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| A vintage DAC Tube versus solid-state bass, correct? You'll never get the control of solid-state once the signal goes through a tube, although some tube designs come a lot closer than others... | |
| What's more important; sound or brand name? Sound and brand recognition are both important. Sound quality is important when listening, and brand recognition is important when you go to upgrade and need to recoup some money on your old component toward the new item. Happily, with some equipm... | |
| Sweet Baby James, ever remastered ? I have a copy of a Warner Bros. release on reel to reel tape, which, even though recorded at 3.75 ips sounds quite respectable. For some reason, guitar and vocals come across quite convincingly on R2R. I also bought the DVD, "James Taylor Live At ... | |
| Are there speakers after Stax? Hey, wait a minute Ivanj. The Jecklin Floats are not only the ugliest headphones I've ever seen, but they were designed by a fellow named "Jurk". In view of that, the phones must sound very good -- for the company to have stayed in business so lon... | |
| Are there speakers after Stax? Duke,Thanks again for your comments. I'm sure my new audio room will be larger than 12 x 12, or I won't be buying that house. :) I may check in with you once I am settled.Wmcmanusm, thanks for your information as well. I may go to the Omegas event... | |
| Martin Logan - wow Hey Duke,That's a nice turorial on electrostatic and panel speakers, and I find myself in general agreement with your insightful assessment. One thing you did neglect to mention, was that with large, full range electrostatics there is normally a s... | |
| Are there speakers after Stax? Kirk,Sound Lab does make some great-sounding electrostats, but they are quite large and expensive. They are a possibility, but I'll have to wait and see how large my new listening room will be. | |
| Are there speakers after Stax? TWL, your points are well taken and I believe that I will ultimately have both speaker- and headphone-based reference sysetms; and will be able to enjoy each for what they do best. A while back, I also owned the SRA-12S, but with the original Lamb... | |
| Just acquired some vintage Stax cans SRX Mk. III Hi Jeff,Even the Stax older models can sound fantastic if they are functioning properly. I have a pair of SR3s that sound wonderful as well as a pair of their more recent 404 Signatures (which are amazing!)Don't use a receiver. While it would prob... | |
| Martin Logan - wow InnerSound Eros rules. You owe it to yourself to hear them before you buy the MLs...The bass is better (certainly better integrated) than any of the ML models but you can still use a sub if you think you need greater weight and impact. I used a Pa... | |
| What's under YOUR turntable? Genesis168 makes a good point -- the BDR carbon fiber pucks and cones are very cost effective and will give you a large percentage of the performance of the more expensive Source Shelf. The Mapleshade solid maple platforms and brass cones also see... | |
| What's under YOUR turntable? I'm using Black Diamond Racing's carbon fiber Source Shelf under my Michell Orbe SE, and it sounds marvelous. BDR cones support the Source Shelf which sits on an Plateau MDF rack. I think carbon-fiber has tremendous potential as a damping sink for... | |
| which is better amp for electrostat speakers The Wolcott Presence 220 may be a good match for electrostats, but so are the Monarchy Audio SE-160 monoblocks, a tube-hybrid design at less than half the price of the Wolcott. I haven't heard the Wolcott amp, but I doubt that it sounds better tha... | |
| Krell KRC-3 vs. Pass Aleph P Hey Mike,I used to own the Eros II and there is a really easy way to get the type of sound you seek. You use either a great solid-state preamp or no preamp (I used the Parasound P/LD 2000, a John Curl design with great success). Then you need to u... | |
| Tube Preamp and SS Amps - How? Ohlala gives good advice with his 100X formula, although, sometimes satisfactory results can be achieved with less difference than that. Generally, tube preamps have higher output impedance than solid-state units, and transistor amplifiers often h... |