rbstehno
Responses from rbstehno
| High End Audio Equipment, Status Symbol? there are a lot of people on this board that think the more money you spend the better system you have. case in point, i know a couple of people that advertise their system on this board and they indicate that their speakers cost $8000-$9000 when ... | |
| Biggest Live Miss 23 years ago today............ Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Cream. | |
| Concert attendance Squiddy, there are still concerts/festivals like that for that money. i just went to 2 concerts last weekend: 1 was Robert Cray and guest, the next night we saw Acoustic Alchemy and the yellowjackets. both concerts were very good, excellent sound,... | |
| Revel "F-30" vs Totem "Forest": Better perfomance? They are both very good speakers. IMO, the totem speakers are more musical. I own a couple pairs of totem speakers currently and very pleased with the sound. For a large room (very large) and more $$$$'s, i would look at the Revel studios or salon... | |
| 2 Classe ca 100's vs 1 Classe ca 200 ? i almost purchased a classe amp(s) to go with my classe preamp and cd player but in the end decided to go with a pair of odyssey monoblock amps. very similiar sound, but saved $$$$ compared to the ca-201, ca-301 and the cam monoblocks. | |
| SACD/Redbook one-box solution? There have been a couple of players that were excellent in both sacd and redbook cd in the past: the classe and accuphase. I heard the musical fidelity tube sacd/cd player at he2003 and was very impressed. if you have $6000+ for a unit, there is n... | |
| Which speaker is better i have listened to the sonus faber and just recently to the se 25 dynaudio at he2003. both are very nice speakers. they are both much more musical than the b&w's. i would look into/audition the speakers from totem. i have a couple pairs of the... | |
| odyssey extreme compared to odyssey mono's i talked with klaus at he2003 and he described to me what he would do to modify my monoblocks to the extreme. I am on the list to get them modified in august. i was impressed. | |
| Talon Hawks if you are talking about the totem hawks, these were very nice. I listened to them for more than 20 mins during the he2003 show. I also liked the totem forest speakers that vince brought with him. these were some of the best sounding speakers (imo... | |
| Sony 9000es v. Phillips 963SA - anyone compared? gthirteen, i have not used the 963sa extensively in my audio setup. after around 50 hours of breakin, i evaluated the 2 players. the 963sa was better than the 9000es except in sacd playback, but it was very close comparison, not a night and day di... | |
| Sony 9000es v. Phillips 963SA - anyone compared? i have both the sony 9000es and the new 963sa. the 963sa is in my ht room and the 9000es is in my audio room. i prefer the 963sa for video/dvd and cd playback. i prefer the 9000es for sacd playback. i also own a classe cd only player in my audio r... | |
| Classe, Pass Labs or Odyssey i used to own mcintosh, yamaha, and ati amps and integrated amps in the past. I then demo'd the classe 201 and 301, and their cam monoblocks, along with bryston, simaudio, and plinius amps and decided to go with the odyssey monoblocks with the cap... | |
| Concert attendance my wife and i are attending the concerts at he2003 this weekend. in three weeks, we are going to jacksonville, oregon for 2 nights of concerts: first is the robert cray band and guest, the next night is yellow jackets and acoustic alchemy. we alre... | |
| Bogdan,Pure Silver Sound, RS-IC's SHOOT OUT?? i swapped out all of my cables (straightwire/alpha core,transparent) with new bogdan silver cables. I did some comparisons against nordost red dawn, audioquest, analysis plus, cardas, and my cables mentioned above and i liked the bogdan cables the... | |
| About Sony 9000ES CD/SACD/DVD Player... i also have a 9000es sacd player. i visited dan from modwright and we demo'd modified and unmodified versions of the 9000es player. the mods made a huge difference in redbook cd playback. IMO, the sony sacd players (scd-1, 777es, and the 9000es) a... |