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| Conrad Johnson Premier 5 or Premier 12 for ML I own CLS IIz. By far the absolute best amp, if you are going to spend that money and you can find them, Cary SLM-200 monoblocks. No subwoofer needed, they are awesome amps and go absolutely perfect with the CLS IIz. I run them off the 4 ohm tap e... | |
| Buy an Audio Research SP10 MkII or an SP11 MkII ? I have to disagree with Jafox on the gain. I am currently using the SP10 with a Spectral MCR at around 0.2 mv. Also used it with other cartridges in that range. While I will agree it will be better with higer output cartridges, I have gobs of gain... | |
| Buy an Audio Research SP10 MkII or an SP11 MkII ? I have owned both and have kept my SP10. it will never leave me as I have not found anything that comes close for my personal taste. When I first received my SP11 many years ago, I fell in love with it. But after a while, there was something about... | |
| Cartridge for my Linn Sondek LP12? I agree with the recommendation made above on the Goldring 1042 cartridge. Very satisfying piece. I will say I do not like the Akito arm, that never did it for me. I would recommend you spend no more than the Goldring for that arm. If you want to ... | |
| ARC D115 Mk2 vs ARC M300 I have had much experience with ARC amps and also own and SP10, I know many have raved about the D115 but I never developed a liking for it. So think about this as you consider my recommendations. My favorite ARC amp was an unmodified D75A. It had... | |
| Best Speaker Cable choices for Solid State system I have used 1 speaker cable which I have kept for 10 years. Always sounded great to me so I have had no reason to change - Kimber 8TC. I feel this cable is reasonably priced and sounds great. While I cant say there are not better cables, these alw... | |
| Plinius sa250 overheating Sean, interesting reply. I had not thought of that. I appreciate the response, gave me something to think about. The CLS IIZ are a brutal load but the ams sounds so good on them. Ditto for my Cary's but the bass is a bit better with the Plinius. N... | |
| Plinius sa250 overheating I have a Plinius Sa250mkIV which I have been running for awhile. I had my first shut down this weekend. I normally run the amp for 4 to 10 hours in class A, decent volume with no problem. This is with Martin Logan CLS IIz speakers which are a diff... | |
| Horn speakers with Imaging? I have a homebuilt cabinets for JBL S8R system with potato masher horns. Awsome imaging and soundstage. I think it depends on how you set them up and how you drive them. Did you check to see if the speakers were connected in phase? That may be why... | |
| Attention LP12 Valhalla owners I believe there were 2 versions of the valhalla. One for 50hz and the other for 60 hz. I have some suggestions for you to check having gone through some problems with some of my previous decks.1. Check the motor. I thought I had a bad power supply... | |
| Sony SCD-XA9000. Comments, Opinions? Have one and am very pleased with it. This will probably be the last CD player I will purchase. While I have some SACD units, I purchased it mainly for the quality of the redbook section. I also have a Denon 2900 which I used for video use and som... | |
| Linn Sondek ? I love the Cardas Golden Ref but that can be pricey. They make a version for the Linn for $799 for 1.5 meters. Cardas suggested Brooks Berdan may have a lot of experience with the Linn and suggested I contact them if I was in California for info. ... | |
| Cary v12 using different output tubes I auditioned a V12 with KT88 tubes. I never heard it with the EL34. I just LOVE Cary equipment and own 3 of their amps and 1 preamp, but thought the KT88 tubes in this amp sounded not to my taste. My thoughts based on my ears, I would stick to the... | |
| KAV-2250 Thoughts? I had one, felt it was the best solid state I ever owned. Highly underated, can drive low impedance speakers (my CLSIIZ and ML Ascents) with ease, phenomenal bass, dynamics, imaginig and midrange. I went back to high power tubes but this came very... | |
| JBL Olmpus speaker system For the room, I have an L shaped basement. The speakers are in the vertical part of the "L" which is about 12 x 20. I have the speakers about 3 feet out from the wall and about 3 feet from one of the side walls. The speakers are about 6 feet apart... |