pdreher
Responses from pdreher
| Sim W-5 vs Pass X250 / X350 with Dyn C-4 FrankC - tell your friend with C4's to add some GIK (or comparable) room treatments to tame the bass and reflections. I was about to give up on my C4's, then added 8 GIK 244 panels to my room and it turned the C4's into keepers. Adding room treatm... | |
| CJ 18LS VS Plinius M8 My bad... assumed the CJ pre was a tubed preamp. Thanks for keeping me honest ;-) | |
| CJ 18LS VS Plinius M8 I have no experience with either preamp, however, CJ is known for making good preamps, whereas Plinius is really only known for their class A amps. Also, the CJ pre is tubed vs. the Plinius being solid state.No brainer in my mind... go with the CJ... | |
| Upgrade speaker cables OR amp for Dynaudio C4's? Missioncoon... I have no doubt the Pass X250.5 would be a nice amp for the C4's, but its too large to fit in my rack, so I'm sticking with what I have.On a side note... I had seen your listing of your C4's... so I assume you sold them, and if so, ... | |
| Upgrade speaker cables OR amp for Dynaudio C4's? Well, I tried the Sim W6's for a few days, but found them to be too analytical and bright for my tastes and have already sold them... so I'm happily reunited with my trusty Plinius SA-102, and have no desire to stray. Not sure what my next move wi... | |
| Sim W-5 vs Pass X250 / X350 with Dyn C-4 Based upon my recent 3 day stint with pairing my C4's with Sim W6's, I found the presentation of the W6's to be lean & accentuating the higher frequencies at the expense of midrange frequencies, warmth & decay/micro-dynamics. The Sim sound... | |
| Hadouk Trio.... I just ordered FiP from Amazon. Unfortunately, it's not in stock, so who knows when I'll get it.... but it will be a nice surprise when it finally arrives. | |
| Hadouk Trio.... Robert - I like the clips of Hadouk Trio. Thanks for the lead on new music. | |
| Pace-Car 2 between transport and DAC? I have the Pace-Car 2 tuned to an Airport Express feeding into the DAC section of my Audio Aero Capitol. I stream wirelessly from my IMac to the Airport Express (AE). I'm using the Van Den Hul Opticoupler between the AE and the Pace-Car 2, and a P... | |
| Upgrade speaker cables OR amp for Dynaudio C4's? Well, I just agreed to buy a pair of Simaudio W-6 monoblocks, so I should know in a few weeks how these more powerful amps (425 WPC / 8 ohms) match up to to my trusty Plinius SA-102 @ 125 WPC. I've really enjoyed my SA-102 for a long time... so I'... | |
| Mac / Airport Express question Ericj - I can't speak to the difference in sound quality of the Airport Expess with & without the Pace-Car 2, as the DAC section of my CDP will not accept toslink inputs direct from the Airport Express... it only accepts SP/DIF . | |
| Mac / Airport Express question Yes, that should work. I currently run a similar setup: IMac to Airport Express to Empirical Audio Pace-Car 2 to the DA section of my Audio Aero Capitol CDP.The Empirical Audio Pace-Car 2 reclocks the signal and removes all jitter. See Empirical A... | |
| Bass: Dynaudio Confidence C2 vs Contour S5.4 I've owned the C2's (28Hz) & now the C4's (27Hz). The difference in bass output is significantly more on the C4 than the 1Hz difference in the published specs. I think the 28Hz is somewhat deceiving, albeit not intentionally. | |
| Bass: Dynaudio Confidence C2 vs Contour S5.4 Can't speak for the S5.4's, but my during my stint with C2's I still needed a sub to get decent bass. If I were you, I'd either keep the C1's & add a good sub (REL Stadium, Aerial SW12, Velodyne DD15) or save up for Dyn C4's (assuming your roo... | |
| Upgrade speaker cables OR amp for Dynaudio C4's? Keithr - Pass .5 series amps are intriguing. If my soon-to-be realized plan of bridging a pair of mono-blocked Plinius SA-102's end up not meeting my expectations, my fallback plan would have me leaning towards replacing them with either a Pass 25... |