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| XLO Cables I have to revive this old thread after having listened to the XLO Signature 2 in my system recently. Although there is lack of advertisement, write-up or reviews on XLO cables, I have to agree with most comments here especially on Mikesinger's ass... | |
| Gallo Ref 3.1 or PMC GB1/FR1 Since you have listened to both speakers, you should have a pretty good idea on which you would prefer more although both sounded great to your ears. I have not heard Gallos before but I own PMC LB1 Signatures. If you liked the GB1's, you would fi... | |
| BAT Preamps, why such polarized opposite opinions? It won't help much if you listen to the BAT at the dealer's place UNLESS the equipment, speakers, room geometry, acoustics etc. are similiar, and I think you must have known that by now. Some advice of taking a trip to the dealer's place for an au... | |
| Arcam Owners... Like Stilljd, I can't directly comment specifically to your question. I have owned Arcam Alpha 10 integrated amp, Alpha 8 CD and listened to the CD23. The Arcam house sound is very British, refined and polite. In fact, I find it to be too polite a... | |
| Different lengths of interconnects ?????? I do agree with Ghasley but although chances of hearing any differences will be extremely low, self-consciousness sometimes do take over. You see a pair of interconnect connecting the left speaker is so much shorter than the other one connecting t... | |
| Anybody Felt Lower-End ARC preamps Bass-Shy? Audphile, thanks for the link. I never thought piano notes could go that low. I've just had a quick check on my piano and have to say that most music does not go past the lowest natural D note at 37 Hz. Most low piano notes are in the region of 40... | |
| Anybody Felt Lower-End ARC preamps Bass-Shy? Hi Audphile, I suppose you won't have any problems driving the N803's with the X250.5 since it's a powerful 250W amp that can run into 4 ohms load. I will most definitely get a 2nd Plinius amp and run my speakers full-range but the sub still needs... | |
| Anybody Felt Lower-End ARC preamps Bass-Shy? Ngjockey, I am not driving the 805's with the Plinius as they are 'easy' speakers. It's the PMC LB1 Sigs which have Dynaudio drivers. It's surprising these monitors can be quite power-hungry -250W/4ohms with a rather low sensitivity. The SA-100Mk3... | |
| Anybody Felt Lower-End ARC preamps Bass-Shy? After reading the responses from the other thread "Mono blocks are better or Stereo power amp?", most likely I'll be getting another Plinius amp and run in monoblocks. Thanks all. | |
| Anybody Felt Lower-End ARC preamps Bass-Shy? It is possible that the earlier Metheny's discs are lacking in ultimate bass but most of my favourite tunes are in these albums. I have a few reference cd's such as "missouri sky" by Metheny/Haden, quite good bass but music wasn't as good as the e... | |
| Anybody Felt Lower-End ARC preamps Bass-Shy? Thanks for all responses. Ryder, define enough bass please. Without hearing your system how can anyone know how well bass is reproduced by it?That is the reason why I have asked if anyone has got better bass after upgrading to a better preamp. Mos... | |
| Anybody Felt Lower-End ARC preamps Bass-Shy? Thanks for the reply Chadnliz. I am quite sure it's not the speakers since I am running them in high-pass configuration and the bass is entirely handled by the subwoofer. The reason I was suspecting the LS-16 was when I stumbled upon another user ... | |
| Ideal Volume level I cannot turn the volume knob on my previous Plinius preamp past 10 o'clock or I'll destroy my ears(or burn something). I have the volume knob on my current ARC LS-16 preamp at 2 o'clock when I blast the system, well for just a short period of tim... | |
| Which Cable Makes the Biggest Impact? Speaker cables 10%Interconnects 9%Power cords 0.1%I've placed order on some VD Nite II power cords and this will be the last time I'll be spending on cords if I don't hear a *fairly* noticeable difference. For the record, I've tried a few fairly c... | |
| Subwoofer tweaks I too noticed an improvement when I placed three medium-sized cones under the sub. The cones were resting on a piece of granite block. Slow plodding bass was gone and the speed and definition were significantly improved. This was compared to the s... |