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| REL and VA Bach's My Rel Strata fell in at 43 hz with a volume setting at about 12 oclock. That's with Thiel 1.6's (bottom at 40 hz). I'm sure that the room and the sub's position in the room affects the setting. | |
| Most "Non-Digital" Sounding CDP Accuphase 75v | |
| cdp to amp I disagree with the above poster about the negatives of passive preamps. He has not tried the Placette with its Vishay resistors. In my system: Accuphase CDP into a Sonic Frontier Power 2, the Placette did enhance the transparency and had no effec... | |
| Optical Vs. Coaxial Digital - Which Interconnect? I disagree. Using a glass ATT optical connector (e.g. Audioquest optima), IMHO, sounds better into a ML 380S compared to coax. | |
| amp for thiel cs1.6?? I listened to the same combo (Thiel plus VTL); The integre DT was better. | |
| Thiel 1.6 - bass I use a Rel strata with mine and it gets that extra octave plus in a smooth seamless manner. The combo is better than the Aerial 10T's that I traded for the Thiels and Rel. | |
| speaker stands on wood floors Try solid granite, 2 inches thick, cut to the size of your speakers. They did wonders for my Thiel 1.6, and they look good. | |
| MSB Passive Pre Vs. Placette Passive Never heard the MSB, but I think the Placette Volume Control is outstanding - in my system. Wouldn't do it any other way. | |
| What digital cable between levinson 360s and 37? When I had my 360S, I found that an ATT glass cable was the best: Audioquest's optima. | |
| Speaker options for SF Power-2? Mine drives Thiel 1.6's and a Rel Sub. It's the best system I've had. Better than the Aerial 10T's that I replaced. Highly recommended. Good luck and let us know what you finally do. | |
| Do I want a preamp? I wouldn't be as dogmatic as Mahandave. My own experience is the observation that my accuphase cdp sounds much better through a Placete passive than direct to the amp or through a BAT vk5i (a 4k preamp). Try them all and use your ears. Good luck. | |
| Levinson 390S vs. Levinson 37 + 360S The Accuphase 75v outdid the 390S in my audition. The former as a used instrument beats both of your ML choices by a lot. I used to have the 360S (with a different transport), but the Accuphase is still better. good luck. | |
| From tubes to solid state. What do you loose... I wouldn't give up on the SF power 2 so fast. My original set of tubes were still good when I changed them after 5 years. The entire tube set cost $290. Not bad for 5 years. | |
| Does anyone's cable TV provider offer HDTV? Every now and then an episode of CSI appears in HDTV through Rochester's T/W cable. | |
| Less is more? Premium passive linestage... HELP I was doing just what you propose: accuphase 75v into (in my case)a SF Power 2. Sounded great, until I put a Placette volume control in between; now it sounds "greater". Seriously, this is a wonderful passive control that I recommend highly. |