rsbeck
Responses from rsbeck
| power conditioning - source vs amps I do believe that dedicated circuits will give a nice bang for the buck. My amps and powered sub-woofer love being plugged directly into dedicated 20 amp circuits. After that, you want to isolate your digitalequipment from your analogue. IMO, this... | |
| Newbie requiring first system advice... Ben -- Nothing wrong with a hard drive player for your source. You can also rip your CD's to the hard drive uncompressed using AIFF or WAV.CD's ripped to a hard drive uncompressed will sound better than a lot of CD players -- you'll have to spend ... | |
| power conditioning - source vs amps I think it depends on the amps, but most of the amps I have had did not like being plugged into an AC Conditioner. They love being plugged into properly grounded dedicated 20 amp circuits with Holspital Grade Outlets. I plug everything else into a... | |
| What does Holographic mean to you? Holographic means that the music isn't rooted to the speakers, but instead seems to be originating from specific areas where the musicians and singers are arranged throughout the soundstage of your listening room -- especially between and outside ... | |
| Sonus Faber Grand Piano Home Personally, I like the fact that there are only two binding posts.Unless you are going to bi-amp, I'd rather have the speakerdesigner handle the crossovers internally, leaving me with onlyone connection to make. I also think you'll find that the b... | |
| Anthem AVM 20 vs Rotel RSP 1098 Both nice pieces, but I would opt for the Anthem AVM20. | |
| Step-up from Plinius SA-102? Be careful what you wish for. Too much "attack and control" can certainly be fatiguing, as you found out when listening to the Krells. I think the Krell monoblocks are great for a speaker that is difficult to drive, but in a dynamic speaker, it ca... | |
| Please give me your 2 cents...budget 30-50k IMO, Krell is definitely punchy, but can sound a little analytical.If you have a warm system, pairing it with Krell might give youall the punch for which you're looking, while also bringing yoursystem back towards neutral. IMO, Levinson amps a tou... | |
| Want to buy for a power conditioner? Balanced Power Technologies BP-3.5 You should also considerdedicated circuits for a system at this level. Between dedicatedcircuits and a BP-3.5, you will be all set. | |
| Equitech 1.5Q or Shunyata Hydra 8? Another company you might want to check out is Balanced Power Technologies. | |
| Please give me your 2 cents...budget 30-50k That sounds like a nice system. Shouldn't be that hard to set it up.Tuning it to the room is another story. Here's what I would do. I wouldbuy all of those components used. All of them appear regularly onAudiogon and can be had for about 60% of MS... | |
| Monitor Audio GR60 vs B&W There *is* a schoolof thought which holds that the GR10's are overkill for rear surrounds. If you go with that school of thought, then GR60's forrear surrounds would be...well...even more overkill -- say....overkill times two. | |
| Please give me your 2 cents...budget 30-50k If you're going to go the cheaper surround processor route -- I would suggest the Anthem AVM20. Much less expensive than the Lexicon, andyou have to go up to something like the Lexicon to beat it -- for HomeTheatre. Now, take the savings and buy a... | |
| Monitor Audio GR60 vs B&W I use my 5.1 system for movies only. When I listen to SACD, I use two channels. Every 5.1 SACD also has a two channel layer. So, unless you are sold on 5.1 for music listening, there is no reason that you *have* tohave a 5.1 system for SACD. If yo... | |
| Enlighten me please Any CD by Mobile Fidelity will sound great. |