lloydelee21
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| Reference DACS: An overall perspective good luck and pls keep uposted! | |
| Quad 989/2905 all around qualities FWIW, when i heard the 2905s...i started out with an A/B to Guarneris...then to Amatis...then to Strads...so when i give you my thoughts, they really are direct comparisons on the same day in the same system with amplification that was supposedly ... | |
| Would like a good integrated to power Vandersteens Schubert's suggestion makes sense to me...have heard extremely good things about Audio Analogue though have not heard myself. the only thing is you said Vandy's are a bit laid back for you...and you want an amp to "wake them up"...hence why i sugg... | |
| Quad 989/2905 all around qualities Hi...i have not heard mistral.did you check the Sonus Faber for sale section here? there is a pair of Amati Homages for $9995. That is a superb price. The seller is an SF dealer, so hopefully you are buying safely. The bass is way better than esl6... | |
| Quad 989/2905 all around qualities Given your desire for some serious volume, i would take Extrema over memento. Keep looking...you'll find one. As for warm on Extrema with electronic...what electronics did you hear with the Extrema? I suspect if you'd been using a good preamp and ... | |
| Quad 989/2905 all around qualities Hi Katamapah,Actually, if i may respectfully say...the Extrema is probably the best of the SF speakers for trance, deep house. The Homage series are mellifluous...like cognac. The Extrema is more like a whisky or a bourbon. It has the extreme bass... | |
| Tripoint Spartan "Tbg, you have some fairly expensive gear. The Troy is not that outlandish...." Agear...yes, though $35 large for a power conditioner is pretty extreme..."...still i will personally wait til they come out very discounted/s-hand. it really sensatio... | |
| please help the audionoob find headphones?? Sennheiser. Very smooth...yes, expennsive. but well made, super comfortable, uniformly reliable. i find the sony mdr6 uneven for some reason, or not smooth...something. | |
| Would like a good integrated to power Vandersteens Whats your budget? On the high/ultra end: Vitus, Gryphon...On the powerful/slightly super-clean end: Krell Evo Integrated (equiv of 402)...might help bring them aliveOn the mid-priced: NAD makes excellent stuff | |
| Quad 989/2905 all around qualities Hi. i did not buy them...but not because i was not tempted!!! ;) I think the MG is a very, very good option. they are excellent, clean and much, much better suited for power. Whether you think they have quite the natural tonality is up to you...so... | |
| Esoteric x series as transports Hi Icorem. Nice system!!!I have not heard the X5, but i have heard the X-01SE in my system as a transport. i preferred my Zanden DAC to the built-in DAC. probably a personal preference. That said, i definitely felt the X-series transport is sensat... | |
| Quad 989/2905 all around qualities Yes, i do. I heard all kinds of music...because i brought my own music which includes both jazz, classical, orchestral, as well as hip hop, rap, deep house. They are not optimal speakers for the hip hop, electronic stuff. But compared to their old... | |
| Warm, fullbodied, smooth, and transparent Hi. as you already know, the ones i've used, in order of increasing cost:Audioquest Emerald ICs were very musical, full and warm. not as detailed though..Cardas cross or golden crossTransparent Reference Cables (particularly XL older cable newer v... | |
| Warm, fullbodied, smooth, and transparent Depends on your budget: Transparent Reference Cables (particularly XL) from 10 years ago...not necessarily the new MM1 or MM2 which are a bit cleaner though still full sounding. Very rich, full but detailed and good bass in particular. i use them ... | |
| Lamm 2L Reference vs CJ GAT Suteetat,i have heard Ref 5 and liked it a good deal more than Ref 3 which i respected but could not love, possibly for reasons not dissmilar from your own. GAT is a CJ, and its natural tonality is just that, natural and not strident/forced linear... |