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| Silent Running Audio vs Minus-K under tube amps I can't speak for Grand Prix Audio, but my understanding is that carbon fiber under audio components does not isolate per se, but rather, changes the frequency at which an items resonates. This is why carbon fiber works spectacularly well with som... | |
| General Opinions-- Zu and Manley? If you want an extremely outspoken declaration of love for the Manley Neo-Classic, see Arthur Salvatore's website, http://www.high-endaudio.com/ He is the crazy Canadian guy whose views seem to be based upon having heard a grand total of four syst... | |
| Naim or Octave with Dynaudio Confidence C1 I would think that you want a bit more power with the C-1's than a Supernait will provide - 150 good solid-state watts. I'm absolutely not advocating running them with a high-powered amp (I think most high powered amps sound like shit), but a real... | |
| Kimber KS 3035 vs Nordost Valhalla speaker cables Both are well-made, and how they will perform will depend upon which amplifier and which speakers they are used with (i.e., sometimes the Kimber will sound better and sometimes the Nordost will sound better). Unfortunately, the only way to determi... | |
| Supratek in business again.... "in business again ..."!! You people kill me - most two-channel hi-fi "companies" are neither "in" nor "out" of business at any given time in the traditional sense of the term, as probably 90% of them are a guy working out of his basement or garag... | |
| Mark Levinson 32 or Audio Research Reference 3 I stand corrected about the issue regarding tube preamps driving long interconnects.To be more specific about potential impedance mismatches between preamps and power amps, the general rule of thumb is that the input impedance of the amp must be a... | |
| Mark Levinson 32 or Audio Research Reference 3 I would be extremely reluctant to purchase an expensive used Madrigal product unless you have a solid preexisting relationship with them - there have been a lot of nightmare stories reported on this and other forums over the years about Harmon's s... | |
| Monarchy SE-100 MK2 vs used Plinius SA 100 MKiii I can't speak for the Monarchy, but the Plinius is an excellent amp, provided you can tolerate the heat it puts off when run in Class A, and provided that the amp remains properly biased. If you have a decent tech near you who could check bias, th... | |
| Lamm 1.2 or Ayre MXR's I would imagine that running the Class A-biased Lamm amp on a 24/7 basis would add an extra $50-$75/month to your electric bill - being Class A-biased, it's probably pulling 700-800 watts at all times. Another potential issue is maintaining bias, ... | |
| Lamm 1.2 or Ayre MXR's Salons are very impressive for home theater because of the 4th-order crossovers, multiple proprietary drivers, and copious deep bass (i.e., they go loud as hell, cleanly). I just think their best use is with high resolution, two-channel audio, par... | |
| Lamm 1.2 or Ayre MXR's For high-order crossover speakers, the original Salons are quite good - exceedingly good at current used prices - and have to be paired carefully with electronics. I ran my Salons with Rowland Model 6's (with batteries) and VAC Renaissance 140's f... | |
| Krell KSA100 MKI power consumption Why don't you ask the person who made the amp, i.e., Dan D'Agostino, instead of asking the question here?Dan D'AgostinoTel: 203-227-9099petra@dagostinoinc.com | |
| Opinions - The Absolute Sound I have no respect for the Absolute Sound ("TAS"). Anthony Cordesman's reviews are serious, but the other reviewers tend to write exceedingly positive reviews - a typical review basically reprints the ad copy produced by the manufacturer and conclu... | |
| Rowland Model 6 and 201 in HT Set Up I ran Model 6's with Salons and had great success with Kimber Select 3033. I also ran them with 3038, but the improvement was negligible.Assuming the voltage sensitivity of the Voice is the same as the Salons, I would inquire about having your Mod... | |
| Amp's nominal power rating - any use? High-end amps almost always achieve their claimed wattage ratings, but there are amps and then there are amps, and in this regard, what Charles1Dad wrote is true: an amp with massive power supplies (and if it's a tube amp, one that also has the hi... |