rhljazz
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| Linn Karik and Numerik The Numerik is definitely an upgrade from the DAC in the Karik. You will get deeper bass and and a more dimesnional soundstage. The advantage of the Numerik over a more modern DAC is you have the separate clock link for lower jitter and you can pr... | |
| VAC Owners: Balanced or Single-Ended Cables??? I am currently using Audio Magic Illusion balanced. I have the same cable single ended as well so I can use the system either way. I would tend to agree with the previous posters comments. However, in my system I find the balanced connection offer... | |
| What's an Audiophool to do? Try a class A push/pull amp with E34L's that outputs 30-40 watts per side. There are many choices. I prefer this type of amp to the SET variety. YMMV. | |
| I would like to heard opinions from any ARC HD220 At RMAF 2007 it was powering Apogee speakers to one of the top five best systems I heard at the show. The Apogee's need lots of power and the amp was working hard but I thought it sounded great and I'm not an ARC fan. I have not heard it in any ot... | |
| Best Integrated Amplifier Made at the USA Price no object would be VAC PHI Beta. | |
| Got a New CD Player and Now I'm Bummed I agree with Cytocycle concerning a preamp/phono stage upgrade. I recently had to have repairs done to my VAC preamp and I auditioned an SP16 (didn't like it) and a Manley (no phono) which was far superior to the SP16. I purchased the Manley to us... | |
| Stereophile review of Escalante Fremont I heard the Fremonts at RMAF 07 and liked what I heard. The sound was open and spacious with what I thought a bit of overhang on the bottom end. Listening to this speaker, I would not expect a frequency graph to depict the results published in Ste... | |
| Speaker cabinet materials. My comment wasn't made to disparage GMA in any way. I just wanted to point out, that a material that one would not think of as being able to flex/vibrate, can do so much to one's surprise. To GMA's credit, they found a problem and fixed it. I have... | |
| my first tube amp- Cary SLI-50 Wow, what a steal! That amp was 2295.00 when new. If you have the right set of speakers, 89db efficient or better you will have a combination that will be hard to beat for many times the price you paid. I use Triad System 3 speakers which are an 8... | |
| Replace my B&W 802's? Subs don't add "punch" to the bottom end. I would say new speaker time and/or an amp with more bottom end definition. | |
| Speaker cabinet materials. Check out Green Mountain Audio. They use cast marble cabinets that are supposedly extremely rigid. Their bookshelf monitors alone weight in around 50 lbs each! There is supposed to be nearly zero box loss contributing to an incredibly clean and co... | |
| Tube Integrated - Narrowed down to 4 - Help pls You might consider looking for a used Cary SLI50, same chassis as the SLI80 but uses EL34's in pure class A push/pull for 30 watts a side. I prefer the sound of this amp to any SET or push/pull triode I have heard. The bass isn't tubby and it has ... | |
| The CD you most listened to back in 2007 ? Grant Green "Grant stand". | |
| the best music dvd video?? Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris (Roadrunning) is outstanding. It's a mix of Dire Staits with Emmylou's country/folk tunes. The song Nazareth Speedway just plain jams. Recorded live in 2006, Emmylou at the age of 59 still looks fantastic. The qual... | |
| Manufacturers don't get it. make tubes visible. My Cary SLI50 sits next to my Plasma TV and I had the unfortunate need for a Cox Cable person to come by and he asked "so what's the thing with all the glass bottles on it?" He seemed genuinely amazed when told it was an amplifier. I pulled all th... |