moto_man
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| Acoustic Curtain for listening area @jpwarren58, LOL! OP, ff you want what the pros use: I'm sure that your soundstage, top, bottom, midrange, wife, cats etc. will all sound better. | |
| Does dose anyone see these speakers in real? From the back those ugly speakers look like the gold statue that Indiana Jones found at the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark! Maybe the speakers would be worth it if only we could speak Hovitos! | |
| We Can Make Classic Cars Outperform Today's "SuperCars": Why Not Vintage Audio? A buddy just bought a vintage 1976 Marantz 2125 receiver for $2000+. Why? I don't get the attraction of vintage gear that is 46 years old. Granted it was re-capped, but still, I have to assume that SS gear must have improved significantly over ... | |
| Shakti Stone I find that the best stone to dramatically improve soundstage is my grower son’s Banana Daddy Hybrid. Amazing increase in the depth of the soundstage and holographic. Best and cheapest upgrade to my system yet! | |
| Looking for Speaker Recommendations I love my Sabrina X’s. Fantastic speakers, powered by a Pass Labs 250.8 with an ARC REF6. I saw a used pair for $12K. They replaced my Focal Diablo Utopia III’s with a REL sub, which sounded very good with both my Pass and a PrimaLuna DiaLogue P... | |
| Indentical measurments = Identical performance? I understand both sides of the issue. Objectivists posit that if it can't be measured, then it doesn't exist. There is a certain logic to the notion that what we hear is a function of the measurements of a piece of equipment, or that one cable s... | |
| Pass Labs 150.8 and XP-20 versus PrimaLuna Dialogue Premier HP integrated Don’t sell the PL short. It is a very well made amp, and is $3K vs. $10K for the Pass 250.8. As for as being “one of the best amps at any price,”. OK, that is BS and another reason to take anything that Stereophile says with a grain of salt. I ... | |
| Does a DAC need a large/strong power supply? Does a DAC power supply matter? Yes. I have an MSB Discrete DAC. It comes with a single external power supply, but they recommend 2. I thought that the DAC sounded good, but when I added the separate Premier Power Base, it kicked the DAC’s perf... | |
| Help in deciding which tube preamp to replace my old SFL-2 I cant speak to the Zesto or Backert, but I picked up an ARC REF6 and it is excellent. Soundstage is locked in and I like having a digital volume display. Plus, the ARC REF6 really holds its value on the used market and ARC supports all of its e... | |
| Time to upgrade the pre-amp. Having just gone through the "preamp shuffle," Get an ARC REF6. They can be had on the used market of about $7K and it is a fabulous pre, IMHO, a significant step better than the new LS28SE, both of which I had in my system. In fact, I thought tha... | |
| The new dynamic in speaker pricing I will confess that I have never heard $1 million speakers. I am sure that they sound amazing, paired with equally amazing electronics, room, cables, etc. But the point is that there are plenty of very wealthy people in this country and in the w... | |
| VAC Renaissance Signature Mk V versus Allnic L-7000? @jahatl513, that is certainly what others who have the L-7000 have said. After watching several of them show up used, my local dealer lent me an ARC LS28SE to try out in my system. Yes, it was slightly better than DAC direct, but the improvement... | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 power cord I know that I am coming late to this party, but since the ARC REF6 and 6SE are frequently bought and sold currently, I thought that I would add my 2 cents, since this is still a relevant question. After running an MSB Discrete DAC direct to my Pas... | |
| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? I have had good experiences with Morrow Audio MA7 IC's and speaker cables. reasonable prices and a nice sounding wire. I preferred the MA7 to MIT shotgun 1.3's and Audience Au24 speaker wire, both of which are also great. Morrow punches above i... | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 SE I just recently purchased a REF 6 at an excellent price. ARC does not come out with a new product every year, obviously, and every company tries to make improvements. Otherwise, a company would make one product, and then never improve on it. It... |