pdreher
Responses from pdreher
| When is the best time to buy equipment?? April may be one of the worst times, because people have more disposable income from tax returns and work bonuses, so gear moves quicker and sellers are less motivated to sell at a discount. Based upon my selling experiences, I'd say December &... | |
| Recommend relatively obscure high end tube preamps I had nice luck with the Joule Electra LA 150... I think retail is around $5250. | |
| Do class A amps draw power even when turned off? Thanks for everyone's help... I can always count on the members of Audiogon to pull thru for me! | |
| Good Budget CD and integrated???? If I only had those two choices, I'd go with the Classe CAP 151 and the Shanling cdp.However, if I had $2K, I'd go with a tubed integrated (Jolida 302, or Cayin) and a Sony XA7ES cdp. | |
| Best movies last two years "Walk the Line", "Garden State" & "Crash" are worth renting. | |
| Am I spending too much money? I like JD's suggestion of losing the sub, and moving up to the Callisto's. As far as amplification, I'm happy I made the switch to a good integrated... I previously had less than stellar luck with amp / preamp combo's of YBA 3 series & BAT VK ... | |
| Advice on budget amp. Not sure what you budget is, but I recently sold my BAT VK 200 ss amp for approx. $1100. It's a decent amp at the used prices. Also, there are plenty of options to pick up an older used ss amp from Classe, McCormack or Conrad Johnson for very reas... | |
| Warm speakers? Timrhu - I like most, but not all of the advice of Bigtee & Audiofankj. I owned the Soliloquy 6.2i's (not sure of the sonic differences of the older 6.2 version versus the 6.2"i" version), and while they were "ok" speakers, the bass response i... | |
| Best bookshelf speaker under $700 used Dynaudio 52's. Dynamic, full sounding, and surprisingly good bass for a small monitor. | |
| Is there a clear winner??? I own the Sonata II, which has different drivers than the III. However, even though I've never heard the Revels, I'd still pick the Sonata based on looks, experience with the Sonata II, and almost endless amp options due to them being very efficie... | |
| Best Integrated Amp You Ever Heard? I'm not an expert on integrated amps, but I've just sold off my seperates for a Pathos TT (Twin Towers). It's a hybrid int. amp that puts out 35WPC in class A. I've only had it a few days, but I can say that sonically, it's every bit as good as my... | |
| Your Opinion: Coincident Vs. Silverline? I can't speak for the Coincidents, but I do own Silverline Sonata II's. Mine are approx. 20" off of the back wall, and have no problems with booming bass. Most speakers will benefit from being off the back wall a bit. Both speakers have a good rep... | |
| Best monitor under $1000 I can't be for certain that they are the "best" $1,000 monitor, but I can tell you from personal experience that the Dynaudio Audience 52 is a very good monitor speaker with surprisingly solid bass performance. You may even be able to find a used ... | |
| Which is the best amp for Silverline Sonata? First of all, congrats on your choice of speakers...No offense, but the Sonata's will sing once you upgrade the rest of your equipment to the level of the Sonata's. I'm not sure what your price range is, but I'm running my Sonata II's with a BAT V... | |
| Please help me to pick a speaker... The speakers you listed are all very, very good. Just be careful to match your relatively low powered integrated amp with relatively high efficiency speakers with a flat impedance curve. While I like the Dynaudio's, and own some of their bookshelf... |