rockadanny
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| The best speaker you ever heard? An earlier post declared the best speaker was, "no speaker. it's ive music." I used to agree, typos aside. That is, until this last weekend. I went to Jim Salk's house to audition a pair of his Veracity HT3s. After listening for a bit, I came to t... | |
| Vandersteen 2ce sigs? Beginner needs guidance. I mentioned the VR-2s, but used, of course. Such as: http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1155740641 | |
| SUBWOOFER ADVICE NEEDED IMO the best sub on the market (within reasonable cost) is the ACI Titan. I auditioned REL, Martin-Logan, Polk, B&W, and more whose names escape me (sorry). But none sounded more musical than the Titan. And it also has satisfying HT-type power... | |
| Vandersteen 2ce sigs? Beginner needs guidance. I auditioned a pair of 2ce's and absolutely did NOT like them at all for music other than acoustic or jazz. Classic rock, electric blues, Radiohead sounded weak IMO. I auditioned many speakers at $1K - $2K and struggled to find any which fulfilled... | |
| Eastern Electric Mini Max vs AE-3 DJH preamps If you really need that much power and would like an awesome SS amp, try Frank Van Alstine's OmegaStar 440 EX (220 wpc - $1499). Seriously. And if you decide you don't like it within 30 days you can return it for a full refund, less shipping ($38)... | |
| Personal amp evolution 1. Kenwood receiver (100 wpc, baby cakes)2. Opera Audio Consonance a120 Hybrid Integrated (sweet)3. Van Alstine Ultra 550 (hybrid, pure music)I have no plans on replacing the 550, unless I somehow, unexpectedly, acquire a load of cash, or my wife ... | |
| Choosing proper gain for preamp. Am I screwed? I ended up specifying gains for my soon to be built preamp as: 10dB, 10dB, 18dB. Thanks for your input. | |
| Preamp: AVA T8, Quicksilver, Mapletree 2A SE? I ended up ordering a Mapletree Audio Linestage 2A SE (with PS 2 power supply). Hope its a keeper. | |
| Intergrated Amp with VR4jrs Excuse my tubeness, but if I may ...I did not have your speakers but did have the VR-2's hooked up to my Opera Audio Consonance a120 Hybrid Integrated (tube pre/ solid-state power) and they sounded fantastic. I, like you, did not want to mess with... | |
| Subwoofer reccomendations I auditioned the REL, Martin-Logan Depth, and a bunch of others (Klipsch, Polk, B&W, ...) and the best of them all IMO was the ACI Titan. In your price range, plus you get a 30 day trial! | |
| Eggleston, Merlin, Jean Marie Reynaud???? I have the Fontaines with an Opera Audio Consonance a120 Hybrid Integrated and I love the sound. My room is so huge I have to replace the a120, but the sound quality is great. The a120 uses a Sovtek 6H30 in the line stage for a dreamy sound, but s... | |
| Choosing proper gain for preamp. Am I screwed? All good thoughts. Thank you all. I appreciate your input. | |
| Choosing proper gain for preamp. Am I screwed? Hmm ... an active gain stage and unity as well. Good thought. Thanks. | |
| Preamp: AVA T8, Quicksilver, Mapletree 2A SE? Rockin', Do you at all find the sound somewhat tipped towards the high freqs? | |
| Choosing proper gain for preamp. Am I screwed? I may not have been clear in my above post. I guess what I'm asking is: has anyone else experienced such diverse output levels on the basis of different CDs or DVDs? Perhaps this is just a common occurrence people just live with? Perhaps there is ... |