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| Is a Hydra the real deal? How do you know? Grant,The Powervar has the Universal player, DAC, a powered antenna, an equalizer, the Stax headphone amp, another DVD/VCR player/recorder (I think), and the satellite receiver (I think). It's pretty much full.-Bill | |
| Is a Hydra the real deal? How do you know? "Most people have dedicated lines and then plug most of their gear into a Hydra 6 or 8 or other conditioner and totally miss the benefits of the dedicated line."-JtinnDumb question, but I'll ask it anyway: Could you please explain why this is true... | |
| REL is dead. Long live REL After visiting the above links, I saw the pictures of the weapons being pointed at the WTO protesters. I thought that the cabinetry was rather plain and the setup, with the unit right out in the middle of the street on top of a vehicle, certainly ... | |
| Upgrading - Pls Suggest Speakers to Review Carl,Have you had a chance to do any listening to anything yet?-Bill | |
| Mods and accessories The potential value of any modification has to be evaluated on a case by case basis. I have a Parasound R-EQ 150, which is a small, 5 band equalizer with a bypass switch. We got it because my wife wanted the equivalent of a loudness button for our... | |
| Grizzly Man "Every spring here in the Sonoran desert [AZ], some yahoo thinks that he's the "Crock Hunter" and ends up getting bitten while trying to handle a rattlesnake! The rattlers come out after a winter's hibernation...so do the two-legged idiots! Someti... | |
| Is it worth the trouble? "Do people ever engage in "critical listening" from a positive perspective? It seems to me that it is always about finding faults."-MacrojackI've done both, but waaaaayyyyy more of the positive since getting Intuitive Design Summits. I reviewed th... | |
| Speakers in the range of $3 to $4.5k per pair? I settled on Vienna acoustics Beethovans $3000."scwlw@comcast.netAnother good idea. Also, don't forget about the Odyssey Audio Lorelei's. Here's a link to a review of those:Odyssey Lorelei Review on Audiogon | |
| Bispeakering...am I the only one? "There is so much we don't know and so much we speculate about, why not try anything just to see what happens?"-ArthurNothing ventured, nothing gained, it would seem. Thanks for sharing your results with such an innovative concept. What you and so... | |
| Using Biwirable cables on "normal" speakers...? "You can use them with one end on the amp and the other TWO on the speaker terminals. No advantage. No disadvantage except the clutter."KalI do this and it works. I went from passively bi-wired Paradigm Studio 100 V3's to "regular" wired speakers,... | |
| Best MONITORS availables Best speaker I've ever heard are the Intuitive Design Summits (Model is PSL 624), with the only caveat being that it's been a long time since I heard the Old, 3 box version of the Audio Physic Calderas (which are floorstanders anyway), but I still... | |
| What headphone amp to buy-Sennheiser HD 600? "Tube buffer or headphone amp?"-AloI suppose it would have to be both. But I just bought the Stax setup and want to see how that sounds after it gets back from being fixed. I'm still not sure whether or not I'll keep the Sennheisers and the Ramsey... | |
| High end amp - my last step Gryphon, Lamm, and Essence are brands to consider. Essence would have to be second hand, if you can even find anyone willing to sell one. You may want to contact Dale Pitcher (www.intuitiveaudio.com) and see what he may have planned as upcoming of... | |
| Grizzly Man "It seemed to my wife and me that the Grizzly Man spent his summers in the Alaskan wilderness, but spent his life in the closet, despite his comments to the contrary. Sad that so many are so emotionally wracked by self-imposed repression and denia... | |
| What headphone amp to buy-Sennheiser HD 600? Alo,I've considered the MF X-Can tube buffer and may get one if I keep the HD 600's. Thanks for the info.-Bill |