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| Classe "omega" vs Pass Labs X600 I am sure the JC-1 is an excellent amplifier. Hopefully this will be echoed for years to come and the amplifier will maintain its status. It does make me wonder however, what recourse one might have who purchased one of these "unlistenable" Paraso... | |
| Are the new Marsh preamps really giant killers? Nice post Sean. Unusually good for the 'gon. | |
| Classe 201 -vs- Odyssey Stratos Ease up Mhubbard. I think you are making something out of little or nothing. I did not see anything deragatory about Socrates comments in his earlier posts. Looked to me like he merely spoke what he heard in regards to comparative listening. Clear... | |
| Bel Canto eVo vs. BAT VK-60/75/, VK-200/500/1000 Many thanks Glreno. Great comments. Exactly what I was looking for. Actually more. | |
| Bel Canto eVo vs. BAT VK-60/75/, VK-200/500/1000 Give the Parasound JC-1 a whirl. A really good amp from what I've read but I have not heard it. Can you give us some more comparative comments about the Monarchy SE-160 amp? | |
| Bryston 7B SST vs. Parasound Halo JC 1 shootout... Well, if 10 amps is the rated input current then the transformer VA rating would likely be 10 X 120 = 1200 VA. The actual short term amplifier output will be significantly greater at 1 ohm, limited to a large extent by the storage charge in the bu... | |
| Monarchy SM70 Pros - Verses - Odyssey Stratos I don't particularly like recessed midranges either. And, that is what I liked about Atmasphere OTL amplifiers. They are full, immediate and detailed. They produce a large and realistic soundstage. Very impressive. Unfortunately they are expensive... | |
| Has anyone heard the 47 labs Shigaraki DAC? There is a review of the 4715 dac in the current (March) issue of Stereophile. I am not sure if this is the same dac as the shigiraki or not. But they appear to be similar. | |
| Speaking of PS Audio... I own the Jolida JD-100 and it is generally excellent. I have not had the Sony in my home but, have listened to it in the audio store here, several times. The Sony also gave me the impression of being lackluster and steril, but not to the point of... | |
| McIntosh and Autoformers. . .? Good news, from my perspective anyway. I don't get bowled over by cables. Just keep then short as possible and use any decent 10 or 12 awg shotgun cable (available at your local Home Depot or Radioshack). Longer runs may require more attention but... | |
| McIntosh and Autoformers. . .? Germanbox, your speakers and amp combo would appear to fall smack in the middle of the grey area with regards to sonic improvement with the addition of an auto-transformer. My experience was with the MA-1 Mk II, not II.2. Yet I would speculate tha... | |
| McIntosh and Autoformers. . .? You are right Zaikes. With speakers above 8 ohms there is a lesser need to consider the AT. I am not sure just where the crossover point of diminishing returns lies but I would probably pick 10-12 ohms. So even with an 8 ohm speaker I personally t... | |
| McIntosh and Autoformers. . .? The autotransformer is a single winding coil with taps on a core of steel (generally). The taps allow impedance transformation by the ratio of turns being used. So one is able to connect, lets say, an output stage with output impedance of 1K ohms ... | |
| Speaker recommendation - 3K budget An easy recommendation, Magnepan 3.6s. Though you will have to dig a little deeper in your pocket or, purchase them used. The Maggies produce a big dynamic soundstage that exudes reality in abundance. The bass is tight and defined, and the mid-tre... | |
| Musical Fidelity A3 24 What R My Ears Telling Me? Gosh, looking at the feature lists and differences in what one gets between these units is a appalling. MF ought to be downright ashamed for selling such an "under-equipped" player. You would think that, at just over the retail price of the Sony, ... |