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| Personal amp evolution SAE Integrated (from 1980 to 1995)Acurus A150 (1995 to 1998)Golden Tube SE 40 (1998 - 2001)McCormack DNA 0.5 (2001 - present)Spectral DMA 100 (next) | |
| Pass Labs or Audio Research Solid State Amplifiers Audio Research LS3B preamp just rocks, but it's not as refined as some other preamps out there. I have one and I used it till I went with a passive control unit, to get that spooky last drop of info on Jazz and classical. It had tons of attack, a ... | |
| Do you own/have you heard the new Thiel 1.6? I own them. I first heard them with an Arcam CD Player/integrated amp. Noticed very natural percussion sounds. Next time I auditioned them with Arcam FMJ CD Player, McCormack pre and power amp, and I compared them to the Proac 1.5 sc. It was surpr... | |
| SPECTRAL 100/DMC 20 preamp comments.... I just heard the spectral 100 with the dmc 30 and thiel 1.6 loudspeakers. It was absolutely amazing!! Could be the best setup I've heard. My next step is spectral, without a doubt. I feel really greedy doing this, but hey, I've never been so sure ... | |
| what did I do? channel hiss in McCormack DNA 0.5. The amp was on when I changed cables. I tried switching the left cable into the right channel and vice versa, and I still got the hiss from the left channel, so I think it's in the amp - and I tried another amp the other day, and the hiss was abse... | |
| Great music in bad commercials - what can you do? I guess my beef is not that the artist sells it, but that the artist is dead, like louis armstrong, nico, or nick drake, and the music is thrown into a commercial without their permission or consultation. For example, Janis Joplin singin' about a ... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Tom Waits. Chet Baker.David Bowie - the best all round singer, performer and innovatorNick Drake - do yourself a favor and listen to himLeonard Cohen - spooky spooky spookyElvis Costello - his voice is just amazing, and his lyrics ain't bad | |
| Thiel 1.6 vs Proac 1.5 Mezmo, I listened to the meadowlark kestrels at the same place you did, and I found them better than the Audio Physics and the jm Labs. A great package - no glaring shortcomings. For a while when I lived in NYC they were on my short list, along wi... | |
| Thiel 1.6 vs Proac 1.5 I listened to them side by side, in a mccormack arcam system, went with the thiel. I was expecting the proac to be more forgiving than the thiel, but it wasn't. The thiel bass was better defined, and I think the thiel was more detailed. I'm breaki... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Bach's cello suite no 2. "Famous blue Raincoat" by Leanoard Cohen. "Fly" by Nick Drake. | |
| Proac Respnse 1SC vs 1.5 vs B&W 805N Soix,I thought the B&W midrange was amazing. And I heard it driven with a dna 0.5. It doesn't have the extension of the Proacs, and I think the proacs are very natural and involving. Have you had a chance to compare the dna 0.5 rev A to the st... | |
| Rega Planet compare to Arcam FMJ-CD 23 I compared the rega to the Arcam Alpha 7 and Alpha 9. I remember the Alpha 7 sounding better, even though I wanted to prefer the Rega due to it's superior design values. The alpha 9 (early version of FMJ 23) was even nicer than the 7, but I wasn't... | |
| Arcam alpha 7 upgrade/alternatives/useds for 1000 Thanks, guys. By "sweet", I mean unfatiguing, and I'm not sure if I'm using it right. I'm not up on audiophile jargon. I'll look into the bel canto | |
| Wadia 850 and Spectral DMA 150 matching without pre-amp I know you're never supposed to use the spectral power amps with non spectral pre amps. The wadia might be acting like a preamp, sending a signal in to the power amp, but it ain't the "spectral" signal that the amp needs. What do others think abou... |