mikelavigne
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| What's the best isolation system? Subaruguru, if YOU think it qualifies....then it does.strickly speaking, whatever assembly that is holding your amps onto the ceiling (some sort of bracket or strap) would be the suspension. if they are rigidly attached....there is no isolation...... | |
| What's the best isolation system? there is no doubt that the best isolation system is a combination of mass and air suspension, tuned properly and in layers. the concept is the extreme example of a constrained layering. the mass keeps the air from influenceing the next layer.my Ro... | |
| Verity Audio Lohengrin: WOW Can't beleive this... Kevinkwann, your credibility is zero since you listen with those cold, sterile, incoherent, and muddled Fischer & Fischer speakers. any conclusions you have reached are clearly invalid.the Wadia and Clearaudio might not be my first choices eit... | |
| Tenor amps..."to pre or not to pre" Jerry, on the one hand i am entirely happy with the Placette passive.....on the other hand if there is better out there.....i do absolutely demand remote volume control (i'm real lazy) and balanced circuts (low output cartridge and relatively low ... | |
| Tenor amps..."to pre or not to pre" Kurt, i keep hearing abouit this transformer coupling with passives.....i guess i'll just have to check the AN out and keep my mind and ears open.i also always try to avoid any definative statements and keep to the "personal experience" track........ | |
| Tenor amps..."to pre or not to pre" Kurt, i too am a "no active preamp" Tenor owner. my list of preamps easily bettered by the Tenor passive attenuators (or the Placette RVC) in my system includes the Levinson #32, Lamm L2, and the Aesthetix Calisto. friends with Tenors have tried o... | |
| Rix Rax or Grand Prix hi Tim, i would be careful with the combination of the Grand Prix rack and the Basis 2500.....the fluid suspension of the Basis and the 'sloppy' suspension of the Grand Prix will probably not work well together. i don't know that for sure but when... | |
| neutrality vs. realism Paul, only 2 dimensions? i experience 3 dimensions with most recordings and regularly have that "this is really happening here and now" sensation. there is resolution in the software to recreate the 3 dimensional illusion if you can reach it and t... | |
| I'm taking votes Thsalmon, as a Linn CD-12 owner i would recommend that you consider what your current priorites and future directions are. will you be upgrading you whole system over time? how confident of your present amps and speakers are you that you see that ... | |
| neutrality vs. realism my view of this issue is the concept of your system "getting out of the way of the music". when you are able to concentrate on the performance and not on the influence your system has on the musical message.....you have gone beyond 'HiFi' into 'ju... | |
| Kharma CRM 3.2F Dolphin, here is a link.http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1032838519&openusid&zzMikelavigne&4&5#Mikelavigne | |
| Kharma CRM 3.2F the last time this question was posed "new Kharma Ceramique 3.2's" it spiraled down into philosophical muck......66 posts. not much usable information....much postureing. if you look on the speaker forum, last post Oct. 12th, you can sift thru the... | |
| ONE shot to show off your System's Stuff Dead heat between the Classic 45rpm Lp of Louis Armstrong's "St. James Infirmary" or Ella Fitzgerald's "Misty" off of "Let No Man Write My Epitath". both recordings are of musical giants at their absolute prime, perfectly recorded with fantastic m... | |
| Diana Krall's New CD "Live in Paris"???? this is my favorite Krall recording so far. this one is back to her small combo Jazz roots. there are a few cuts with a string section.....but it sounds natural and in the same acoustic. the band is tight, Krall's piano playing is very good and ou... | |
| Speaker match for 75 watt Tenor amps last year when i was waiting for my Tenors i borrowed a BAT VK75SE for 3 weeks. it was a very nice amp, excellent dynamics, detail and extension. no complaints at all. but when the Tenors came it was no contest....the difference in clarity and art... |