melbguy1
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| What is the benefit of balanced xlr cables I could type up a long winded response, but i'd recommend jumping onto this webpage which includes illustrations. The information was posted by a high end audio engineer with 25+yrs experience & is easy to read. Re: cable recommendations, I ca... | |
| Advice from apartment dwellers Mdemaio, in your situation you want an amp and speakers with play well at low levels & have excellent inner detail. Based on your musical preferences (which are similar to mine), for an amp recommendation i'd look at a 2nd hand Modwright KWA-1... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? 10-11-14: CtsoonerFunny as stats and panels just have never done if for me. Way too hot when I've heard them and I've heard most of the TOL speakers. They seem to float the soundstage and almost always sound bigger than the actual performance was ... | |
| Wilson Alexia 20x15 Room @Veerapaneni, $7.5k isn't too bad. Jorma Prime xlr's are $10.5k ;) | |
| Wilson Alexia 20x15 Room 11-21-14: Bo1972There is one thing I want to make clear. I have tested manycables in over 16 years of time. These days it is a lot easier to create a higher end result with expensive and stunning cables with less expensive power amps. This against... | |
| Wilson Alexia 20x15 Room 11-21-14: Bo1972I auditioned 2 days ago the Rockport Aquila with the Absolore best pre amp with their monoblocks. ( 50 watt) This was also not the best combo in control and authority. You could not play that loud. You lost control, tweeters became... | |
| Floorstanders for $3500 Well the last pair of Infinity IRS Beta's on the 'Gon sold for about $4900, so if you up your budget just a bit, you could get a pair of speakers which would spank all the speakers mentioned so far. | |
| Wilson Alexia 20x15 Room @Charles, I agree and not sure what I was thinking when I mentioned Vac. Lovely amps yes, and a better choice than ARC, but in valve amps they would be my 3rd choice with the S5's. In tubes, I would rate the CJ Gat and Art mono blocks 2nd (particu... | |
| Wilson Alexia 20x15 Room Come to think of it, I would rank Absolare and Conrad Johnson (Art/Gat) ahead of Vac to pair with the Magico S5's. Both have great synergy. | |
| Wilson Alexia 20x15 Room 11-17-14: VladimirBut I also agree with Bo1972, the Magico S5s are at least as good as the Alexias and perhaps better for your room, but you have to try both in your room.It becomes a matter of taste at this level. I find the S5's wonderfully enga... | |
| Class A Coda 15.5 Vitus SS-102 or Gryphon Mephisto I'm not sure of your budget Goldman, but if you're mentioning the Mephisto stereo amp, well that's a $57k amp. At that level, you could also look at the awesome new Vitus SM-011 mono blocks. They're a definite step up from the SIA-025 and have a l... | |
| Rhodium vs Gold AC connectors Ok, fair enough Rsf. Was you friend's system tube-based or perhaps using warm ss gear with an analogue front end? As if so, that would explain your preference. I haven't tested both outlets in different setups, however according to Chris V, the go... | |
| Rhodium vs Gold AC connectors Rsf, how can you recommend the GTX-D rhodium version over the gold when you've never heard either? Also I think you're over-generalizing. As I said earlier, with the GTX-D, the major mojo is the base metal (pure copper) which has a greater influen... | |
| Accuphase E-460 vs Luxman 509u vs Moon 700i Gittin' Jriggy wit it! | |
| Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use? Tobias, Encyclopediabsh made not one, but 3 references to CD's in his OP, and no reference whatsoever to computer audio. That's like saying those guys holding up drink bottles and squeegees at intersections are just there to wish you a good day, lol! |