lukaske

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Do speaker cables need a burn in period?
The most of the “good” speakercables takes about 200 hours. 
Neutral or Detailed. You can't have both
It’s like a photo of you. If you take this with a normal camera, you  Will look good, no Winklers....you take one with a sophisticated one, you see all the details: wrinkles,how you really look,you look older ( not as you really want)...that’s the... 
Neutral or Detailed. You can't have both
Neutral and detailed comes together,when you have  both: a neutral amplifier ( like Esoteric f- 03, f-05, datzeel, d’agostino.....) and a good (neutral) pair of speakers ( Audio Monitor PL., Ilumnia Magister,....)If you listen ,to a bad recording,... 
A brief review of 15 high-end speakers on home demo including B&W, Boenicke, Magico,Wilson
Sonus Faber,B&W: not my cup of thee. Don’t sound natural... 
Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
In the beginning, i had trans.-amps. ( 90s). With the little money i had that time, i bought a Kelvin-labs 25 W. Pure Class A (trans.) with magnasphere speakers (Magnat) In that time, the amp.always had to be under tension.He always made a slight ... 
Have you ever changed speakers to expereince a different "soundscape" or presentation??
Go for the best speakers: ilumnia (floorstander and monitor): ilumnia.be 
3 best 10k speakers now imho
For me, the best at that price: Audio Monitor PL II 
One DAC/integrated you could be happy with forever?
Esoteric f-05 with dac 
Do you trust Audiogon?
I do trust audiogon , and i like the discussions, but i never, ever pay with Paypal. If i wanna buy something and it’is only with Paypal, they always write:no shipments to Belgium. The reason is that too much fraud happend. The most honest way is.... 
Suggestions for an amp
For me the best: Esoteric f-05,  Mark Levinson 585 ,tube :Jadis DA 88.  
Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre?
Ilumnia Magister. 
Suggest some integrateds for my Monitor Audio Silver 2
I had the AM PL 300. Audio monitor is excellent with a tube-Amp.: jadis, unison research,Ear...It’s a verry clear and neutral speaker. Full of detail,open, and accoustic is greath.transistor-amps: Perreaux,esoteric,audio analque maestro. Good spea... 
Monitor Audio Pl 300ii vs. KEF Reference 5
Give me the audio monitor PL 300 II, beautiful in high and mid,very open speaker. I had them a couple of years. Kef is not my cop of thee. 
Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money
Purecable cayenne. Best high-end from the Netherlands. I use them between the Esoteric f-05 ( Japan) and ilumnia magister (Belgium). Purecable cayenne: 2,5 m,/pair: 719€ 
Suggest some integrateds for my Monitor Audio Silver 2
I had the AM PL 300. Audio monitor is excellent with a tube-Amp.: jadis, unison research,Ear...It’s a verry clear and neutral speaker. Full of detail,open, and accoustic is greath.transistor-amps: Perreaux,esoteric,audio analque maestro. Good spea...