lrsky
Responses from lrsky
| Gryphon gets no press, but is great. I think though that it is relative. Since the integrated at $7000. outperforms most all separates costing more it shouldn't matter. I carefully compared the Callisto, very closely to several, well known Holy Grail separate pieces and found the Gry... | |
| What amplifiers should I consider ? Belles, is great sounding gear. More sophistocated to my ear than the Marsh, and more musical, whatever that means. Mr. Belles hand wires the units personally. Talk about hand made!The Hales I heard were a little forward sounding in the high frequ... | |
| Your ''best kept secret'' speaker choice ? I agree with 'Infinite', Magnepan, started by Audio Research almost 30 years ago, hardly qualifies as secret. A recently reborn company, (after a tragic flood almost took them out forever is making a big comeback) which was never an advertiser of ... | |
| Amp Selection Assistance Needed Yet another piece of, hopefully good advice. The Belles amplifiers are way, way underpriced for what they provide. The website is not sexy, and the almost two color version of it doesn't help in terms of marketing, but it is enough to know that th... | |
| Which amp should I use for my B&W Nautilus 805? A friend of mine is selling a Simaudio Moon. I heard it and was quite surprised by its sound quality. Knowing of the Sim Audio Products, I was not particularly surprised in the sense that it was high quality, just the magnitude of its clarity and ... | |
| Calling Thiel owners please... Call Shari, she will send you another. 8592549427Larry | |
| Need Help on Tube Rolling for VAC Avatar Stevenkc,Call Kevin Hayes at VAC. He will be glad to help you. He is one of the really great guys in High End Audio. BTW, the Avatar is a great sounding amp. I think its sound is way, way underrated. I was frankly stunned at the bass output it has... | |
| Best new/demo/used value for $7.5K range Ehider,I found your comments about the GR Research to be interesting. I sold quite a few pairs of Nearfields during 2001 @ $250K worth, so I am very familar with them. I really like the idea of line source speakers, and redundancy of drivers, limi... | |
| Best new/demo/used value for $7.5K range OK, all you B&W, Wilson,etc lovers get out the flame throwers, but I can easily recommend a brand new pair of Von Schweikert VR4 HSE MKIII. They really do, IMHO outperform all the above in sheer musicality, spatiality (transparency), tonality,... | |
| First Sound vs Thor 84, As an additional side question. What do those of you who have owned the Berning think about using a pre with it? In my listening, it seems that(and I already know the Berning is a light speed jet of an amp and sounds great!),all amps benefit f... | |
| Magnapan vs. Von Schweikert I have heard hundreds of speakers, from travels over the country while working for a speaker company. I have heard the Maggies many times, and they are good speakers. They present some issues for women typically, because of their large physical pr... | |
| Have you owned Sound Labs Electrostatics? Albert, not only are your posts thoughtful and articulate, your home is just beautiful. You are obviously a person of very discriminating tastes in all regards. I'll bet you system is wonderful. Thanks for sharing.My wife is, and always has been d... | |
| Von Schweikert 3.5's and tubes? Mich,I have the VR-4's latest version, so there are some similarities.Recently I was pretty amazed by the value that the Belles gear brings to the table.The VS speakers generally are warm sounding, so a fast clean amp won't leave you with a cold s... | |
| Spectron versus Gryphon Callisto Sattothestars,I contacted Specton to get their impressions of your comments and they tell me that you are not a dealer of Spectron, and that you are also not a dealer of Bel Canto. Why are you intentionally misleading people?It is a matter of publ... | |
| Compare and Contrast If you could tell us what kind of speakers you own or are considering that will help tremendously. The choice of amps, and any recommendation I make is usually dependant on the load the speaker presents, and the overall voicing of, and tonal balan... |