mikelavigne
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| Rockport Serius II is it as good as the Serius III Bill, i have been told by those that have heard both the II and III that the differences are subtle but significant in an absolute sense. slightly more ease and solidity, slightly deeper and tighter bass on the III. also, a slightly lower noise fl... | |
| Kharma Exquisites i own the Kharma Exquisite 1ds. i use the Tenor 75Wi OTL monoblocks.Avnut, the Exquisites you heard at CES was the 1A, which has an external crossover, compared to my 1Ds, which are also bi-ampable but have an internal crossover.i spent considerab... | |
| Does a CD Transport need to be HDCD ALSO? the transport just reads the bits, whether hdcd or not, and sends them off to the internal or external dac. if an hdcd code is present on the disc and the dac/filter is capable of recognizing the embedded hdcd code in the bit-stream, then the dac/... | |
| what is the best speaker cable? i haven't heard them all, but i have heard many of them in my system. None THAT I HAVE HEARD are close to my Transparent Opus mm. the closest has been the Jena Labs and then the Valhalla. i would put those 2 very close with the Valhalla faster and... | |
| Clearaudio Master Reference vs. Basis Debut V ?? Thomas, i don't know Kelly (CFB) personally but i do know his friend at Audio Unlimited that sells the CRM. i have done business there for 5 years and they sell and recommend many different analog products. i bought my Basis 2500/Graham 2.2/Aesthe... | |
| Proceed AVP or Meridian 561? i own the AVP and love it. seems to have all the bases covered except 5.1 channel analog pass-thru for when i go to sacd multi-channel (there is an in-expensive Sony solution to that problem). the AVP is easy to setup, has worked flawlessly for 3 ... | |
| VPI or Basis? i own the Basis 2500/Graham 2.2 and formerly owned the VPI TNT III/Graham 1.5tc. these are both great turntables and at the level you are comparing are both quite neutral and without deficiencies.i went with the Basis for the following reasons; 1.... | |
| Clearaudio Master Reference vs. Basis Debut V ?? kelly, i had been talking to John Barnes all last fall about the CMR but he couldn't really say how it compared to the Debut V. i really appreciate finally hearing how the comparison came out.in the meantime, i have found a Rockport System II Siri... | |
| OTL amps with Wilson Watt/Puppy 6s i spent 2 weeks with the Atmasphere MA2 mkII.2 and 1 week with the Tenor 75Wi with my previous speakers, the Watt/Puppy 6. both were excellent......easily the best 2 amps i have ever heard.the Atmasphere was perfectly matched with the power hungry... | |
| Who is going to the CES show? i'll be at CES; staying at the Hard Rock. I hope to see other audiogoners there. | |
| Question about CD 'Resolution' however way you cut it, the cd format (red book) is limited to 16 bit/44khz resolution. that is the physical limit of the software. that little shiney disc can only hold that info. in general, there are 2 ways to "enhance" or alter the amount of "... | |
| Help on premium cd player I know i'm doubleing your budget, but if you really want to simplify your life and enjoy "music" from your cds, consider a used Linn CD-12. No, i have not heard all the current "upsampling" cdps but those i have heard fall short of the clarity and... | |
| Anyone heard the new Sony SACD player? i have not heard it but there is plenty of first-hand feedback and discussion over on the Hi-Rez board on the www.audioasylum.com. you can do a search or ask questions.there is also recommendations on the cheapest source for purchase.i am planning... | |
| Tenor Audio - Anyone hear them? hi calloway, so you bought them!! congrats. welcome to the Tenor club.so tell me, were the first notes of familiar music a revelation like i said? | |
| Vibration platform for Basis Turntable ? I use a Zoethecus rack with the Z-slab for my Basis 2500 and am very happy with the results. a big improvement came when i built concrete slabs and posts in my crawl space to reduce foot-falls and feedback from my suspended wood floor.A.J.Conti of... |