slaw3
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| "The B&W Sound" I never really had the brightness problem with my B&W CDM1 NTs, but then I was running a tube pre, which may have helped some. Your equipment may have something to do with this brightness - have you tried other speakers in your set up?Anyway, ... | |
| THE Most MUSICAL Preamp? The Hovland 100, spectacularly musical!Audible Illusions 3A ditto! | |
| Speaker Selection: B&W 805S or Revel M22 w/Sli-80 Have owned both brands, like the guy above have not heard the new 22's, but after long term listening, the B&W was my choice, no question. Easy to drive, refined, detailed, neutral, and non-fatiguing. Initially liked the Revels a lot, but over... | |
| optical or coaxial ? your thoughts on Monster Monster cables are excellent cables, not a lot of hype, and a good solid value for your $$. I've owned many and compared some others, and you cannot beat them for the price. Their speaker cables in particular are excellent, as are their digital ca... | |
| Biwire speakers. Better or not? With both my Energy and B&W speakers, bi-wiring sounded noticably better than jumpers. But the previous poster is correct - some sound better than others. If you can, borrow some cables from a local dealer and try it with your own speaks. | |
| Eastern Electric Minimax preamp After a year of pursuing preamps to replace my aging conrad-johnson, I chose the Minimax. In a head to head comparison with the Hovland 100 (new) and a used Audible Illusions 3A, the Minimax won handily. I've done some tube rolling, replaced the s... | |
| Audio from a DVD player-that far behind sonically? My understanding is that many times if you are not running full surround, the DVD player will revert the mix to a lower rez output or downmix. Some players do not do this - you'll have to find one that doesn't if you want full rez out of DVDs. | |
| Speaker Daze Budget of 1500-2000 I picked up a pair of Gallo Refernce 3's about 6 months ago and have been blown away by just how good this speaker is! Works well with SS amps like your Rotel, I'm using with McCormack DNA-1 and it's a wonderful match. It's on the high end of your... | |
| DAC for my HHB Burnit For your needs, I highly recommend the Benchmark DAC-1. Great DAC, gobs of detail w/o fatigue and an incredible soundstage. Bonus - it's got a headphone amp that is really spectacular. Leave it on all teh time, it sounds better that way anyway, al... | |
| From biwire to single run: Now I hear a loud hiss. Here's a good test - get some cheap radio shack speaker wire, and connect two runs from your amp to your speakers (sort of a fake bi-wire). Still have the hiss? There's a problem elsewhere, probably tube related. Hiss goes away? Problem with your ... | |
| Passive Bi-Amping-Amps With Level control Hi!Not many hi end amps out there with volumes....One suggestion would be to find a remote add-on, then you can use any amp you want. There are two that I know of - Creek makes a good one for a couple hundred clams, and if you can find one, Chase ... | |
| Warm Detailed Bi-Wire for Magnepan 3.6R I'm using Cardas Cross bi-wire on mine and the result is warm and glorious! | |
| DAC Help just finished auditioning both of these, and the punchline is, the Benchmark went back for a refund and the ACK! is staying!The Benchmark is a great DAC, no doubt - I can see where it garners rave reviews. It is highly detailed, very transparent, ... | |
| ACK dac or Muse 2 / older dac to replace Sa8260 just finished auditioning both of these, and the punchline is, the Benchmark went back for a refund and the ACK! is staying!The Benchmark is a great DAC, no doubt - I can see where it garners rave reviews. It is highly detailed, very transparent, ... | |
| Benchmark Dac1 vs Ack dAck I'm using with an old JVC XLZ 1050TN, a cheap Sony DVP655 SACD/DVD player, and an Adcom 750. With the Sony, there is some slight popping sound out of the speakers when you load a disc, otherwise the three sound virtually the same to me - I can't t... |