marqmike

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Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
It is nice to hear ones having success with a passive. I think it takes time and patience to adapt it to a system. This might be quite contrary to what one might think but I think I have found that the more neutral and clean sounding cables are(or... 
The future of preamps
Hey Phusis. I have to give you a little support here. I have been playing my nice sound systems for about 48yrs. I have also listened to quite a few other systems and pre amps. By way of back in the day(1980-1990)doing work for some high end audio... 
tube amps and electrostatics
Ralph thank you for the explanations. It really helps. I cannot find a impedance graph on my speakers. Is it hard to measure? With what Ralph has said I would like to do that. It seems that would help me optimize my system. Just curious. Thanks. I... 
Warm, Smooth yet Transparent Amp
Hello Denon53Like Charlesdad I think transparency comes from a lack of distortion so it can result in a more transparant and warmth of tone when those things are in the recording. I think the more transparency results in closer to the live natural... 
Belles 150A ref V2 vs Bryston 4BSST2
I don't remember this thread. Kind of a delayed response and looks like to late. Sorry. I own the ref150v2 and have listened to the 4bsst but not the 2 at a dealership. The belles is close to really really neutral, clean, with a no artifacts signa... 
Your Favorite AC Outlets
Al, thanks for being the voice of reason. 
When is digital going to get the soul of music?
I just had a friend go to the Colorado Symphony Orchestra last night. He kind of listens to Waylon and Willie on da am radio in the pick m up if ya kno wat i mean. And that is about it. He is about 40yrs old. He said he had a cool time last night ... 
Your top 3 worst purchases ever
Iso10-21-13: IsochronismSentence example: You are delushioned with feelings of self grandeur.Think outside the padded cell :)'Actually' very funny. 
RIP Panny Plasmas
Rockadanny +1 
Class D vs Class A
Hey Wolf. I put those lights under mine that they put under the low riders. Then on top I put an oil lamp with all those psychedelic colors. I also set mine up on bobble head doll springs. That makes the whole thing gently sway with the tunes. And... 
An interesting experiment
Yes, very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I am curious now. 
Norah Jones
Wow. Cementics Samantics Semantikcs. I think everybody will agree with Shubert on his comment if you think about it and just don't react right away. Think of ipod good. Ok When we think the ipod is good collectively what happens? Yes class(since w... 
Who's with me?
Rok hit that smak dab in the middle of the bullseye. 
Belles reference 150A Vs Belles Reference 150A V2
I have a V2 and noted which may be giving away my weirdness. It seems like it has taken me about 850 hours for it to bloom into its own. For me that has been about a year and half. It made big changes at about the 300 hour mark but didn't really s... 
Best Amplifier at $3000 for PSB or VA
I think one of the best values for an amp for the VA's(VA's i think sound quite different than the PSB's)is the Belles Reference. I use model '150A Reference V2'. For about 2k new and less used I would highly reccomend it. Have fun