rockadanny
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| Basic Question fAbout a Preamp for Monoblock Amps Good to have two pairs of outputs: one pair for your speakers and one pair in case you end up with separate subwoofer(s). Even if today you don't have/think you'll need subs, at some point you might. Then you'll wish you had them. | |
| AXPONA 2011 Atlanta reports/thoughts? Soundsmith's Mr. Ledermann impressed the heck out of me and deserves kudos. I stopped in his room out of curiosity even though I do not have a TT and will likely not be getting one in the near future (unless I hit the lotto, 'cause none of my rela... | |
| Remasters-who does the best. I agree about Repertoire - very good. Another one which to me seems consistently good with rock is Legacy. | |
| Legacy speakers and what amps? I heard the Whisper XD at AXPONA a few weekends ago. They were driven by Coda. They sounded awesome: balanced top-to-bottom, well extended, clean, clear, real, not harsh, plenty of power. Had I the means I would have snatched up the speakers and a... | |
| Likely culprit for harshness at higher volumes? From my experience: metal dome tweeters, too much speaker toe-in, poorly engineered ICs and/or connectors, and too thin SCs. | |
| solid state amp for merlin tsm's ? I heard a pair of the TSMs (not very latest version, but just one previous) at AXPONA driven by ?? (sorry, I forget) nothing fancy and they sounded awesome! DCCA cable company had the room. Contact DCCA and speak with the designer/engineer/builder... | |
| Biggest Baddest Audio Cables DCCA - 5" copper foil!! | |
| AXPONA 2011 Atlanta reports/thoughts? +2 for Soundsmith. Biggest sounding small speakers I've ever heard, real sweet sound too. | |
| AXPONA 2011 Atlanta reports/thoughts? Anyone hear the little Napa Acoustics system (CDP, integrated, small bookshelf speakers)? I meant to check it out but ran out of time. | |
| SS amp for Merlin VSMs? Just back from AXPONA in Atlanta. In the DCCA room they had Merlin TSMs set up with B&K Pre and an SS amp that I am sorry to say I do not recall. BUT, the sound was glorious and spooky good. Palpable, organic, deep and wide soundstage, clear, ... | |
| Need Blues Rec--burn the house down guitar stuff Bongofury - I do not have any Luxman. You must be thinking of someone else. | |
| Need Blues Rec--burn the house down guitar stuff +1 Poppa Chubby - good call bongofury! | |
| Are you too old to be an audiophile? Yes! I should be 25 instead of 55! | |
| best vocal harmonies in rock +1 Jayhawks - good call slaw! | |
| Need Blues Rec--burn the house down guitar stuff Son Seals, "Live and Burning", will set your system, ears, couch, kitten, everything in the room on fire! Toin it up! |