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| How To Route Streaming Music From iPad 2 to DAC? Or buy an Android based tablet and connect USB directly to it.Another reason I stay away from Apple products, non-standard connector! | |
| $20k top, full range speakers? I have experiences with Amati Anniversario and Usher BE-20, they are very different.Both have excellent top end, they are both sweet, extended, and quick. Midrange is where they are most different, Usher is sharper, more define, leading edge attac... | |
| Downsizing from Ayre MX-R monoblocks If you like Usher sound, you can consider Mini Dancer 1 or 2 in your new system. I own SF Memento, I like Dancer 1 nearly as much and cost fraction.If you still want SF speakers, stay away from older design which are too warm. Newer one are still ... | |
| Which cost more: your system or your car? My pre amp costs the same as my new car.My power amps cost the same as my new car.My speakers cost more than my new car.Guess my system costs more. | |
| Integrated for Sonus Faber Guarmeri Memento?? I have tried several amps and integrated amps with my Memento, my favorite amps were BAT 150SE and integrated amps were BAT VK-300X SE. Really brings up the strength of GM, enough resolution, transparency, and extension to mate with somewhat roman... | |
| Avalon Indra vs Eggelston Andra III there are two pairs of Aerial 20T on Agon now at a great price. better low, better high, actually way better high, and not hard like Avalon (hate those ceramic tweeters no matter on which brands), and better built. | |
| Ayre V5xe vs. Modwright KWA 150 Peter, so you are saying Modwright pre + power out performed Modwright 36.5 + Ayre V5Xe? Did you try Ayre + Ayre? But then Modwright 36.5 is very highly regarded and some cnsidered it better than ARC Ref 3.When you said Ayre has a more natural pre... | |
| Recommend an integrated amp for my Harbeth 40.1's As a current owner of BAT 300X SE and former owner of Pass INT-30A, MF Tri-Vista, Nu-Vista, Plinius 9200, McIntosh 6500, Cary SLI-80, Rogue Tempest II, Jadis Orchestra Ref, and many others, I have to say BAT is one of the best out there. It combin... | |
| Wilson Benesch ACT1 VS Dynaudio Confidence 5 Slowrey, that's very interesting.I actually bought the last new pair of C5 in birds eye maple from Dynaudio NA, before that I bought another brand new pair from Europe so both were "late model". I had a long chat with Dynaudio NA marketing guy, he... | |
| Wilson Benesch ACT1 VS Dynaudio Confidence 5 Heard WB a few times, never owned them so I won't comment on their sound.Owned several pairs of C5 in the past, bought/sold with other speakers in between. Thought I could not do better so kept going back to C5, but at the end I did give up on the... | |
| ARC VT200 or Sonic Frontiers "I had a SF Power 2 a few years ago. I would NOT recomned this amp. Sounding like SS, and had an upper bass bump that was very annoying."interesting. I used to own ARC VT-100 I/II/III and SF Power 2/2SE/3, I would not characterize any of them as h... | |
| Sonus Faber Guarneri vs Guarneri Memento some of my old favorites:Acoustic Energy AE1 Signature, lovely midrange and imagingDynaudio Confidence 5, lovely detail and midrange, one of the best bass defintionSonus Faber Amati Homage, lovely and airy top end couple with very organic midrange... | |
| Sonus Faber Guarneri vs Guarneri Memento Esotar is a dated design from 30 years ago, so much so Dynaudio updated it to keep up with the competition when Evidence was introduced and still it can't compete with Scanspeak Ring Radiator or other newer technology. Just look around, are there ... | |
| Sonus Faber Guarneri vs Guarneri Memento Daveyf,I do try as many piece of gears as I can just to learn each and everyone's strength and weakness. I only keep what I like, the beauty of Audiogon is I can afford to try more gears w/o losing much money and only keep what I like. and yes, I ... | |
| VPI Classic If you are still having issue, you can debug yourself.Does it wobble when the platter is not spinning but music is playing (play CD for example). If yes, it could be some feedback vibration from floor.Does it wobble when the cue is up and platter ... |