pdreher
Responses from pdreher
| Daedalus Athena I owned the Daedalus Ulysses a few years back. It was a nice speaker with exceptional hardwood cabinets. Initially I found them to be very flat and dull sounding, but after running them through a rigorous break-in at high volume they finally op... | |
| Electronics for Harbeth, Especially Monitor 40 series I have 40.1's and I've tried many amps and integrateds. Tube amps are superior in my experience. Rankings as follows:VAC PHI 200 (current amp)VAC 70/70 Signature (130 pound beast, great on vocals and jazz)McIntosh MC275 MKV (fun, gutsy classic... | |
| Dynaudio C1 compared to Harbeth Super HL5 plus? I've previously owned C2's and C4's but prefer the Harbeth M-40.1's to both by a wide margin... not even close IME. I've also owned the original SHL5's and prefer them to the C2, but not the C4. Haven't heard the C1, but I'd be surprised if I'd... | |
| Lampizator Music KOMPUTER or MusicVault or MemoryPlayer64??? I'm a satisfied Music Vault owner. Neal is very helpful and great to work with. | |
| What piece(s) of equipment would you most like to try? Aqua DACs. | |
| solid state amp power Recommend you keep your integrated (for now) and buy a used pair of Harbeth M-40.1's. Despite the 40.1's low efficiency rating, they have a benign impedance curve and are relatively easy to drive. The 40.1's are a major step up in sound quality... | |
| Looking for an upgrate from Cronus Magnum Agree with plan A. I've always found I regret going from a tube amp to SS. | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC VAC hands down. | |
| Auralic Aries users After almost two frustrating weeks of working through bugs and waiting for the support team to get back to me, I threw in the towel and returned the Aries. I've since moved on to a Music Vault Diamond music server. Outstanding sound, outstanding... | |
| Auralic aires / aires mini I tried the Aries for about a week, but was unable to get it to work. You need to have a 5G wireless network from what I've read. I'd look elsewhere... Squeezebox Touch & Sonos are proven platforms that work. | |
| Mc 2301 amps I've owned the MC 275 and it was pretty cool running and made no noticeable impact to the room temperature. The same can be said for three VAC tube amps I've owned. Part of it will depend on your room size. Suggest you call McIntosh or Audio... | |
| Dynaudio Sappires vs Focal Sopra 2's I've heard the Sapphire and thought they were okay... and while I have not heard the Focal's, they have the advantage over the Dyn's in being fairly efficient, making them suitable for use with moderate powered tube amps. The Sopra's do appear to... | |
| Looking for a Network Music Player The Squeezebox Touch, while no longer in production, can be had for approx. $350. They can't be beat for the price. I tried the Aurelic Aries, but was unable to get it to work... so I returned it 1 week later. | |
| New Luxman DA-06 doesnt sound so great. Will it get better? I have the US version DA-06 and it sounds great! | |
| Tube rolling VAC 160i SE The big Harbeth's do better with neutral tubes IME. Can't speak for the 12AU7's, but I always found NOS Mullard CV 4004's to be a nice neutral tube. |