pdreher
Responses from pdreher
| Why are Harbeth speakers expensive while its drivers are not. I'm a Harbeth lemming. They just sound right to me. | |
| Harbeth & VAC combo Here's my experience with Harbeth and VAC:Harbeth M-40.1's with Renaissance 30/30 MKIII had the best midrange I have ever experienced, but the bass was a bit loose and wooly. Female vocals and jazz are outstanding with this amp, but classical wit... | |
| Line Magnetic 219ia vs Mc225 While I have no experience with Line Magnetic integrateds, I have tried numerous 6SN7's in several VAC amplifiers and a two different Modwright digital sources. While I wanted to love NOS Tung Sol's, I found them a bit hot sounding on top. The ... | |
| Comparison between Antipodes DS, Naim Unitiserve and Music Vault Diamond. I have a Music Vault Diamond from 2013 and love it. Neal from Sound Science provides personal service and takes the guess work out of computer audio. I have mine paired with a Luxman DA-06 DAC and the sound quality is better than any CDP I had o... | |
| Advice on a preamp Used Aesthetix Calypso Signature, if you can find one. I started with the Calypso, mistakenly strayed... found a used Calypso Signature about 3 years ago and have no intentions of trying anything different. | |
| 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. |