richards
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| Looking for music streamer/server...Is a Macbook Pro better than a Sony Hap Z.... Another vote for the Sony. Great user interface, sounds great on both native 44.1 and upscaled to DSD 2X, can be modded to go that extra step (the Modwright mods are awesome). Sounded better than my Devialet. Only downsides are no Tidal integratio... | |
| Maker Audio NL14 and NL14+... Will be interested to hear your assessment. Maker Audio mostly flies under the radar but the products are outstanding for the money. My Ref 2a amp outclassed and replaced some very good class D amps I was listening to (Devialet, Ncore and Auralic)... | |
| Need advice on rich sounding cables Another cable to consider is the Kaplan cable (now Waveform). I also have the YG Carmels (great speaker) and the original Kaplan GS provided a great match, besting my Audience, Highwire and JPS SC3. They side very slightly to the rich warm and swe... | |
| Stillpoints Ultra SS under your speakers? Gerald, I'm also using Stillpoints under my YG Carmels, though the AL version, with quite good results. May I ask, are you using posts with them to couple to the speakers, or are they just placed beneath? Are you using them to tilt the speakers ba... | |
| NAD M2 with Sonus Faber Cremona Ms NAD may have made their name with budget products, but the M2 is not and does not sound like a budget product, IMO. It was an all-out assault on the reasonably-priced high-end, using a new technology that has many advantages. It's not your grandfa... | |
| Volume affected by uneven lengths of spker cable?? I'm using a 10' pair (biwired) on my right speaker, and an 8' pair on the left. Sounds better to me than the 10' pair single-wired w/ jumpers. I suppose there's a capacitive difference but I don't hear any downside, or left/right difference. Ideal... | |
| Direct Digital Amplifiers I use a couple different implementations of direct digital and enjoy them immensely. A highly-modified Tact S2150 digital amplifier pair with the Tact 2.2X preamp into YG speakers and Lyngdorf subs allows me to digitally equalize a flatter room re... | |
| Subs/Monitors vs Full-Range Speakers - Pros/Cons Sorry to hear the subs didn't work out for you, and good luck with the full range speakers. One advantage of subs though is that those last 10Hz at the bottom can add a lot to the soundstage and ambiance. I've always preferred using subs, even on ... | |
| Revelation Audio Labs cables comparison I use RAL interconnects and speaker cables. They're both very good. Ultimately, I decided on JPS SC-3 over these as the speaker cable (twice/price) with my line arrays, which gave a fuller and more detailed upper bass, and a slightly bigger sounds... | |
| Tact 2.0S or Tact 2.2XP The 2.0S provides the same room correction as the 2.2x, but without the sub x-over feature (that you apparently don't want). The xp version adds the Dynamic room correction feature, that may or may not be worth the extra money to you, as well as t... | |
| For those of you who have Piega speakers... I have the C-10 ltd. Great speaker! I love ribbons (having owned Apogees, Genesis and Selah line arrays) and the Piega ribbons are some of the finest out there. Very natural, open and airy sound, neutral, transparent and fast. Strings sing. The co... | |
| Line array speakers Another fan of line arrays here. Line arrays have limited vertical dispersion (a plus for your room with low ceilings) and maintain double the loudness in dB the further away you are (a plus for big rooms). They tend to be expensive because you're... | |
| Digitalmeisters - Thoughts on Olive..... My experience with the older Olives has been very positive. I've got several Olive Musicas in a couple different systems and have been impressed with them. One is stock, one is modded by Red Wine Audio (RWA) and one has Bolder Cable mods. The digi... | |
| TACT & Lyngdorf user satisfaction? My take:I've used a Tact 2.2x for 7 years with regular amps (Gamut, Bel Canto, Aloia, etc.) and also with stock and (most recently) modded Tact 2150s, with and without subs.I'm very happy with them but also recognize some trade-offs. Definitely no... | |
| Duke Ellington - Four symphonic works Taste is individual, but a couple other Jazz/ Classical collaborations to consider:Claude Bolling and JP Rampal's "Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano" (and several follow-up collaborations).Gerry Muligan's "Symphonic Dreams"Lalo Schriffin "Jazz Meets ... |