rower30
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| Sealed, Ported, or Passive Radiators? A passive radiator is the same as a port, but it can just be tuned by the mass of the radiator verses a HUGE column of air or a port so small it would chuff. BOTH systems will show the maximum port velocity or passive radiator excursion when the a... | |
| SS Amps for C4 Signature II's Yes, extensive listening seem to say the C4's eat this amp up. Much better bass control and detail without being too harsh up top. No, this amp is NOT as soft and euporic as the KISMETS (think tubes), but it trades that for the utmost in musical p... | |
| WOW, they are important, but in what order? No, never heard power cords. I tried, though. So my knowledge there is the same as it was before. Final verdict is to listen to them, I don't read about them.As far as the order, I'm setting-up all the interconnects first and THEN the speaker cabl... | |
| WOW, they are important, but in what order? ...Rower30 drank the Koolaid...Hey Elizabeth, don't you hate it, though! A belief is what you think you know, knowledge is what you do. Early on (thirty years ago!) I had the knowledge as to how important cables might be and decided to re-affirm t... | |
| Doge 8 and Conrad Johnson ET-3 Careful, the Doge 8 Clarity unit has a poor MC S/N ratio...nothing tubes will change a lot. It will always be noisy. The HISS is clearly audible at all volumes I'd listen to. But, if you must...try one. I'd consider this unit WITH an external head... | |
| Doge 8 and Conrad Johnson ET-3 Well, if you use the "MC" setting, you won't be happy with the background noise. It's terrible. The MM setting isn't so bad. The trial shipping (about eighty bucks) and a ~10% restocking fee, or another 200 bucks, so $250 to $300 is about right (d... | |
| Dynaudio vs Focal I listened to the FOCAL UTOPIA and agree that is it tremendously detailed in harmonic structure and fast. But, it is somewhat poorly integrated in the drivers to my ear. What I mean by that is you hear sound coming from "there" in a source that is... | |
| Doge 8 and Conrad Johnson ET-3 The Clarity had upgraded tubes from the factory. Now if you mean continuous tube rolling...well.The built-in phono stage was entirely too noisey for MC, so I ditched it right away and went with the MOON LP 5.3 line stage. For $2,000.00 I didn't se... | |
| SS Amps for C4 Signature II's Well, I ended up with a Sim Audio MOON W-8. It hit all the right notes (pun intended); build quality, efficiency at idle (48 watts) and sound. This thing hits the scales, too at 100 pounds...ugh! I found this amp by accident, and it stayed at the ... | |
| Doge 8 and Conrad Johnson ET-3 OK, here is my update on the Dodge 8 Clarity.- The comments MUST be taken in context to my ears pleasure center, and that is solidly placed imaging with pin-point spatial location and as little sonic "blending" between each person, instrument ETC.... | |
| Is McIntosh really Hi-Fi, finally MC452 Power use is a concern when on 24/7, definitely.Right now, I really like the MOON W-8 amplifier which I would buy used as better-off users move up to the new 870A model. This amps is very detailed without being harsh. It also has an expansive imag... | |
| Oppo BDP-95 as a pure two channel audio source? The problem is, digital standards get ripped (pun intended)out from under you again and again at alarming frequency. So much work for so much money for so little actual compatibility.I'd love to see 124-bit 96K hi-def be the "standard" until super... | |
| Switch from Parasound JC-1 to Bel Canto Ref 1000? You can't take Devialet apart, so youre stuck with 15K. That's as simple as it gets. So for what it's worth, you pay 15K to listen to the amp, so to speak. You can't get it any other way.I will wait a few years on pulse power supplies to mature. ... | |
| Is McIntosh really Hi-Fi, finally MC452 The KISMETS are crystal clear when auditioned against big name amps like the MOON W-8 and Boulder 1060. Where they fall short, as you might expect, is in dynamic compression at louder volumes. The soundstage gets smaller, and instrumental precisio... | |
| SS Amps for C4 Signature II's The 1060 was awesome...and over my limit...darn. It had the same sound at any volume. It never seemed to have dynamic compression. But, I have a line on a MOON W-8 in good condition for 10K and tax (right at my limit). The XP-10 preamp ends up hav... |