phill_06896
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| Balanced vs unbalanced interconnects At that price point, the Krell is not likely fully balanced, which means that the balanced connections actually involve more circuitry. As such, it's understandable that it doesn't sound as good. | |
| mmg's or monitors? Unless you like mush, go with a dynamic. Your amp would not have enough current to satisfy the MMGs IMO. Some folks are satisfied by this dynamically lacking, mushy bass type sound, but I am not. Find yourself a high impedance easy to drive mini-m... | |
| TUBE or SS? Piezo, The Pass Labs Model 2 are monobloc amplifiers, not stereo. There would have been a pair of them. They also output 100 watts per channel and sound great on my Dunlavy SC-IVs. A CJ Premier 11 though, does sound better to my ear. IMO, Dunlavy ... | |
| Muse 8 tranport + 296 DAC, the best? Brian, I haven't heard the Muse, but you have no way of knowing whether it's the best since you can't possibly have listened to all the alternatives. More importantly, however, your perceptions of the best won't necessarily correlate with anyone e... | |
| Best small 2-way floorstander? I've never heard an Avalon that I liked and I've never heard a Muse product (other than the subwoofer) that I liked. Different strokes.... | |
| Sony SCD-777ES as a transport Why would you want to add jitter to the signal? Buy it and use it for CD and SACD and keep what you have too. | |
| Siesmic Sink I misread your post. Isn't Townshend still in business? | |
| Siesmic Sink The distributor, Sounds of Silence has a website under that name. | |
| Is there an alternate to Martin Logans? If you knew what you were talking about, you wouldn't waste your time with such toys as the Merlins...and yes,the early CLS was hi-fi. I don't think you know the difference between hi-fi and music. | |
| Is there an alternate to Martin Logans? The reQuests don't boom unless they're set up improperly. | |
| Are Talon speakers really this great? Acuujim, Aren't you the same guy who's always touting that Resolution Audio junk? | |
| Is there an alternate to Martin Logans? ***I have heard too accurate, too much detail, ruthlessly revealing...*** That IS the definition of HI-FI, Sherlock. | |
| Is there an alternate to Martin Logans? Will, It wasn't a trade-in. The dealer carries the line because it can be driven by tubes and he is a tube only dealer. He is very honest in his opinions (to a fault...he's not a very good businessman). I stand by my comments about the Merlin. | |
| Is there an alternate to Martin Logans? I spent an afternoon listening to the Merlins with the BAM at a dealer. We tried a number of amps and room positions. I thought they were mediocre (I'm being kind). So did the dealer. Based on that session, I'd say the speaker might have appeal to... | |
| Are Talon speakers really this great? Acuujim, That's right...shoot the messenger. "There's a sucker born every minute." |