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| What equipment or event thrust you into the hobby? I would attribute my audiophile sickness to at least 2 events I can remember. First, when I had just graduated from high school I visited the apartment of a co-worker who had a Lafayette radio receiver and some Epicure speakers. They were of cours... | |
| Best place to demo small room setup in LA/SD metro Yep, I would second the Brooks Berdan recommendation. I heard a relatively inexpensive VTL amp driving some Wilson Sophias in a relatively small room there and the sound was mesmerizing. | |
| How are VTL's power amp ? I heard a VTL ST-150 driving a pair of Wilson Sophias at my dealer's and the sound was fabulous. I could hear pinpoint imaging of instruments, even separation of a bass guitar and bass drum on the direct-to-disc LP that was playing. I also heard s... | |
| Which Solid State Amplifier is Making you Happy? Essence Emerald Amps, both an Essence II Stereo and Emerald III Reference Monoblocks. I have heard dozens of amps in my system and once I heard these I stopped looking for the Holy Grail of amps. I sold every other SS and tube amp I had. | |
| Channel Imbalance...HELP Have you tried using a Radio Shack or other SPL meter to measure the sound out of one speaker or the other? Do you have a mono switch to see if the sound comes from the center of the space between your speakers? Sometimes with analog I get the sou... | |
| Trouble with my Rel Storm III I thought my Storm III amplifier was going bad and talked to Immedia, the REL importer, who were going to send a box and instructions for returning the amplifier. It turned out to be something else, but I would recommend talking to Immedia and see... | |
| A More Forward Sound Stage/ Cables the answer? It has been my experience that electronic components affect sonics much more than cables. Cables do have some effect, but if you are looking for a significant change in a more forward and immediate soundstage, I would look to component(s) changes.... | |
| Good SS Designers and their lesser known designs Dale Pitcher, formerly of Essence and now of Intuitive Design. The first time I heard Essence SS amps I immediately sold all my tube and other SS amps and quit looking for the holy grail of audio. His carbon nanotube cables were recently reviewed ... | |
| Review: Mosaic Chimera Speaker cable I am aiming to attend RMAF, hopefully, if business doesn't get in the way. It sounds like a good place to hear a lot of equipment without the crowds of The Home Entertainment and CES. | |
| Want to Start vinyl There are a number of good turntable in the price range you mentioned. Remember that you will need a turntable, tonearm, and cartridge, as well as a phono stage either in your preamp or as a standalone. The phono stage should be matched for the ty... | |
| Review: Mosaic Chimera Speaker cable I was amazed that the Chimeras were so much better than NBS Black Label cables. I had a pair of 8 ft fire-hose sized BL speaker cables, retail $20K, and 3 pairs of 4 ft BL interconnects, retail $10K each. I also had some other top-of-the-line NBS ... | |
| Rel subwoofers I have a Storm III, the next model up from the Strata III. When I listened at the dealer to both there was a little difference in extension and quickness. I would imagine that in a small room you might not hear as much of a difference as in a larg... | |
| Best 6H30 for CJ Premier 140? Yep, I agree with Dgarretson. I had a Premier 140 with the stock EB 6N30's and bought a pair of DR's. There was a small improvement in bass and dynamics, but I heard far greater changes with various 6922 input tubes and with output tubes such as N... | |
| Review: Mosaic Chimera Speaker cable Thanks for the review. I have pairs of the Intuitive Design Mosaic Chimera carbon nanotube interconnect cables between my turntable and phono stage, between the phono stage and preamp, and preamp to power amp. I also have Chimera speaker cables an... | |
| REL studio III hum/rumble I have monoblocks and a REL Storm III sub and have never had the problem you described. The only thing I do differently is hooking up both the sub and satellite speakers to the same speaker outputs on the amp. I am not sure how your amp speaker ou... |