mcondon
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| Speaker recommendations, budget $10-15K Thanks for the recommendations folks. Professional reviews and show impressions seem uniformly positive for the Crescendos, which is why they are on my list. (The dealer also carries Marten Djangos, which he seemed to recommend equally.) I also ha... | |
| Speaker recommendations, budget $10-15K Thanks for the recommendations so far. Almarg, let me see if I understand your last point: If my ears are 2 feet from the wall behind me, I won't hear frequencies around 141 Hz (281.5/2)? | |
| Found Speaker After 6 Yrs,Bought & Lost In Minutes Sounds like the seller broke the rules. If he had accepted another offer in the Audiogon system, the ad would have disappeared immediately. I know this from recent experience. If the ad was still up, then he had not reached a binding agreement to ... | |
| Vapor Cirrus Black vs dc10 Berlin Studio Monitor Two admins over at Audiocircle posted pretty extensive impressions of RMAF this year. Both rated the Vapor Audio very highly, saying it was among the best at the show. They did not mention the DC10 room, so my guess is that they did not visit it. ... | |
| Best Power Cord for a Classe CA 2300 What happened to the "old" Audiogon, where moderators censored these boards to make sure everyone was fairly cordial? Audiogon is now giving Audioasylum and Head-Fi a run for the money...In any case, my recommendation is to demo some power cords e... | |
| Clear Day double shot-gun vs. black orpheous NOLA The Clear Day Double Shotguns are great speaker cables. I replaced an $1100 set of Gabriel Golds with Clear Day Double Shotguns, which are better in all respects. In any case, Clear Day offers a free demo and the owner Paul Laudati is a truly nice... | |
| Newly Modded KWA 150 to SE Charles1dad, No, my comment is not based on brand name. I am not trying to start a debate. I am sure the Mdwright sounds good. I just take issue with the idea that any amp that sells for $9,000 is a "killer bargain". A car that cost that much migh... | |
| Newly Modded KWA 150 to SE A $9000 150 watt solid state amp is a killer bargain? That seems overpriced to me compared to Pass Labs or Ayre, for example. | |
| What is the best sounding DAC at $2000-$4000? Not many people have heard many DACs in the $2-4K range, with the possible exception of a few dealers. There is a thread on Audionervosa that describes a shoutout at a regional meet of DACs in the $3-5K range, including the Perfect Wave (not sure ... | |
| Most "Musical" sounding speaker cable under $1000 I replaced $1100 speaker cables from Gabriel Gold with Clear Day Double Shotguns for $400. The Clear Days are far better. Very "musical" with really good dynamics, detail, and bass. Clear Day offers a no-hassle free trial, so there is nothing to l... | |
| 6SN7 Tube pre amp with great sound staging capabil I second the Mystere, although I own the ca21. I used to own an Aesthetix Calypso, and feel the Mystere has a wider soundstage and better deep bass. I bought the Mystere as a show demo from Upscale Audio, and it was about $2K. | |
| DAC QUESTION FOR DUMMY In general, optical digital interfaces sound worse than other types (S/PDIF, AES/EBU, BNC), so I would not sink money into an outboard DAC to improve the sound of your CD player. Even if you had a S/PDIF digital output, I still doubt you would get... | |
| Power conditioning for digital gear AND tube amp? I use the PW DAC/Transport, and have owned a variety of tube preamps and amps. I have had three power conditioners in my system: a Synergistic Research PowerCell, a RSA Haley, and a Balanced Power Tech CPC. The SR PowerCell hyped up the bass and t... | |
| Pass xa600.5, Marantz 9S2 or Mcintosh MC501/MC601? I owned the Marantz and found it to be too polite. I own Pass now and have no desire to upgrade my amp anymore, having been through 5 amps, some a lot more expensive than the Pass. One was a McIntosh, which has a warm mid-range but somewhat flabby... | |
| Pass vs McCormack? I have heard McCormack at a dealer. Liked it, but it had a somewhat forward sound and a little bit of glare in the treble, although I notice this sort of thing more than most, as I am very sensitive to anything that sounds remotely bright. And, ad... |