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Best of your best - Your Top 25
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Sonus Faber Amati Homage versus Vandersteen 5A
Stevecham says he belives that Krell is being used, I belive otherwise. Dont say stuff you cant back up.With all the Outstanding amps made in Italy in Europe , a Krell is not lickly the voicing source, but thats my take , its just as valid as the ... 
Sonus Faber Amati Homage versus Vandersteen 5A
Well done Gentlemen, you have slapded him and he is acting like a true spoiled Brat.Thank God for people who care about this Hobby and will putpeople like Stevecham in thier place.Hey though give him a break, when you get your brained messed by Th... 
Sonus Faber Amati Homage versus Vandersteen 5A
Stevecham, what does whats on a website have to do woth selecting a speakers.Speakers need to be heard by Human EARS, You and J. Atkinson can Measure all the F you want. Bottom line anyone who lets whats on a website pick a Speaker is Brain Dead. 
Sonus Faber Amati Homage versus Vandersteen 5A
Krell and Thiel oh my you are a treble on steroids guy StevechamMy God 15 Minutes of that and most people ears will BLEED.Sorry Stevecham for some of US English is not our first language. We do our best . I was not aware that I had to have an Engl... 
Sonus Faber Amati Homage versus Vandersteen 5A
Stevecham, lots of class .Semi you hit it on the head, Thiels do not sound like Live Muisc, Stevecham you remind me of an old saying a wise man taught me.Never argue with an Idiot all he will do is drag you down to his level and then beat you with... 
Sonus Faber Amati Homage versus Vandersteen 5A
Semi, could not say it better myself.Thiels sound like Nails scratching on a Blackboard.A few non audiophiles I took to a store to listen to gear said, the Thiels hurt thier ears. Nuff said. 
Sonus Faber Amati Homage versus Vandersteen 5A
Stevecham, Please give us all a break,Thiels are not anything anyone would want to duplicate,.Thin lean un involving, toe tapin and Thiels just dont happen. Ettched sterile. Need I say More.Who cares that they measure great they sound well to me a... 
Next Biggest Improvement after Speakers ?
Source Source Source.Speakers only reproduce whats fed them,So how can they be the most important part of a System.Speakers are the one item that has the largest profit margin for dealers and Speaker MFG,Typically the margin on Electronics is abou... 
newbie 1st post 2 channel reccomendations.
Atagi I would suggest Listening to one of my personal favorite combo's. Coincident Sprakers Eclispe series with Atma Sphere's M-60-II. Coincident and Atma Sphere have synergy like no other.Pre amps Kevin should be able to suggest the right match f... 
newbie 1st post 2 channel reccomendations.
I dont know If Upscale Audio is close to you Atagi. If it is give them a call . he has many great lines..Yes I do agree if your listening to gear in a Store , then you should support him or offer to pay for his time, Hey if you can save thousands ... 
newbie 1st post 2 channel reccomendations.
Get over yourself My Friend.All one needs is a sound meter to insure the Levels are same. And as I said the test was done with same MFG CDP all having the identical output levels.We live in a real world.Double blind testing is for Engineering geek... 
Won't preamps become obsolete?
I have gone this route and in the end a good Preamp is the way to go.No they will never go away. And Viynl is comming back huge. 
Rogue 88 problems
Th 120 have double the power of the 88. 120 Watts vs 60 Watts I belive. Did you listen in Ultralinear or Triode. Triode on the 88 is 30 Watts, I used them on a pair of 92dB speakers with great succes, then got 120 and Know the 150.Last amp I will ... 
New Model Rogue Mono's
Not to worry. at idle they are a touch noisy but when they play, they are giant Killers.