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| Love My Maggies But..... I second Rackon's suggestion. A used pair of Alon IIs will give you many of the V's virtues for a lower price that should be around your $1000 benchmark, though lacking a little ultimate resolution and finesse that the V's offer (I would not recom... | |
| Settings for PS Audio PowerPlant Fmpnd: I have had hum problems too on all the higher frequency settings and all multiwave settings save PS2, but, as Drubin is asking, it was because the transformer in my equipment plugged into it (in this case, a dCS Purcell) started buzzing/hum... | |
| MD108 Vs Day Sequerra Tomho, there is a very narrow faceplate on the D-S that goes around the scope, LED readout and pushbuttons. The standard one appears to be a gloss black, but for people who wanted to match their Krell or C-J equipment's faceplates they also made f... | |
| MD108 Vs Day Sequerra I own a Day Sequerra Reference, and indeed it is an excellent sounding tuner, the best I've ever heard (but I haven't really heard a Marantz 10B or the original Sequerra tuner). Have not heard the MD108, but based on the Etudes I've heard, and exp... | |
| Can $15,000 Sound As Good As $75,000? Interesting question. I think, objectively, I could be just about as happy with a much less expensive system. The difference in sound may well be less than 5% on an objective scale, in my view, and much of that comes with an effort to get the best... | |
| Stereophile's refusal to review more low Dekay, on your last point, the high end rags have only convinced BMW, at this point, to advertise in their mags. Interestingly, I recall some people actually complaining about the car ads in the letters! Guess they don't know what pays the bills. ... | |
| anyone has experience with pre-preamp? In the distant past I had a Vendetta SCP-2B, which I understand differed from the C version principally in that it lacked a 47K ohm loading setting. It was, and to this day probably remains, one of the finest phono stages ever made--quiet, plenty ... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Sumukh: In answer to your question about the recording engineers for HM, they have some of the best, including Peter McGrath and Tony Faulkner, but don't overlook the talents of producer Robina Young, a true talent. | |
| Hovland v. c-j 17LS Kw6: I happened to hear the Hovland yesterday in a casual audition and was favorably impressed. If you live in the NY tri-state area, Audio Outlet in Mount Kisco has both the Hovland and the CJ units in the same room, that would be a place to audi... | |
| Tube amp newbie- where can I learn?? VTL had a book, I think called the VTL Book (had their name in the title), which I believe may be what you're looking for. I think Audio Advisor had them in the past, worth giving them a call. | |
| Tubes for ARC Classic 150? Jwin: I'm not sure, but I think ARC currently supplies Russian 6550s, probably Sovtek(?). They in the past have been good about checking out the tubes they sell for quality and in matching sets, so there's an advantage to using them. If you haven'... | |
| Best and Worst Product Names Onhwy 61, I've suggested to Martin Logan they make a smaller version of their Statement speaker system and call it the Understatement. Back on thread, I agree with you on Rowland, I could never keep their Consummate and Consonance straight, and th... | |
| Sony 9000 ES SACD output stage cold Simon: I agree with you, but note that some of the Sony reissues are restricted in dynamic range because of the limits of the analog tape used in the recording. Still sound better and more dynamic than their CD counterparts, though. | |
| Sony 9000 ES SACD output stage cold Excellent observation, Drubin. I might add that the sound of SACD is also more open (not a feeling as if listening in a box), with less high frequency hash and accordingly less apparent energy in that frequency range. Some people may miss that ene... | |
| Koetsu Step-up Transformers Thank you both for your input. Actually, my preamp has considerable gain (Jadis JP80, which replaced a Vendetta/Jadis JPL combo years ago), but the Koetsu cartridge I recently purchased is low enough output that it forces me to turn up the volume ... |