sbayne
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| Help: Shindo Mobrinson or EAR 868 I'd go with the EAR 868. I own Shindo gear but when it comes to EAR and BAT equipment I think fully balanced with their matching preamps is the way to go. | |
| Shindo advice Asa, good questions. I personally have not heard all the Shindo preamps so its hard to say where the "sweet spot" is in the Shindo lineup. The same is true for a Catherine, if you are able to find one. I can tell you Matt Rotunda at Pitch Perfect ... | |
| Speaker recommendation. have $2,500 Check-out the new Magnepan 1.7. The retail is just under $2,000. Just saw these or I would have mentioned them before. http://www.enjoythemusic.com/ces_2010/preview/ | |
| Speaker recommendation. have $2,500 These have already been said but I will list them for you:Vandersteen 2CE MKIIMagnepan 1.6Gallo 3.1 Ref.I've owned all three of these speakers and would agree with the great press they have gotten. Also check-out Jim Salk's offerings. I've heard h... | |
| Would a Better Phono Amp Improve Budget System? Great, practical questions. I wouldn't change out your equipment, especially if you are on a tight budget. I would mostly work on the positioning of your new speakers. Some people use equations, software programs, etc - I say use your ears to posi... | |
| Shindo Masseto Tubes and Fuses Hatari, I used the Gold Lion reissues and Hi-Fi Tuning fuses in a pair of Dynaco MKIIIs. I thought they made significant improvements to those amps. On my Shindo gear I've used pretty much every footer/tube dampener offered by Mapleshade and Herbi... | |
| Shindo Masseto Tubes and Fuses I hope you are going to get this response a lot: Don't mess with it! Ken Shindo builds his equipment very specifically and I can say from experience you will be able to change the sound but it ultimately won't be for the better. I've tried differe... | |
| Shindo lab pre amps I've owned and heard many high-end preamps over the years. Most were very good but not until I owned and worked my way up the Shindo line of preamps did I realize how important an absolute top-notch preamp is to the overall sound of your system. C... | |
| EAR and Shindo I owned Shindo's Monbrisson for a while and then moved-up to the Vosne-Romanee. The phono stages are very good alone but, as you have probably read or been told, a high quality step-up transformer really make the Shindo phono stages sing. The Audi... | |
| Calling all Garrard 301's owners/ sophisticated I truly hope I'm stating the obvious, but what voltage is the table? Australia is 220-240V 50HZ. The US is 120v 60HZ. You didn't mention it so I thought I would. | |
| High efficiency speakers for Shindo Shindo equipment and ZU Audio speakers are a natural match. Go for the Mark IVs with a Mini-Methond sub and you are well under your 5K price point or try to find a used set of the original Definitions. Good luck! | |
| Zu Druids low powered tube amp or high powered SS? I've owned the Druids and the ZU Mini Method sub. I would recommend a fairly high powered SET amp (yes I know thats an oxy-moron) I used 10 watts for a while but when I went to a 25 watt SET amp based on the 845 tube the soundstage really opened u... | |
| Best sound at RMAF I would say the TAD/Bel Canto room for overall realistic performance. The smaller rooms physically couldn't compete because of the limitations of the room. With that being said, however, I had to wonder why the guys with the smaller rooms didn't d... | |
| Von Schweikert Vr 4sr Tubes a good match? Yes, VS speakers work very well with the right tube amps. One of the best systems I've ever heard had VR-7 HSE speakers with mono BAT VK-150SE mono amps. A number of local audiophile friends use BAT VK-75SE amps with VS VR-4 SR and/or VR-5 HSE spe... | |
| Cable elevators Like a lot of things in high-end audio it depends on your system. If your cables are not shielded very well they will make a bigger difference. I had some Mapleshade speaker cables they made a big difference on, for example. My current set-up is v... |