mikelavigne
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| Audio Aero Capitole 24/192 too foward and bright? Stenersr, i have had the AA Capitole 192/24 Mk.1 in my system with Valhalla interconnects and had absolutely no brightness, forwardness, or edgyness whatsoever. the Valhalla is "said" to be edgy in some systems and has some silver in it (oh my god... | |
| Amp Upgrade - 3k to 4k used? John, you might consider the Rowland 112. i know it is solid state but i owned one for 6 months and was very impressed by the top to bottom musicality and lack of ss etch. i am a tube guy (Tenor 75Wp monoblocks) so that is where my heart is but at... | |
| Vinyl's Noise Floor consider how science and industry deals with isolation and "noise". at a laboratory or precision machine shop much effort and expense is expended on these issues. nothing is left to chance. reading the groove of a vinyl record is just another tech... | |
| mbl 101d speakers suck Bill Gates (yes, that Bill Gates) has these speakers in his living room; he didn't choose them (he has a tin ear), his interior designer choose them for their appearance. they are certainly one of the most visually striking speakers out there.i ha... | |
| Anyone have their Audio Aero Capitole MKII yet? hi Bad, is it in only one channel or both equally? maybe a loose connection? i would try one channel at a time and switch things back and forth to isolate the problem. normally impedence would only affect dynamics and frequency balance and not add... | |
| Burmester 001, comment please? hi Dinan, i have been curious about the Burmeister 001 and appreciate your comments, thanks.i do have a question as a Linn CD-12 owner. you comment "the 001 has a great DAC and surpasses almost all single box players (read CD-12)". do you mean tha... | |
| Anyone have their Audio Aero Capitole MKII yet? hi Guys, since my dealer knew i had the Linn CD-12 to keep me company, my AAC v.2 is in the 2nd (or 3rd) batch....i'm told it hasn't shipped to me yet. with all the folks that have been "doing without" i guess that's only fair.it is interesting to... | |
| Linn CD-12 vs. Audio Aero Capitole 24/192 Stanford, version 2 of the Capitole 192/24 has just been released in North America; there may be a few in Europe that are broken in but mostly i've heard feedback on the prototypes. so it is probably too soon for a Capitole v.2/Linn CD-12 shootout... | |
| Levinson 33h or 336? Rjr1, Last year i switched from the Levinson #32, #33 and WP6 to tubes and different speakers. before i had the #33 i had #332 and then #33h. i had also demoed the #336.the #33h is definitely a step up from the single-chassis models of Levinson, g... | |
| Outlet shoot out Tom, thanks for the explaination; makes perfect sense. | |
| Outlet shoot out Tom, your comments beg the question; if you are using these 2 outlets (Acme and FIM) in different rooms with different gear and different software, how are you able to assign the characteristics so specifically to the outlets?i don't use either (i... | |
| Speaker Impedance, Tenor OTLs, and Watt Puppies Tekunda, art is art, and sound is sound. make sure if you spend big bucks for amps (even with a great discount), that you get solidly engineered amps (which the Krons may well be).i have done "biggest and baddest" before, i had the Mark Levinson #... | |
| Speaker Impedance, Tenor OTLs, and Watt Puppies Tekunda, i refuse, on general principle, to buy anything called "Double Kronzilla".....the name is just too "out there". i couldn't brag all over the web on my great "Double Kronzillas".....the name "Tenor" sounds much more classy and dignified.i,... | |
| Speaker Impedance, Tenor OTLs, and Watt Puppies adsal, i did read that review.Hayden, the choice of which comes first, the chicken (speakers) or the egg (amps) is classic. my 2 cents in this case is that for the closest to the musical event an OTL is the best amplifier and no matter what speake... | |
| Capitole owners- any benefits to external preamp?? Sutts, what can i say?.... a guys gotta do what a guys gotta do. in the context of my system the whole combination of interconnects and Placette makes sense. it replaced a Levinson #32 and sounds better..... and i had money left over to contribute... |