is not necessarily the case that newer stuff beats older. First, the simple, and I suppose one could say primitive, technology of the Audionote and Zanden approach delivers fantastic results. I woul... | |
| 16K to Spend. Help me make the end all Upgrade. I heard the Classic Audio Reproduction T-3s powered by Atmasphere's OTL amps and the combination is fantastic. I know looks are in the eye of the beholder, but, it does not strike me as being high on the WAF scale, particularly give the size of th... | |
| 16K to Spend. Help me make the end all Upgrade. Does WAF include placement in the room of the speaker? Most speakers sound their very best well away from back walls and sides. Some are designed to be a bit more flexible in placement.I thought that one of the better sounding speakers that was no... | |
| Lyra Titan i on Basis Vector 4 experience? I have a Titan on a Vector 3, a friend has one on a Vector 4 and the combination works very well. I talked to someone in the know a few years back (I think it was A.J. Conti of Vector) and he said that the Titan transfers a tremendous amount of vi... | |
| Recommend a small tube amp for bedroom use? Look at the Italian brand Synthesis. Very compact and nice looking. Nice sounding too, though not cheap. Also, it is pushpull (I recall one model used EL84s). | |
| VPI TNT static problem, Why? I agree with Headsnappin. Dry brushing doesn't really do much to keep a record clean. Instead, it creates a static charge that causes dust to adhere even more to the record and cause static discharge problems. Go with a cheap wet/vacuum cleaning s... | |
| Does coloring the edges of CD's help the sonics? I never tried it, but, there have been several manufacturers who have designed their products for the same result (absorbing stray light from being reflected back onto the surface being read). I believe Esoteric coats the inside of its transport f... | |
| Best U.S.A. speakers? I almost forgot to mention Edgar Horns and Classic Audio Reproductions (American?) T-1 and Hartsfield knockoff. I've only heard these at shows, but, they sound pretty good under those trying conditions. | |
| New Listening Room Two issues here. One would be the floor reflecting the sound, thereby adding a signal that is slightly delayed relative to the direct sound from the speaker. This is generally bad, so a rug IN FRONT of the speaker would help with that issue.The ot... | |
| Best U.S.A. speakers? Identifying the Best American speakers is sort of like the Akroyd character in the Dragnet movie identifying the Yugo as "the cutting edge of Serbo-Croation technology." There just isn't that much out there.My entrants are:Soundlab U-1Revel Salon ... | |
| MC phono stage without transformer? As Atmasphere pointed out, there are certain inherent limitations of transformers. But, that is true of ANY means used to amply the signal of a low output MC cartridge. If an additional active stage is needed, that too, has its problems. Unlike a ... |