mikelavigne
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| what is the best amp you've ever heard since the character of amps does vary; i would mention a few 'best amps' i have heard.the Lamm ML3 at CES this year was wonderful......as it should be for 130 large....a bit on the dark side but very delicate and refined, it does space and tonalit... | |
| Amp Options for Evolution Acoustics Speakers i do use the darTZeel; but i think almost any amp from a 7 watt SET on up would work logistically since (1) it is an easy load, 93db, 6 ohm (2) the amp only needs to power above 100hz, and (3) the integral subwoofer amp is so neutral it will mimic... | |
| Halcyonics under my tt. Wow too bad Clarke doesn't come to the 'Gon......he would have eaten this up. :) | |
| Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player Guido, sorry for the delay in my response, it's been a busy busy time.i'm am not that knowledgable about the challenges of the PC environment....but i am quite skeptical that any hard drive can compete with the best optical drives.....particularly... | |
| Halcyonics under my tt. Wow 18 months ago i had the Halcyonics in my system for one evening.....unbelieveable! and that was compared to my Grand Prix Audio Monaco SE with formula shelves which is among the very best passive isolation approaches. i had it under my digital tra... | |
| What Arm choices for the Garrard 301 i will be very interested in any answers as i have just purchased a Garrard 301. since the Garrard 301 is supposed to do fantastic bass; i would expect that a more neutral arm such as the Tri-Planar would be preferrable to.....say....some SME's or... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player Its weird that everybody who has an Evolution Acoustics speaker has a Darzteel amp.the Evolution Acoustics use an integral digital amp to power the 15" woofers; which allow for a 93db, 6 ohm speaker which only needs a main amp to power above 100hz... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player "Wow. How does the Playback Designs accomplish what apparently other players cannot? What is the difference or new innovation in a technical sense? The designer must be doing something special or unique?"the Playback Designs MPS-5 does all the obv... | |
| Tape Project Tapes Peter,i appreciate your perspective that RTR can/does exceed the performance of a top tt. i have invested in aquiring a couple of the top RTR machines, the ATR-102 and Studer A-820, thinking that properly set up and with the proper output electron... | |
| Tape Project Tapes Sorry i'm late to the party here; i am a Charter subscriber to 'The Tape Project'......and have 6 of their releases so far.i am a format junkie; i had always heard that however much i thought vinyl was the best format that master tapes could go to... | |
| Magico Mini 2 vs Kharma Midi Exquisit vs MBL 101s Alectiong,the Mini's don't use a ceramic driver. (after re-reading your post i may have mis-interpreted your comments, you may not have intended to say the Mini had a ceramic driver, so i added this note) the original Mini used titanium in a const... | |
| Next upgrade, DartZeel or Ayre Bar 81,i took no offense and don't think you intended offense by your comment;5) Note that Mike is using a system almost fully comprised of gear that comes from one dealer that has I'm sure made sure the voicing is ideal.OTOH your comment does inf... | |
| Magico Mini 2 vs Kharma Midi Exquisit vs MBL 101s i would add the Marten Coltrane to that list. it's very similar to the Kharma in character, price and quality.i had the original version of the Kharma Midi Exquisites in my room for 5 months three years ago; it's an excellent speaker; very natural... | |
| Next upgrade, DartZeel or Ayre Semi, i have only heard the Ayre amps at shows and dealers; never in my system. they are very good. i don't really feel i can comment on exactly how they compare to the dart without some sort of head to head.i do have lots of experience with the d... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player Mike I agree with you about the other DACs but EMM LABS still has the best SOTA DAC which can also be updated through the USB port. As everyone knows, differences between great cd players are very subtle and it takes great experience with hi-end, ... |