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Transparent or Nordost?
I would need Depends when the bill came due for the MIT. : ) 
Transparent or Nordost?
Ended up with 2 sets of Tyr. Breaking them in now. Thanks for all the advice along the way! 
Transparent or Nordost?
Xti, my dealer only has up to Red Dawn in the new (2) series right now. I like how the IC's are sounding. I didn't like the SC as much as the Transparent Ultra SC.. which is good news for me financially LOL.Now for the bad financial news... I am g... 
Transparent or Nordost?
I was able to get a full set of original Tyr IC and SC. I haven't put the SC in yet, just the 2 sets of balanced IC. So far so good! VERY dynamic, more lively but not tiring to my ears... yet LOL.... will run them for a week and see. I will put th... 
Transparent or Nordost?
What about the original TYR that they are blowing out? worth a listen? 
Transparent or Nordost?
Thanks Xti, please keep me posted on your thoughts once you hear them. I have 2 dealers..(man that sounds kinda bad out of context... LOL ) One carries Transparent, the other Nordost so I am lucky, or cursed depending on how you look at it. I aske... 
Transparent or Nordost?
I think thier marketing is great, especially in the early days when the dealer I go to was able to give me 100 percent back on my cable in trade to move up one level at a time. I think it is down to about 70 percent now that you get back, which is... 
Transparent or Nordost?
anyone heard the new Frey 2 or TYR 2? Might be more of a fair fight?The Red Dawn Leif do make it more "lively" but just don't have the layering and control with a black background that I am hearing with the Tranparent. The Nordost is SE though vs ... 
Transparent or Nordost?
I would love to try the Transparent Ref stuff. I know each level gets better, I started years ago with "the link"... Unfortunately though, upgrading the Ulra mm2 balanced link alone is a few grand... 
Proceed AMP-2 vs BPA-2 / HPA-2
I should have added, it has been over 11 years since I compared the HPA2 to an AMP2 at the shop, but from what I recall the HP series sounded more in control of the speakers the the BP series did. I think the speakers where Aerial 10t or Aerial 7'... 
Proceed AMP-2 vs BPA-2 / HPA-2
I had a channel go out on my HPA2 some years ago, but since the reapair ( about 6 years )no problems since. I did hear that they have gotten more "reasonable" on the cost of repair. Before it was pretty much a grand to repair the amp, now it is so... 
Favorite Pre Amp and Amp with Vandersteen?
ditto on the audio research. Don't own vandersteens, ( got cats! ) but always liked thier sound. 
Change connectors for Transparent Ultra Bi-wire?
Did you purchase them from a dealer? If so, check with the dealer. I sent some back that where 5-6 years old, because some of the copper wires strands had broken ( from moving the speakers around so much with them attached ) they reterminated all ... 
Martin Logan Prodigy with Sonic Frontiers Power
Levinson and Classe are 2 others I have heard that worked well. I use a Proceed HPA2 on ascents, you can pick a used one up pretty cheap these days just to try. 
ARC Ref 3 Main Output Impedance Question
hmmm.... never looked at this. I have a REF2 connected SE to a Velodyne. Am I working the pre to hard?