raquel
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| What can you tell me ? Perhaps you spoke with Marvin in the first place - the Bryston and Halcro amps are not tube amps, but solid-state. What the hell's going on today? | |
| Calling Aerial 20T owners The CAT amps do not run hot and you would not necessarily have to change interconnects - Neutrix makes very good XLR to RCA convertors that are only about $15/pair if you're smart enough to buy them from an electronics supply store (as opposed to ... | |
| Calling Aerial 20T owners Given your Einstein gear, I would consider the Parasound JC-1 monoblocks, which are a truly differential balanced design. I think they are one of the tiny handful of high-powered solid-state designs that is truly great sounding. In addition, their... | |
| Kimber select speaker cable question F1Fanatic: I swapped out my Kimber for Jena Labs Symphony several years ago. Each cable has its strengths.In response to your question about power cords, I try to stay away from after-market power cords because they tend to f-ck with high frequenc... | |
| Stevie Wonder-As This Elton John commentary about Steve Wonder for Rolling Stone is interesting: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939219/the_immortals__the_greatest_artists_of_all_time_15_stevie_wonder | |
| Kimber select speaker cable question I had all Kimber Select silver, including 3038 speaker cables, in my main system, and all Kimber Select copper in a second system, including 3033 speaker cables. While it is important to point out that cabling is very system-dependent, I found tha... | |
| Kimber select speaker cable question Pops is correct.PS - Fantastic cables for the money. | |
| mbl 6011d or arc ref 3 or dartzeel preamp? I use my Rowland Coherence II preamp, which is fully differential balanced, to feed a darTZeel, but I want to make an important point. The "Version 1" DarTzeel had XLR inputs, but merely for convenience for those who had balanced cabling - it was ... | |
| Are Dynaudio Contour 2 any good? Most tube amps would not do well on the 3.3's because they present a somewhat difficult load in the bass and are 85-86 db. efficient at 4 Ohms - the tough load will mean loose bass, which I cannot tolerate, and the inability of a tube amp to doubl... | |
| Are Dynaudio Contour 2 any good? The Contour 3.3 is actually quite a good speaker (very underrated), and a real bargain at used prices. The only downside is that they require a powerful amp to sound best (which usually means an amp that uses negative feedback). They have usable b... | |
| Revel Salon 2 vrs Kef 207/2 No idea how they compare, but the KEF is BIG (I was taken aback at its size), which I thought you might like to know. | |
| Starting an Analog front end - Rowland? Guido: I had a well broken in Capri in my system for a week, driving either my darTZeel or my VAC Renaissance 70/70 Mk. III. In no performance parameter did it equal or best my Coherence II. As for why my post did not mention this, I was trying to... | |
| Starting an Analog front end - Rowland? None of the above - because of the obvious synergies with your 302, I would stay with Rowland, but for bang for the buck, I suggest a used Coherence II and Cadence combo. The Cadence sounds best when run from the battery power supply of the Cohere... | |
| how big a speaker can you put in an 11 x 11 room? Sorry to go off-topic, but in light of the last post, I am compelled to comment about the Absolute Sound. Buyer beware - since resurrected a few years ago, its reviews have become overwhelmingly positive, and positive in a uniformly over-the-top w... | |
| how big a speaker can you put in an 11 x 11 room? The other posters are way too polite - big speakers sound like shit in too-small rooms. I will, however, add that there is a big difference between Salon 2's and the other speakers you mentioned. Salons have prodigious bass capabilities - while th... |