mikelavigne
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| Is a 12' X 16' room big enough for stereo? my 12' X 18' room has worked great. i have a bay window and an 11' stepped ceiling that have really helped. you will need to treat the walls for reflections. i spent 2 years experimenting with different levels of wall treatment before i got it rig... | |
| Best integrated ever made ? the OTL Tenor 75Wi monoblocks are the best amps i have yet heard, integrated or not. each amp has a passive volume control. they can be used in direct mode, bypassing the volume control or integrated mode.recently i compared a few different amps i... | |
| Are they truly balanced? i personally prefer balanced but i think it is way down the list of significance in system performance. execution of circut design is way more important than balanced verses single-ended. i like the symetry of the balanced concept and the noise re... | |
| Opinions on Proceed equipment i have an AVP, an HPA2, and an AMP5 in my theatre room. they have performed perfectly for 4 years (the HPA2 for 2 years). i have levinson ref. gear in my 2-channel room and love it. i believe all around, madrigal makes the best ss gear; performanc... | |
| Anyone Hear the New Nautilus 800 Yet? i agree with craig that they were better than the salons but i would also point out that they are somewhat bass shy for this price range. they are -3db at 32hz and -6db at 25hz. compared to other contenders in this price range such as the watt/pup... | |
| tube amp recommendations for Watt/Puppys i own WP6s and medium powered amps just don't make them sing. the WP5s are an even tougher load than the WP6. when i went from levinson 33h to 33 it made a world of difference. the WP6 will still sound good with medium power. i tried the red rose ... | |
| Walker Audio's HDL's and Watt/puppy's i have HDLs and WP6s. with my transparent ref. xl ss they did improve things. the differences were small but noticable. smoother treble, more ambience. you could see more into the soundstage. it seemed to strip away a level of grunge. later, as i ... | |
| Wadia 27/270 vs. dCS Delius+Purcell although i am no mathemtician it seems clear that the DCS gear has a better time multiplying the cd sampling rate by an even 4 times (172khz) as opposed to the additional computations involved in 192khz. probably cleaner data. maybe a sharper knif... | |
| Whats better Nautilus 802 or 801 i heard the new N800 last week and it is something special. it reminds me of the silver signature which had been my favorite b&w speaker. it has 30% more interior volumne than the N802 but is slightly shorter. the signature version with some c... | |
| Proceed AVP vs. Meridian 561 Help jel, i own an avp and like it but i have not compared it to the 561. i did recently talk to the madrigal rep and there will be an upgrade to allow the avp to accept a 6-channel analogue input to allow you to input dvd-a or sacd multichannel record... | |
| Sound Quality: Atma-Sphere MA-2 vs. MA-1 i have heard great things about these amps and would also be curious about which amp sounds better? | |
| Preamp for MA1 amp sorry, i meant the MP-1 preamp, not the MA1, which is the amp. | |
| Preamp for MA1 amp wondering if anyone here knows how the MA-1 MkII, fully tweaked, with phono stage, compares to the MA1 MkII line stage only with an aesthetix io phono stage. i own an io and am considering the MA-1 and wonder if i should sell the io (which i truel... | |
| Cables that cost more than the speakers? rayhall, i respect your comments and spent 6 months considering alternatives after i first heard the opus before i finally purchased it. in the context of my system they made a larger performance increase than any change i have made. i would simpl... | |
| Cables that cost more than the speakers? you have to consider that new cables are typically discounted to a much higher degree than new speakers. i am guilty of having transparent opus mm speaker cable ($23,500 list) and wilson watt/puppy 6 ($20,000 list). but i got full list trade-in ($... |