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| Attention Vandersteen 5A owners/ amp matches The best by far that I've heard the 5A's has been with Joule Electra OTL monoblocks at CES 2005. Plenty of power and glorious OTL sound. If you don't live near a dealer, I recommend Rich Brkich at Signature Sound. He is very experienced w/the Joul... | |
| Pioneer CD & DVD as Transports Jafox,You raise a really interesting point that digital cables have so much impact on overall results, and that so much commetary on various transports & dacs often mentions the cable as an afterthought. My experiences w/analog interconnects &... | |
| Pioneer CD & DVD as Transports Audphile1,Good point. So, can you & others please comment on what you thought of the various digital cables you've tried? Thanks,Spencer | |
| Pioneer CD & DVD as Transports Flye,Thanks, good info. Do you have any idea how much difference I'll hear between these units(e.g. DV45a vs. DV47 vs. 563) if they are all just used as transports? How much of the sonics are based on "the transport within the player" vs. other as... | |
| If the room is the thing, how do I fix this? Square-ish rooms suck. Avoid the cube if you can. Try diagonal speaker placement if you have to live w/that room. You have a better shot at balancing absorption & diffusion with your living room & furnishings, and a couple of treatments th... | |
| Pioneer CD & DVD as Transports Thanks guys, keep it coming.I didn't know that Ayre & Esoteric use Pioneer transports. That seems like a pretty good endorsement. In the past I've heard good sound from the DVD535 & DVD525 both paired with BelCanto DAC2. These can be found... | |
| Ok....Audiogoners: need some tube amp ideas Right at the low end of your power range is the Berning ZH270. One is for listed sale ~$4k(I don't know the seller). A very high performing quasi-OTL design that runs cool, weighs only 10 lbs. and has output tube life of ~10 years! Worth reading a... | |
| What's recommended arm for ZYX Airy 1000 3S SB? Also works well on a VPI table w/ VPI JMW 12.6 arm. If the table isn't a VPI, I'd probably go w/the Schroeder, too. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Small form factor, budget DACs? Bombaywalla, Please tell us more about your trial and include comparisons vs the Wadia...thx,Spencer | |
| $1,000 to spend on room treatment.... Beheme,Brian @ sensiblesoundsolutions did consulting by phone and email for me at no charge per se including analysis of my in-room freq. measurements ; recommended appropriate treatments using the same components many of the higher priced commerc... | |
| $1,000 to spend on room treatment.... Call Brian at sensiblesoundsolutions.com. Great way to get a personal approach, top quality treatment materials and more reasonable cost than most competitors.You can see his work on my system page. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Small form factor, budget DACs? Clio,Are they still selling for ($500)? The website implies they were doubling the price last year, and it lists the MSRP of $999. Is this a phantom price, and they still will sell for $500? Cheers,Spencer | |
| 2way speaker recommendations Merlin VSM-MX. A highly reliable, transparent, natural sounding speaker that serves as a reference speaker for many manufacturers. From a small company with an unparalleled level of support. Search threads here or read all the reviews on audiorevi... | |
| Who sells high quality audiophile CD’s? There's lots of labels that produce CDs much better than the typical major label sonics. Check out Elusive Disc's website. They sell most of the good ones and have great service. Some of my favs are on JVC XRCDs. Cisco is another good label. Altho... | |
| Eliminating RFI If you can find shorting plugs, try them in any unused inputs on your preamp. They are helping me w/similar issue. Cheers,Spencer |