mikesinger
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| Audience Au24 with high current SS amps.... blown drivers are a result of underpowered amps / clipping "the majority" of the time... maggies are a notoriously inefficent load and require quite a bit of current regardless of listening levels..i would consider looking at your setup... what am... | |
| How do I warm up my system? details about setup:-cables-isolation-listening position-room treatmentas a general rule.. consider a dac or a different source... | |
| Do you know of small speakers that sound ''BIG'' ? celsstion sl700 with a high cuurent amp (sonus faber extrema will do the same thing) | |
| Is AES/EBU digital cable/connection all that? tried it with same cable (longer length though ) in a completely balanced system-pretty much dual differential all through.the aes/bu was better-more body, better imaging, air etc... i really try to keep the same termination consistant through the... | |
| Any thoughts on Music Reference RM200 Baranyi you are very lucky to have apogees... they are the finest ribbon speakers that i heard of despite their age...i can understand the difference in opinions when it comes to amplifaction on these... alot will depend on the listening levels, s... | |
| Your listening chair can the pillars be filled and spikes added ? | |
| Any thoughts on Music Reference RM200 rm200 is a really good amp but not for those speakers (though i havent tried that combo)...imo, relability, tube amps and 1 ohm load is questionable (of the three pick 2)apogees need a incredible amount of current to do their magic (800 to 1000 wa... | |
| Your listening chair gunbei - too cool !!! | |
| Marantz SA8260 it is a pretty good play for the money that responds well to tweeks (isolation, platform, pc - btw which almost cost as much as the player)...the redbook from this player is really, really good at any pricepoint..there is a reliability issue with ... | |
| Reference Transports: An overall perspective the idea of a computer as a transport is intriging however, there are too many variables right now (os, software, hard drive integrity etc....) a minimist approach with a buffered transport or dac is very, very attractive...are there any ram buffe... | |
| Reference Transports: An overall perspective thanks for the info...i wasnt aware the universals did this (this sparked my interest, i remember the chord dac64 & the tube technology fusion)...were there any other devices (internal or external) are available beside the genesis lens ? | |
| Reference Transports: An overall perspective Lktak, what type of ram devices are there beside a genesis digital lense (or I am misunderstanding the concept)? could be be more specific on what RAM you are referring too (can it be added to transports ?)thanks !! | |
| Want to replace Vandersteen 1C's with better spk would suggest alon / nola... more revealing and transparent speaker... check your room first since these are a dipole... | |
| Dodson Audio - Still in Business? check with jeffs sound values, some of the guys used to work together at a stereo shop a while back.. | |
| Looking for warmth - pair of pse studio v monoblocks or muse mono blocks or quick silver monos (lose the adcoms)-audible illusions L1 preamp-muse model 2 dac or marantz cd player |