ozzy62
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| Passive/Active preamps: pros and cons.... If your system is passive friendly (amp with high gain, low input sens., appropriate source, and reasonably efficient speakers) then there are absolutely no drawbacks at all to my ears in using a transformer based passive attenuator. I have a cust... | |
| Anyone hear the Caravelle speaker and not like it? If he has an average to medium sized room, I assure you he will not lack for deep bass, dynamics, or sense of scale. I don't own these, but a friend of mine does. So I feel comfortable making this claim. A highly musical speaker.Oz | |
| 3-D Movie Is A Metaphor for Non-Audiophiles >She already loves listening to Celine Dion on my system really loud<What a waste of a good system. Is the wall paper in your listening room still intact?Oz | |
| Review: Harmonic Precision Caravelle Speaker I agree about the Caravelles, amazing speakers.Funny thing though, the Caravelles have disappeared from the "Upcoming Reviews" section and have yet to reappear in the "Current Reviews" section. What's up with that?Oz | |
| Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use? I have a Jolida JD100 which is about as good a cdp I have heard at any price.BUT.......it gets very little play time. Whenever I listen to a seedee I feel as though I am wasting precious time which could be spent listening to a rekkid......Oz | |
| Passive Pre's--Placette RVC or Luminous Axiom I am talking about apples vs. apples here. If he has already determined that a passive device will work in his system, then a TVC will best a resistor based passive. My amp has 37db of voltage gain and a 100K ohm input impedance. My phono preamp h... | |
| Passive Pre's--Placette RVC or Luminous Axiom Maybe you don't understand the concept of the TVC. It is a passive attenuator, but using the transformers instead of resistors for the attenuation. What you have is the same level of transparency as the Axiom or the Placette, but w/o the limitatio... | |
| Passive Pre's--Placette RVC or Luminous Axiom I would say forget both and go with a TVC based preamp. I have compared my custom preamp using S&B trannies to active linestages costing many times as much. No contest, the TVC is always the winner. And I have had the Placette in my system for... | |
| Advice on upgrading phono stage Your analog front end is identical to mine. I am using a K&K Audio phono stage with the Benz loaded @ 300 ohms. This preamp is the same as the Art Audio Vinyl Reference, which Kevin Carter of K&K helped design. Search the archives here and... | |
| How good is phono stage in Musical Fidelity A300? >I owned this amp back when I beleived reviews by sam Tellig in S'file.That should tell you something right there.The amp has a lot of nice features, great build quality,lotta power... and sounds dead , lifeless and about as involving as readin... | |
| Speaker Suitable for Baby/Children - Wall Mount You should really dedicate a room to your audio system with a feature that is not that expensive. It is called a "door". You take this device and "close" it so that the children cannot go in and upset the expensive speakers. Wow! What a concept!!!... | |
| Which speaker should I buy? Please help. If you are looking for $30K speakers and you are asking advice here, you have problems far beyond what brand of speaker you should buy. At that price point if you don't go out and listen for yourself, you deserve whatever sorry assed mistakes you ... | |
| Remote Preamp with Phono Section on Board I have seen BAT VK-3is with phono for a little more than your budget. Nice sounding line stage, but the phono card is only average. There is a JJ Electronics 243 preamp for sale on the Gon right now. Asking $1300.00 I think. This is a great sleepe... | |
| Best amp for Vandersteen 2sig Avoid any amp that is warm and slow. The already uninvolving Vandersteens will probably lull you to sleep. Look for something with some snap and zip, the McCormack recommendation seems logical.Oz | |
| BAT preamp owners Years ago I owned a 3i and won a contest on the Audio Revelation website in which the prize was a brand new VK-30. I was so excited about the new preamp that I committed the audiophile sin of selling my old component before the new one arrived. Bi... |