mdhoover
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| Anyone out there "Integrating the tv to my main rig seems sinful but inevitable." I know, and I feel your pain. Some things just aren't fair, dang it! Although I will say this: I "defiled" my Intuitive Design Summits with a movie soundtrack recently and the result... | |
| Review: Dakiom A103 and R103 Tweak ronbonds: So, now that some time has passed, has Dakiom been as quick on the "return" side of things?????? | |
| Review: Kef 2 Reference Speaker Quadophile:What a WONDERFUL review! It was a great read even though I'm not in the market for new speakers, i.e. it was VERY well written (we both like to use long sentences--LOL!!).The tape anecdote was absolutely excellent, and unique. Great sto... | |
| Do you think you need a subwoofer? The Rel Storm 3 sub bass unit compliments my system nicely. It has been necessary to set the crossover point at 27 hertz to achieve what I perceive to be optimal sound. The topic of directionality in the context of the question of one versus two s... | |
| What headphone amp to buy-Sennheiser HD 600? Marco:Inexpensive: read roughly $10-20/tube for good stuff.NOW yer talkin'!! Much, much better, for my budget anyway. | |
| Review: Daedalus DA-1 Speaker Dodgealum:So, are you still in the "looking" mode??? At close to seven grand for speakers, one would hope to be able to be satisfied for at least a reasonably long period of time.FWIW: I've also listened to the Aerial 7B's. They seemed quite nice ... | |
| What headphone amp to buy-Sennheiser HD 600? Swampwalker:As for the "gray" areas of the Stax marketplace, the pair I'm coveting are offered from the original owner, who purchased them from an authorized US dealer, so that won't be a problem. It's a great heads up in general, though. Price of... | |
| What headphone amp to buy-Sennheiser HD 600? Marco,It's beginning to look like I'll be using a Stax SRM T1 headphone amp to drive a pair of Stax Lambda Signatures, {{{{{although I now understand what Swampwalker meant about the "head sweating" problem!! }}}}}. I haven't read the manual yet, ... | |
| What's your profession? Age? Quad Cities, Moline and Rock Island in Illinois and Bettendorf and Davenport in Iowa. It's really the QUINT Cities, because East Moline (on the Illinois side) should be counted. In fact, some of the locals would probably say that East Moline is th... | |
| What headphone amp to buy-Sennheiser HD 600? Marco:You said:...the new Svetlana tubes that are only around $240 pair from CONUS in Canada.Holy guacamole! "only" 240 clams, for a pair of TUBES?? Just how long can these tubes be expected to LAST (I'm reeeaaally hoping you say at LEAST a year o... | |
| What headphone amp to buy-Sennheiser HD 600? Quick Update, and request for additional opinions:I just listened to a Stax Lambda Signature Pro System using the Stax SRM T1 dedicated vacuum tube amplifier. The signal is routed to the headphone amp thru the same player, dac, and preamp as the I... | |
| Musical Fidelity and Sonus Grand Piano too bright. In addition to (NOT instead of) isolation, you MAY (or may not) want to try the Dakiom Feedback Stabilizers. For me, an EXCELLENT tweak, at least with my previous speakers (Paradigm Studio 100 V3's). With the Paradigms, these gave BOTH more detail... | |
| What headphone amp to buy-Sennheiser HD 600? Robm321, and everybody else who has contributed to this thread so far:Thank you all very much. Headphones are a whole new realm for me. | |
| Audio Physic Caldera mkii...still good? p.s. When I said, "I'd GUESS that the Calderas are much, much better than the Virgos based on what I've read..."...I did NOT mean that the Virgos were bad or even sub-par in any way, shape or form. The Virgos are pretty much uniformly praised, and... | |
| Can a vintage piece over 40 years old be Highend "Can a vintage piece over 40 years old be Highend?"I would certainly think so, provided that:1) It was high end in the first place2) It has been well maintained and is in pristine condition3) The end user believes that it is "high end"I STRONGLY a... |