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| I need HELP with my LP12 based system Thank you all for the comments. One option is to wait a while and then invest a larger sum in a new front end. The PH5 and VTL are relatively new to me and are letting me hear lots more of what the front end is doing. Thsalmon, the table was tuned... | |
| ARC Ref 3 or VTL 6.5? In consultation with Guido and Peter of Soundworks fame, I purchased a VTL 6.5 in mid April. I don't know if it has the newer circuit topology or not. After about a year of intense research, I had my selection narrowed down to the Ref 3 and the VT... | |
| VPI Cleaning Machine I've had an HW17 for about fifteen years. IT does a great job. Your will come with a pint or so of the magic cleaning fluid, but Gallons of fluid can be home-brewed for pennies at a time. Either way, the fuid will last for many cleanings and the r... | |
| Building a Music Room Last Summer, I built a dedicated listening room in my basement. We subdivided a very large rec room. Given spousal restraints, the room's final interior dimensions are only about 13x15, but it is totally built for audio. Since we had to put up two... | |
| Where to buy SACD's ? I've got to go along with the Amazon suggestion. One trick I learned, which isn't really a trick, is to just put the word 'hybrid' or 'sacd' by itself in the title search field when in the music store. That brings up a list of the couple of hundre... | |
| Most Overated Floor Standing Speaker Up to 15KPair My vote also goes with the Sophias. I was auditioning preamps about a week ago and as the listening room at the dealer had recently undergone some renovation, it was admittedly not completely set up yet. However, no amount of manipulation made the... | |
| Anyone Using XM or Sirius On Their System? I've been using my Direct TV receiver in my main system as the Music Choice they used to offer had quite good sound quality. Similar to CD, in fact. I was really bummed when they switched to carrying the music channels from XM. The sound quality i... | |
| BAT VS VTL anybody compare these amps and preamp I recently spent a couple of hours at a local dealer auditioning the VTL 6.5 vs. a BAT 51. The VTL won hands-down. The VTL was open, rich and possessing of a very deep sound stage. To my ears, the BAT 2was slow and relatively muddy. I felt the BAT... | |
| Question on Salamander Synergy system I have the Synergy in Maple. I wouldn't say it does much to help the sound quality. It's solid enough, but not in any amazing way. I'm using it on carpet which is over concrete in my basement, so I just have the flat stabilizor feet on it. For a w... | |
| Maryland,Wash.DC Metro area I'm in NOVA. Did anything ever get off the ground here? I see that the thread goes back to '01. I'm game to hear from others to try to pull something together. Peter | |
| Which Tube Preamp under $10K? Anupmc, Do you have any information about the VTL 6.5 It's being announced by dealers, but I haven't been able to find it on the VTL site. It should be a trickle-down version of the 7.5 or so I gather. | |
| Which Tube Preamp under $10K? No problem with used gear and the LS16 is one I've been meaning to take a look at. Judy, what is the basis of your anti B&W furver? The Steelhead is an excellent suggestion, btw. ON Aesthetix gear, its reputation seems to be that excessive tub... | |
| Which Tube Preamp under $10K? Yes, all comments are fine. The B&Ws may go at some point, but that may be a more significant move like up to the smaller Wilsons or Rockports, etc. As for Atma-Sphere. I've never heard the stuff and don't know of a dealer nearby. I guess it's... | |
| Thoughts on Audio Research D70 Daveyf I had one from about 1984-1988. It had very good sound. Very tube like, yet precise, smooth, plenty of headroom, etc. The problem I had was that it runs its 6550s _very_ hot. I had two or three rather spectacular failures during the time I ... | |
| Received new Primaluna preamp and amp I have the Prologue 1 which I wrote about in the REview Forum. It's on a secondary system and I'm incredibly happy with it. I moved it over to my main system and like it so much, I'm going to get a Primaluna power amp for that system to replace an... |