pesky_wabbit
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| SLOT LOADING CD MECHANISMS - DO THE DAMAGE CD'S? I think it highly unlikely that Audiolab would produce a CD transport that scratches discs. It would damage their street cred for good. I guess the only real way to resolve this issue is for owners to provide feedback, rather than indulge broad sp... | |
| John Hiatt and The Jerry Douglas Band hit the road! I can‘t say how refreshing it is to see people talking about MUSIC !Which all too many forget is the ultimate pursuit of our hobby. | |
| Naim introduce a turntable - the Solstice Special Edition Yeah, I would have thought Naim would lean more into the Rega than Clearaudio camp. Maybe they got Clearaudios to stop and start on a dime like a top of the line Rega? Guess they‘re too much competitors for a turntable alliance to be made and us t... | |
| Bookshelf/Small Speakers Don’t know if they are too big, but the ATC SCM11 are another rung up on the ladder from the LS50 (except for bass extension, not quality). They just nail PRAT. Although they cost a bit more than the rest but are well worth the extra expenditure. | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt Get a Robertson 4010 and tell me that. | |
| Best bang for buck integrated amp for $500 From a previous audiogon thread.I then heard a Naim system and liked it (250 amp, 102 preamp with highcap and Naim speaker cables. Kept it for 5 years. I then heard the best amp. I had heard so far, the Robertson 4010 coupled with a Conrad-Johnson... | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt Any older krell. I love my first gen ksa-100. Had the electrolytics replaced and it’s good for another 30yrs.. 80lbs, dual mono, pure class A. There are very few amps I’d upgrade to and those will cost a small fortune. Yeah the KSA-50 was really s... | |
| Integrated Amp Choices One thing that might surprise you: at moderate listening levels the Leben is probably the more rhythmically adroit. It‘s not a soft, slow and cuddly amp at all. It sparkles with life and musical drive.The CS600 has been replaced by the CS600X due ... | |
| Integrated Amp Choices If I could sum up the difference between the Hegel and the Leben it would be otherworldly drive, control and poise vs otherworldly finesse and sheer musicality. 250W of sheer adrenaline vs 30W of nectar. The differences couldn’t be clearer. You ha... | |
| Your favorite OCC speaker cable The chosen materials can be put on the work bench and once done have a continuity test with a multimetre.Unfortunately a multimeter is not sensitive enough to detect a crudely terminated connection which will deteriorate the sound, it will only de... | |
| Integrated Amp Choices I also own an ARC VSi60 as well ass the Leben. Both highly recommended, but very different amps. The ARC is noticeably more powerful, and quite a beast in terms of grunt for its rated output. Typical ARC sound - incredibly accurate, very clear and... | |
| Integrated Amp Choices Into high efficiency speakers the Leben CS600 would be very, very hard to beat. | |
| BUI - Guilty I have known to be guilty of building under the influence of some nice weed. | |
| Your favorite OCC speaker cable So it appears that the claims of super purification appear to be valid. At their time of release there were naysayers (even metallurgists) claiming that five and six nines copper could not actually be formulated at a non astronomical cost, and tha... | |
| Your favorite OCC speaker cable What about PCOCC vs OCC? Real or merely a marketing ploy? Does that claimed super purity actually exist, and if so, does it make a difference? |