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| Reliability of Sonic Frontiers gear? Had Power 3 and currently own Line 3 SE. As reliable as my Maytag washer. The ability to bias each power tube individually on the Power 3 is a big plus when tube burns out which will happen eventually. The parts inside the pre or power amps are be... | |
| OK, best speakers for 2500 USED...... Dynaudio Contour 3.0 | |
| Alternatives to Dunlavy speakers? I am not a Dunlavy fan, I will admit that up front. Dynaudio lost my business when they introduced the new Confidence and Temptation with two tweeters and two mid/woofers design. I have never heard a speaker with very good and precise imaging when... | |
| Revel vs. Aerial vs. B&W I think Acolcer made the right decision. I personally have owned 802N, Revel Studio, Wilson 5.1, and many other $10K+ speakers before. My all time favorite is still the Dynaudio, but they can be a challenge for some amplifiers and I like to have o... | |
| CAT or BAT???? why not add SF Line 3 SE to the list? Best of both world - both RCA and XLR input and output. Soundstage is wide and deep, bass is tight and tuneful. It might not have the speed of BAT, it might not have the warmth of CAT, but it has a very good b... | |
| Best speaker 3k to 4k used? Dynaudio Contour 3.3 or Silverline La Folia. Dynaudio probably has better integration, but Silverline will go deeper and probably has better midrange. | |
| What tube amp mates well with Sonus Faber Amati's? I have the same speakers, I have been shopping for amps as well. After speaking with several manufactures, this is what I learned:Cary 805 - lovely sound and capable of playing decent volume, but won't do rock-n-roll. Sonus Faber has used 805 in m... | |
| What SS amp do you use with your SF Line 3? As some of you pointed out, replacing tubes will make a big difference. My Line 3SE came with Siemen NOS which should be million times better than Russian tubes, but I found the sound to be dry and thin at best. I put in some $8 Jan Philip 6922 an... | |
| What pre amp to use for Cary 805? Guess tube pre + power is still king. SF Line 3 is designed with very low output impedance (4 tubes/channel for the output buffer), but Pass is not very tolerant (there is another thread on this topic) and still posts a problem for my case. Sounds... | |
| Personal amp evolution Like any young audiophile, I started with an Adcom.Adcom 555 Forte 1A Quicksilver Audio Research VT-100 Classe CA-400 Sonic Frontiers Power 3 McCormack DNA-2 Deluxe Rowland 8TiHC Pass Lab X-350 So I sold the Pass because it's not a good match to m... | |
| S.F Cremona Had Cremona for a while and upgraded to Amati. Amati has better everything and it should be at its asking. Top end is more extended and much more liquid; that's one area Cremona really falls short - top end can be edgy and bright. When listening t... | |
| Dynaudio Confidence C4's vs. Sonus Faber Amati No home theater in my 2-ch setup, just pure music. I used to have Pass X-350, but found matching with my pre-amp (SF Line 3SE) an issue. I like the SF Line 3SE so much I decided to sell the Pass X-350. I have no amp right now, but I have heard goo... | |
| Dynaudio Confidence C4's vs. Sonus Faber Amati I was deciding between C4 and Amati 5 months ago, went with Amati at the end. I have been a loyal Dynaudio customer (SF Electa Amator, Extrema, Merlin VSM, Dynaudio Confidence 5, and some others), but found the new C4's look to be too domestic unf... | |
| Best Dual purpose HT and Music speakers 10k I will vote for Dynaudio Contour 3.3. They are good enough for most 2-ch system and more than good enough for HT. They play loud and deep, also have good dynamic, and reward you when you feed them more power. They can even run without sub for 2-ch... | |
| Has anyone heard the Usher Audio Speakers People should go to Usher's website and read about the drivers they use for their high-end lines - all Scanspeak and Thiel (German). No Taiwan or China (!!!) made stuff there. I am from Taiwan and I know how high tech the country is, but I do know... |