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| which ARC tube amp to drive Sonus Faber Cremona I used an ARC VT 130SE for almost 2 years. It worked well but I prefer solid state amps for my Cremonas. Recently I've used a ss TAD hibachi, and a ss Bel Canto in place of the ARC. The Cremonas sound very, very good with all 3, but bass response ... | |
| Have you heard the latest Merlin VSM-MXe speakers? Tabl10s,Reviews probably aren't my thing, because I tend to qualify my opinions to the point where I'm not sure they're really useful for evaluation purposes. I will offer descriptive accounts though, and to that end I compared the Merlins with th... | |
| Have you heard the latest Merlin VSM-MXe speakers? On VSM Amplification....Since the thread has moved onto partnered amplification, I 'll share a recent experience. Disclosure: this tale winds a bit.I regularly use 3 speakers: recently upgraded VSMs, Verity Parsifal Encores, and Sonus Faber Cremon... | |
| Who is your favorite blues guitarist Oops,Under "omni-genre" I forgot Danny Gatton. He played some blues - and a bit of everything else. Whatever he played, he played with astonishing skill and grace.Marty | |
| Who is your favorite blues guitarist I guess this isn't a BB King crowd - I'd have guessed his name would come up first among the electric guitarists. Albert Collins was a great live act and Michael Bloomfield is a good call, too. Gatemouth was a terrific performer, but he spent as m... | |
| bookshelf in a bookshelf? Bookshelves are usually about as bad a home for speakers as you can find due to proximity to the wall (among other reasons).Other than some on-wall designs (which should be ok), there are a few speakers which were designed for bookshelf use.The ol... | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies Hdomke,To clarify my statement about Beolab 5 imaging-I used a double negative:I was stating tha the imaging problem (like the congestion problem) may be due to poor performance by the speaker or may be due to set-up. I just don't know. That's why... | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies Hdomke,To get a sense of soundstage go to a nearby high end dealer and ask him to demo any speaker that he feels will impress with its soundstage. Most will be able to find a recording and system that will make it very clear what the term means. I... | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies My wife and I headed into LA for dinner last night and she wanted to do a bit of shopping in Beverly Hills beforehand. So, prompted by this thread, I arranged an audition at the B&O store on Rodeo Drive. She asked me if I was going to buy some... | |
| Top 5 Entry-level audiophile speakers $1500-2000? Vandersteen 2s are usually the first thought at this price point - for good reason - they're excellent speakers. My other "go to" in this $ range is the Eminent Tech hybrid planar. The cardoid dispersion pattern may be useful if you plan to place ... | |
| Creating compilations in preparation of Bar Exam Bobby Fuller or the Clash "I Fought The Law (and the Law Won)" | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies Hdomke,People have their own definitions, but IMHO an audiophile is a hardware hobbyist. You needn't ever swap out gear, but if you meet the definition of "audiophile", you're always thinking about it at some level. If that's not you - Don't call ... | |
| Speakers with high WAF? SONUS FABER CREMONA Women seem to love them.Good Luck,marty | |
| Recommend a forward speaker I also own Verity P/E and I know exactly what you mean. Unfortunately, most speakers that I've heard with a more forward presentation are, as you suggest, also a bit brighter in tonality. Some of the Pro-Acs come to mind as do Zingali horns which ... | |
| Robert & Alison-Raising Sand This one's a little deceptive - at first it sounds like straight up easy listening, but there's a lot of intersting, if subdued, rythmic stuff going on. I was just listening to the 7th track and heard references to early Brian Eno and Pink Floyd's... |