mikelavigne
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| Near field listening and speaker placement coherence as a consideration in near-field listening has to do with at what listening distance AND HEIGHT that the drivers meld together in a natural soundstage, proper balance, and phase coherence (some NEVER do). for instance in a tall line arra... | |
| SACD to Audio Aero Capitol Brulee, i assume you are referring to 16/44 on the SA-1 and not SACD. i agree that there are now a few cdps like those you mention that are better with 16/44.i have heard that fully modified SA-1s are much better on 16/44 but i have not personally... | |
| SACD to Audio Aero Capitol Sattothestars, i agree to an extent with your comments. the SA-1 is merely "very good" for cds so i have a Linn CD-12 for my 16/44. i also did a shootout between the CD-12 and the Capitole where i preferred the CD-12, but not by alot. on a previou... | |
| SACD to Audio Aero Capitol 10 days ago i had a shootout between the Capitole and my Marantz SA-1. the Capitole sounded great, but not in the league with sacd on the SA-1.the sacd was more open, detailed, and natural. voice was more textured and "real" sounding. a piano was ... | |
| Manley Steelhead Thomas, any perceptions from CES must be preliminary at best. another issue is break-in......most phono stages i am familiar with improve dramatically in dynamics and openness with time.I don't know how familiar Chad is with all the phono stages o... | |
| Manley Steelhead I heard the Steelhead at CES and while it was "nice" and didn't do anything "wrong", it didn't sound to me like a $7000 phono stage. it is hard to really judge any component in a show situation as setup and system context are so important; especia... | |
| Audio Aero Capital CD vs SACD Hi Matt,i'm ready any time! bring your umbrella. | |
| Audio Aero Capital CD vs SACD Tim, with all due respect to the Capitole (i guess i was misspelling it, sorry), any sacd player with a sufficiently high quality output stage should better any cd player, assuming other issues are equalized. how many sacd players have a sufficien... | |
| Audio Aero Capital CD vs SACD hi Matt,my opinion on your first question is that a separate dac would be unlikely to improve the Capital; which doesn't need improving. part of the magic of the Capital is related to it's tube output stage.....which would be bypassed if you used ... | |
| Audio Aero Capital CD vs SACD i just finished an all-day listening session, part of which was the comparison of the Audio Aero Capital 192/24 to my CD-12 and SA-1. before i get into that issue i must state that the great digital we listened to was completely humbled by the vin... | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! my current sytem and room have recently kinda "come together" to a considerable degree...... it is simple where it should be and complex where it should be......my system;digital--Linn CD-12...Marantz SA-1analog--Rockport System II Sirius, Clearau... | |
| Audio Aero Capital CD vs SACD tomorrow i may have an Audio Aero Capital 129/24 in my room to compare to my Linn CD-12 and my stock Marantz SA-1. if that happens i will report my findings. | |
| Passive preamp and biamping i agree with the points already made.....one additional issue is the length of the interconnects to and from your passive preamp. a passive attenuator is especially sensitive to anything over 1 meter between it and the amps. there will be consider... | |
| Kharma Exquisites Avnut, i will difer to Jtinn as far as number of truely high-end systems heard. but i can say that the Kharma Exquisite/Tenor in my room was so incredible when i first heard it......it actually intimidated me. i had to have 6 or 7 experienced list... | |
| Anyone heard the new Edge Amps? i heard the $30K Edge monoblocks at CES and was mighty impressed. they rivaled the Halcro as my favorite solid state amp and would probably be the ss amp i would buy for ease and musicality.i do prefer the Tenor OTLs that i have but the Edge made ... |