philjolet
Responses from philjolet
| Best used amp for Nautilius 804's under $1,800? A friend has a BAT VK200 with his N803's and it is an excellent match, the VK200 looks like a good deal for about $1500 used. | |
| ATC SCM12 and 50wpc Manley Stingray? I used a Stingray with my Maggie 1.6s with amazingly good results. That is one powerful (and sweet) amplifier and worth a try in my opinion. | |
| Review: Manley Laboratories Stingray I owned a Stingray for about 6 months and it is a very sweet amplifier. I think it has about the best midrange tone of anything I have owned. It does horns especially nice with just the right 'golden glow'. It also seems to do the PRAT thing quite... | |
| Found an interesting way to compare IC cables... I think it depends where you plan on using the cable. The reason I say this is because recently I changed my source to pre cables (AZ WOW) with my pre to amp cables (AZ Matrix Ref II) and was bowled over by the difference. With the WOW between the... | |
| What is the life span of a phono cartridge? Does any know about the suspension drying up? My understanding is that a cartridge will go bad even if you do not play it because the suspension gets brittle and the stylus can even fall out. Can anyone elaborate? I was thinking after 2 or 3 years... | |
| Speaker cables for Maggie 3.5s Alpha Core MI2 Veracity and Acoustic Zen Satori and Hologram have all worked really well with my 1.6s with the AZ stuff being smoother and more full sounding. | |
| B&W 804: Is B&W a speaker for pop/rock? I have a friend who has N803s and they use all the power you can throw at them. We have listened to them with a Mark Levinson 383, Plinius SA100 MKIII and BAT VK 200 and had just enough power with any of these fine amps. I presume the N804s are ab... | |
| Song intros that really grab you? ? The first song on Kid A by Radiohead, a real grabber. | |
| cable suggestions for new system I forgot to mention Alpha Core MI2 Veracity speaker wire. I have tried MI2 and Kimber 8TC wire on my system and think the MI2 is the clear winner. The Kimber Hero IC has gotton much recognition in the magazines and here at Agon and is what I was t... | |
| Experiences with Audio Research Tube Amps. I had Rogue 120 Magnum amps (120 watts per channel) and they were underpowered for my Maggie 1.6s. It would achieve a decent volume but lacked impact and any sense of overhead.I would recommend SS with Maggies instead. | |
| cable suggestions for new system In contrast to the above response, I feel you get a lot of difference between different IC's or speaker wire.It would be helpful if you mention what you like and dislike about the sound right now and what you are trying to achieve.Kimber makes som... | |
| Jolida vs. Planet 2000 vs. Fidelity A3 Rega 2000 is to my ears not especially detailed or extended but does have a full midrange sound that is focused and has a certain rightness to the sound, the instruments seem to be highlighted in a very musical and tonally correct way.I have not h... | |
| Cowboy Junkies Whites Off Earth Now is their second best disc in my opinion with Trinity Sessions being their (considerable) best, I do not like the rest of their stuff much, but really like these two. Whites Off Earth Now is more bluesy like Chams uk notes and ... | |
| Name three of yours the most favourite drummers Keith Moon - Amazing, saw him in 1975 with the WhoRingo Starr - complimented the Beatles perfectlyBilly Cobham - lightning speed and have his autograph too :) | |
| Preamp Choice: Rogue 99 Magnum vs. BAT VK30 KeithRDo have much experience comparing the SLP 98 to the Rogue 99 Magnum? What other differences did you hear? I had a chance to buy a 98 at a very good price but could not bring it home to audition and could not find much info on it :( so I went... |