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| Have You Ever Put Your Golden Ears to the Test?? Pick up any Introductory Psychology book. Turn to the chapter on sensation and perception (usually ch. 3 or 4). You will find dozens, if not hundreds, of example of how expectations influence perception, whether visually or auditorially, ranging f... | |
| Equipment reviews, are they credible? Pardon me if this question has been answered before, but is the review section an appropriate place for a 'shoot-out' or is it only for single component reviews? To me, there is a difference between comparing a component to another one that you ma... | |
| No interest in battery powered components? I have Merlin Milleniums with the Battery Bam. Once in a while I forget to unplug the Bam, which lets it run in AC mode. It doesn't take me long to realize my mistake, because the sound with the Bam run by batteries is noticeably superior to the A... | |
| Amp recommendations for Merlin VSM / TSM I guess I have beaten tubegroover and a few other to the punch here (maybe) by mentioning the David Berning 270. I was using a Mesa Baron, which is a good amp, but no comparison to the Berning (which is, arguably, an OTL, although there is much de... | |
| Whatever happened to the latest Berning, Tenor.... Interesting. If anybody out there has any more detail, it would be informative to hear comments. | |
| Worst speakers at Stereophile show So DOug, did you like the Merlins or not? First you say that you didn't like them; then you say that the Merlins with the Joules sounded 'not bad', 'nice detail', etc., which sounds like you maybe.....liked them? The Merlins in the SimAudio room s... | |
| Whatever happened to the latest Berning, Tenor.... Yeah, that's a good question. I think that Tubegroover was going to set one up, and there was another one mentioned. Never heard anything afterward. By the way, my local high end dealer, a life-long Audio Research fan, has had my Berning 270 with ... | |
| Guitar Alphabet. Please fill out unused letters... Four more K's--Leo Kottke, Phil Keaggy, Ritchie Kotzen, Greg Koch. I didn't see Paul Gilbert either--might have missed his name in other posts. Also Greg Howe. Now if you REALLY want some spaced out but killer guitar playing, check out Steve Hilla... | |
| Comments on the Graaf Veintecinque I believe that Deja Vu Audio in McLean VA is a Graaf dealer. Check their website. | |
| Shoot-out I would like to see - Berning ZH270 vs. Will, Chris, et. al., If you guys are like me, you need to hear things yourself to judge (plus it's more fun! to actually play with the equipment) rather than rely on what others say. Having said that, there was a thread over on the Asylum a while... | |
| Amp shootout.....Tenor 75wi verses Berning ZH270 Mikelavigne, thanks for the reply. I didn't have a chance to check things here for a few days, so I just saw your reply today! I just got some NOS tubes for my Berning, following the recommendations of people here. I'll listen to the Berning for a... | |
| Battle of the "Davids"......Belles vs. Berning Ianrmack, I noticed that you have are getting a pair of Merlins--probably the 'T' harness, judging from your system. This won't matter to you, probably, but I'm pretty sure that the Belles 350a is one of the amps that Bobby at Merlin recommends fo... | |
| Amp shootout.....Tenor 75wi verses Berning ZH270 Jtinn, I just have one question. Are you claiming that Tenors, Atma-spheres, Joules (I know, that wasn't in your post), Lamms, etc. will outperform the Berning in every system, with EVERY type of speaker, regardless of how difficult it is to drive... | |
| Amp shootout.....Tenor 75wi verses Berning ZH270 I think that we all need to keep in mind Mikelavigne's comment at the end of the first paragraph in his 4-18 posting--"on an appropriate speaker". We've all been around enough to realize how important system synergy is, and while there was some di... | |
| Amp shootout.....Tenor 75wi verses Berning ZH270 Alan, just out of curiousity, did you compare the prototype monoblock Bernings to a pair of strapped 270's? Power output would be about the same. Maybe that couldn't be done because of other design considerations. I ask because I am toying with th... |