larryi
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| Preamp with near-reference quality built in phono? Probably no. But, there are some extremely good preamps that can be had with really good phono stages. The Audionote line of preamps come to mind first.I have a Levinson No. 32 linestage with a built-in phono stage. The phono stage has a very wide... | |
| anyone heard the new thor tpa 150 monos? I have no interest in "bashing" Thor products. The original poster asked if anyone head the Thor amps and I responded. The model I heard was a + $20k monoblock that I assumed was the 150. I have no doubt that the amp could sound good in certain sy... | |
| hi I'm italian I own a pair of speakers from an Italian company named Strumenti Acustici Precisione (S.A.P.). They have an ecclectic lineup of speakers. The speaker that I own is the J-2001 with the twin woofers. This model may no longer be in production (S.A.P.... | |
| van morrison's best sounding album? I would start first with "Moondance" and "Astral Weeks." | |
| anyone heard the new thor tpa 150 monos? I heard them at a dealer that had them in on a brief trial basis. They may have not been broken in and the set-up certainly wasn't optimized for the amp. The preamps used were either the Thor or an Audio Note M-8. Source was an Audio Note transpor... | |
| DLP rear projector recommendation please A lot of misinformation re Mitsubishi DLP sets. First, Mitsubishi came out with a DLP set before Samsung came out with their set. It used the quite inferior early generation HD1 chip (I know, because I own that set). Mitsubishi briefly got out of ... | |
| DLP vs Plasma/LCD All the various technologies have come a long way in recent years. I've seen the latest generation of Fujitsu plasmas, and they look pretty good. Motion artifacs and mosquito noise are much less obvious than prior generations. But, I personally li... | |
| Seeking $15,000.00 speaker to replace Quad 988's I heard a $20,000 pair of InnerSound electrostatic/dynamic hybrids that would do the trick. Incredible dynamics, detailed, and able to play really loud. It is also relatively compact in size (at least compared to SoundLabs). As someone noted above... | |
| DLP rear projector recommendation please I just saw the 70" Sony SXRD (their proprietary version of LCOS) RPTV at CEDIA. The source material was 1080i from a blu-ray. Incredible detail, low video noise, very little obvious motion artifacts, beautiful color, pretty good black level. In sh... | |
| DLP rear projector recommendation please I like the Sim RPTV, but it is quite expensive. At a far more reasonable price, the RPTVs from Optoma look pretty good. I am not a fan of the Samsung sets. Even when the sets are suppose to be calibrated, the colors look odd and artificial. I saw ... | |
| Most Flexible Audiophile Preamp The most flexible and versatile linestages and preamps I've used are the Mark Levinson Ref. 32, BAT VK5se, VTL 7.5 and the big Boulder linestage and phono preamp. All of these are extremely easy to program and use. Each input can be programmed for... | |
| ESS and Heil air-motion tranformer - any thoughts? It has been quite a while since I've heard the original ESS AMT speaker. I recall that the Heil driver sounded quite good, but the bass response did not match up. At this year's THE SHOW (next door to CES) I heard a current version of a speaker wi... | |
| Personal turntable/cartridge evolution BIC 980 (model #?)/Shure V15-type IIInew AR table/armMapenoll table/arm (living hell)Well tempered record player/Genesis 2000 VPI HW-19 IV/Graham 1.5t/Lyra Lydian, then Lyra HelikonBasis Debut V (vacuum clamp)/Vector arm/Lyra Titan | |
| Best JBL's you have heard Its been quite a while since I've heard the Paragon and original Hartsfield. I heard a modern version of the Hartsfield (TAD drivers) at THE SHOW (next door to CES) and it sounded pretty good, but it is really pricey. I have seen the K-2 horn syst... | |
| What is your favorite Greg Brown CD? I like "Poet Game" and "Slant Six Mind" a lot. If you can, obtain and listen to the original release of "Poet Game" on vinyl. It is so much better than the CD release. Unfortunately, it is a pretty hard item to find now. |