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| Anybody Heard Belles350a replacing a rogue 88 i have a 350a and it is an amazing amp---i have great difficulty imagining anything that can better it significantly in any area, and its $3500 retail,easily beating those 2x the money.i haven't heard the rogue 88. | |
| Any tricks to keep cats away from speaker grills? kudos to those who wouldn't remove their children's fingernails...my findings:1) the scented sprays don't work. if you want to try this route, set the grills on the ground and squeeze concentrated lemon juice / fresh oranges onto them---cats HATE ... | |
| What High End Manufacturers Could Learn From Bose good comment will, but one more thing--this industry NEEDS consolidation. how many speaker / amplifier manufacturers can a niche mkt support? well, it shouldn't support the amount that it does, but it does through the low overhead (working in my g... | |
| Best Pre-amp under 2k-USED i picked up a joule electra la100mk2 for $1200 on this board.while not perfect, nothing is. the joule will beat the living crap out of just about every SS pre out there.highly rec'drhyno | |
| What High End Manufacturers Could Learn From Bose very enjoyable thread...the comment about the porsche deserves response.yes, its a typical strategy to have a high price product as the intro to get snob appeal and status in the mkt (ala mercedes--used to start at $70k, now down to $30k), and the... | |
| What High End Manufacturers Could Learn From Bose interesting thread--reminds me of the case study i worked on Chivas Regal (the worst scotch around). Chivas was a marginal player in the low dollar blended scotch mkt, and meer fodder for jokes amongst single-malt scotch conniseurs..but then chiva... | |
| I need some advice on speakers.. email me off line if you want to know more about the 2 setups i heard of the VSMs and the VR5s.but this much i can say for certain: they are NOT bright. if they sound bright / dull / romantic, its what is upstream.rhyno | |
| I need some advice on speakers.. the coincidents are great if you're an SET fan, otherwise i'd steer clear.b/w the VR5s and the VSM-ms, i've heard both...and thought the VSMs were much better. your room is ideally sized...but i wonder about the liberties you'll have to place them... | |
| Best isolation device for a tube pre-amp tried the bicycle innertube sandwich that soundstage.com raved about and it was TERRIBLE. bass was slow & muddy.everything improved substantially when i put hard cones under the pre which sits on an MDF shelf on a rack. look at blackdiamondrac... | |
| Belles Research Corporation? ? www.powermodules.com is my guessmakes the best amps for the $ in the world.rhyno | |
| OTL amps with Wilson Watt/Puppy 6s hey tubegroover...is the bering any competition for the t-8s w/ the merlins?inquiring minds want to know | |
| Do cables really need "breaking in"? first i couldn't believe cables sounded different--it didn't make sense.but they do.then i doubted that they could break in.but they do...some more than others (i.e. silver cables change substantially compared to copper)rhyno | |
| High End Components - How long do they last? depends: components can last a long assed time. dynamic speakers, less so.planar speakers, maybe less, maybe more than dynamics (depends on factors like owner is a smoker, humidity, etc).powered speakers (like subs), probably the shortest life spa... | |
| what is the best speaker cable? agreed. the int amp is where your $$ should go. but fwiw, best cables (there is no "best"---too dependent on upstream / downstream):cardas golden cross / neutral refernceJPS SuperconductorJena LabsNordost ValhallaTG Audio (all silver--and best ban... | |
| Modifying a Pioneer Elite PD-65...... and tony makes arguably the best transport ever (UTP-1). find tony.rhyno |