mitch2
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| 'In Home Dealers' are the future? I think for a dealer to make it in these times, they are also going to have to be proficient at internet sales, and will need access to a large number of manufacturer lines. There are a few such dealers here on Audiogon, who can also have the equi... | |
| SS. Amp to go well with Aesthetix Calypso Preamp. Bob reynolds; the 40K assumes you subscribe to the 10:1 minimum ratio camp, and would probably be fine in many cases. However, after trying a whole bunch of preamps, I have found better luck when the ratio is higher. One can review the potential e... | |
| SS. Amp to go well with Aesthetix Calypso Preamp. Not true Russb. Here is the quote from JA's "Measurements" section of the Calypso review. "The balanced output impedance was 112 ohms at 1kHz and above, this increasing to 3900 ohms at 20Hz due to the finite physical size of the output coupling ca... | |
| VTL 5.5 or Aesthetix Calypso I have owned both. You are lucky your JC1's have a sufficiently high input impedance so the Calypso's highish output impedance will not affect the sound. If it were me, purchasing for my system, I would purchase the VTL on sound quality alone. How... | |
| Bruce at The Super Bowl.... Still, 34 years since Born to Run, and the dude and his band are still up there layin it down - you got to give him some credit! The whole thing makes me wonder where today's music is, if year after year our the biggest entertainment event showcas... | |
| Looking for a CDP from a company that'll be around Can't believe I do not see Ayre here yet. Their support is highly regarded as approaching the industry best; their gear is generally regarded as sounding quite good for the money; they offer two players to cover your price range (CX7e used is arou... | |
| Which is the most tubelike solid state amp around Hifisoundguy - I have heard that about the Marantz from a well-respected industry professional (not a reviewer) who has no association with Marantz. I have also heard good things about their digital. Based on my own experience, I have to stick wit... | |
| Supporting Local Audio Stores are we? Many in this thread have focused on price. While equipment price is a major factor in this discussion, I believe other issues have significantly contributed to the reduced number of B&M stores. Those who are lucky enough to have maintained a g... | |
| Supporting Local Audio Stores are we? I believe we are seeing the end of an era. Setting aside the used market issue, and focusing on new sales, I think there will be a time soon when only the very high end dealers in large markets will survive by selling to folks with more money than... | |
| OK to remove Tweeter Grill?? I believe Hansen was responding to a question about Paradigm speakers, but his answer was generic. Personally, I would probably not try it on expensive speakers unless either I was for sure planning to keep the speakers for the long haul, or unles... | |
| OK to remove Tweeter Grill?? Here is some more from Mr. Hansen as he answers another poster's questions and comments related to Hansen's original post above:Poster: So you believe that designers added those "Helmholz resonators" purposely to degrade tweeter performance?Hansen... | |
| OK to remove Tweeter Grill?? Check this out: The problem is NOT the metal dome. A good metal dome tweeter will sound sweet, open, transparent, and resolved. The problem is that 98% of all metal dome tweeters put a "thing" in front of the dome. Sometimes they call it a "phase ... | |
| the dead on tour again. ---two questions: The Allman Bros. have always been a favorite of mine. Sadly, I never caught them with Duane, and the one time I actually got to see them (about 10 yrs ago) Gregg appeared to be in bad shape (and sounded terrible) and the show truly sucked. Fortuna... | |
| McCormack DNA 500 versus the best Pass Labs amp Have not compared with a whole lot of amps, but to cover a few I found the DNA 500 to have better resolution than the BAT VK500 and to better it in pretty much every way. I also liked the DNA 2 run single ended better than the BAT, and I thought t... | |
| 12v triggered outlet? Eldartford makes a good point that the relay contacts will be in the AC power line path. I guess I assumed the relay contacts on my Lamm amps would be worlds better than any sort of external power switch. I do not need a remote to turn the amps on... |