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| Anyone Using Gradient Loudspeaker? I have only a brief encounter with the Gradient Revolution at this years CES. The speakers were set up in a small room, not very far from the wall. Given the limitations of show conditions, I thought this was one of the best speakers at anything n... | |
| Martin Logan Owners - Any problems with humidity? I owned a pair for 11 years in a place with moderately high humidity with absolutely no problems. A friend stored his ML speakers in a garage for more than a year under conditions of extreme humidity (Washington, D.C.) and one panel went bad. Spec... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? I've heard the DV 50 in two systems. I think it does a fine job playing redbook. Unfortunately, I did not get a chance to hear it up against another model of comparable or lower cost playing redbook. However, against a much more expensive DAC/Tran... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? I never say never, but I don't plan on changing amps soon. As long as 8 watts is adequate, my Audionote Kageki's are a keeper. | |
| Single ended Power amp recommendation I own SAP J2001 (the big model with twin 12" woofers). This is a very easy speaker to drive -- high nominal impedance and 99 db efficient. I use to use a push-pull 45 tube amp that put out about 6 watts and that was sufficient. I now use a paralle... | |
| What is the best Big Screen TV? Not a rumour but a fact -- Sony has a 70" LCOS set (they call their technology SXRD) that they claim (made at CEDIA in Sept.) will be out in January 2005. I saw this set, and it is by far the best RPTV set I've ever seen. At its projected price of... | |
| Music for the spirit and the soul If you are looking for quiet, contemplative and spiritual music, like the Part piece, trie Somei Satoh: "Birds in Warped Time II" I believe there is only one available recording.For music on a grander scale, try Lauridsen: "Lux Aeterna" | |
| 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... |