pubul57
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| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? Yup, mystical was the wrong word. I just think AS loves IB's sound, and given his views of Coincident gear over the years, it does not surprise me that he would love the line stage too - apparently the two of you must like similar things from your... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? I read about his "conversion" a few months ago, a bit too mystical, but he sure does like just about anything Mr. Blume brings to market - must be precisely his cup of tea. | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? I am trying to draw conclusions from AS two statements:"No active line stage, no matter how good it is, will ever equal the sonics of your direct connection (or an equivalent passive).""He now believes for the vast majority(with rare exception) a ... | |
| Who stay with Merlin longest time I agree. And I don"t think I ever had a room that would really be optimal for large, multi-driver speakers - though of course they could "work" - it just seems large speakers really need large rooms to sound coherent across the spectrum like the M... | |
| Who stay with Merlin longest time It can take some time to come to the conclusion and accept that bigger and more expensive might not be better; to accept that a smallish 2-driver speaker might be one of the speakers in a small group of speakers that are amongst the best in the wo... | |
| Designer Hall of Fame What five in the writer/reviewer's Hall of Fame - after JGH and HP? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tinariwen Tassili +10:1I keep thinking this band is repetitive from album to album - it all sort of sounds the same (like some folks think jazz just sounds like noise) but the more I listen, the more addictive it gets, and you start picking up on ... | |
| Who stay with Merlin longest time Not only interesting how long folks own their Merlins, but how many people stopped looking to change speaker once having Merlins in the fold. I owned many speaker before, but once I got on to the Merlin trail, I simply don't think about other spea... | |
| Ayre AX-7e vs. Belles Reference 150A Of the three, the Pass gear is by far my preference, but you are talking about 30 watts there which may be an issue with some speakers. The J was almost as good as the XA30.5 with easy to drive speakers like my Merlins. | |
| Decware CSP2 + The other interesting one is the unity gain/buffer/volume control -- Zbox - like a B1 with a 12au7/ax7 tube. Also choice of DACT/Goldpoint/and some Japaneese attenuator Steve really likes. Still in the camp of why gain? Expecially since my CD Play... | |
| What are you 'TRULY' Looking for in Loudspeaker... 94db would not do it for you? | |
| Modern Linestages True, it is not infinitely elastic, but it can stretch pretty far, why you often seen 10 different tiers of cables running from $3/ft to $3,000/ft - you just never know how much demand there might be to have the very, very, very, absolutely very b... | |
| Designer Hall of Fame Imagine having to pick just 5 for the inaugural selection:) | |
| Modern Linestages In economics, "Veblen goods" are items for which buying preference increases as price increases -- as the higher the price, the greater the status -- instead of decreasing according to the law of demand. In other words, one is buying something oth... | |
| Modern Linestages Because some art is an investment grade asset driven by the psychologogy of scarcity creating "value", and a marketplace with enough buyers for whom having enough money is a small concern. Spending $1,000,000 to get $2,000,000 five years later for... |