rzado
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| Avalon Eidolon matching speaker cables and IC Jockscott,I owned a pair of Eidolons for over 8 years, and found they rewarded you for using high performance cables (fabulous speakers, by the way). The best pairing I found - hands down - was Siltech The Emperor. However, I understand that may b... | |
| Phonostage: Wavac vs Doshi vs Tron Hi Ddriveman,Of the units listed above, I have owned the Alaap V2.1 full function preamp (i.e, with the customized MM/MC stages) and the Zyx Artisan. The Doshi is entirely in another class (as is should be given the price differential), particular... | |
| Help with passive preamp Hi Usblues,Can you provide more information about your system, including your source components, cables, and speakers? Specifically how well a passive will fit in your system depends on a number of factors, including (1) the output voltage and out... | |
| Phono pre to mate with Helikon? & replace Groove If you are looking for "magic" with dynamics, I would recommend one of the Counterpoint SA-9s I have seen floating around Audiogon recently. Based on current prices, they would fit within your budget, and should meet your requirements.I also agree... | |
| Stealth Indra vs Purist Proteus Provectus Hi Goone,I think we have a lot of consensus on this thread. I agree with Mike (Argyro) that the Indras, to me, are more neutral and transparent than Dominus, but also as you put it, "less warm" than Dominus. It is hard to characterize their sound ... | |
| Stealth Indra vs Purist Proteus Provectus Hi Goone,I demo'ed both Indra and Proteus Provectus at the same time in my system for approximately three weeks - thus, while I cannot comment on the basis of being a long term owner of each, I do have some comparative experience (I also still own... | |
| The most haunting music you ever heard? Dark was the Night, Cold Was the Ground | |
| The most haunting music you ever heard? ... by Blind Willie Johnson, (which, incidentally, is one of the musical selections recorded onto the Voyager Golden Record). | |
| Cables for Merlin VSM-MXe speakers I highly recommnend the use of Purist Cables with the Merlin VSMs - particularly the Aqueous Annniversary (although I am pretty sure Dominus would also work well, if you have the $$$). In my system, it outperformed, among others, Cardas Golden Ref... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? Pubul57,I too use CAT amps (JL-1s), and had used them with active preamps such as the Thor TA-2000, the BAT VK-5i, and the CAT SL-1 Signature. (I also own Merlin VSM-Ms, so I am pretty familiar with your equipment). I switched to passives maybe fo... | |
| Best rock song of all times with a distant second place to Baba O'Riley by the Who | |
| CJ vs. BAT vs. THOR preamps, who's best? I am not sure I can add much more to the above posts (particularly jmcgrogan's), except that I've owned both the BAT Vk-5i and the Thor TA-2000. To give you an idea of my sonic biases, I preferred the Thor over the VK-5i in all categories (e.g., t... | |
| Anybody tried 20th Anniversary Purist cables? Jafox,I certainly agree with you about the CAT amps and resolution - they are among the finest resolvers of low level detail I have experienced in my system. However, it looks like we are talking past each other here. Yin and yang in my understand... | |
| Anybody tried 20th Anniversary Purist cables? There really do appear to be some divergent opinions on the Aqueous Anniversary cable. I demo'ed the Aqueous Anniversary speaker cable, and in my current system it easily outperformed cables such as Cardas Golden Reference, Wireworld Gold Eclipse ... | |
| Undiscovered blues gems..... As far as more recent recommendations, if you are into the mouth harp, William Clarke was a fantastic harmonica player on the LA circuit (who unfortunately passed away somewhat recently). In particular, I recommend Serious Intentions and Blowin Li... |