sleepysurf
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| Best Place for Negative Reviews? I've found the most useful/honest comments to be random postings in various audio forums (here and elsewhere). Just Google the component in question, and start reading. Unfortunately, ya gotta wade thru some junk and jaded opinions before you get ... | |
| What is the one CD you can't find? GREAT THREAD! It reminded me of a long lost CD, more of sentimental (if not audiophile) value... GRP- Live in Session. It had a great cut of the theme from St. Elsewhere, as well as a couple of superb Diane Schuur tracks. I think an old girlfriend... | |
| Belles 150A Reference in Mono??? Just wondering, have you gotten the repaired 350A Ref back yet, with the upgraded soft-start circuit? | |
| Simple, Good Sounding Multi Room for Dummies The Swan S200A's are EXCELLENT, and could probably pass muster as a small primary system! Only caveat is that they do NOT have auto-power sensing, and need to be manually turned on and off (toggle switch in rear). I just leave mine on all the time... | |
| Simple, Good Sounding Multi Room for Dummies I heartily second the Squeezebox approach. I have a Squeezebox/Benchmark tandem in my main listening room (feeding Modwright/Belles 350A Ref/ML Summits) In my master bedroom, I have a Squeezebox, with analog outs to a Russound 235LS amp, driving 8... | |
| Belles 150A Reference in Mono??? Yes, I have the soft-start circuit. Works great. After ~3mo ownership I'm thrilled with the Belles sound. Haven't had any issues with it. However, the few anecdotal reports of Belles amps "frying" themselves (or speakers) is disconcerting. What di... | |
| Belles 150A Reference in Mono??? As a "new" Belles 350A Reference owner, I also want to throw myself into the "very impressed" camp. I had never even heard about Power Modules/Belles, but was looking to replace a Sunfire Cinema Grand (five channel) with a robust two-channel amp, ... | |
| Transparency: What speakers have it in spades? Martin-Logan Summit or Vantage... both literally and figuratively transparent! | |
| Martin Logan Summit and Classical music......... Absolutely would have him audition them, BUT, be forewarned their placement needs a fair bit of tweaking to get the most out of them... lots of breathing room (at least 3-4 ft from front wall and 2 ft from side walls), plus need to experiment with... | |
| Tampa Bay Area Audiogoners Oops, the TBLS Forum link above got truncated. Here is the complete link...http://tampabaylisteningsociety.com/phpBB/index.php | |
| Tampa Bay Area Audiogoners Fellow Tampa Bay audiophiles... as posted previously, check out the Tampa Bay Listening Society. We have monthly meetings, plus LOTS of smaller scale listening sessions/gear swapping arranged between members. Our Website and Forum are still under ... | |
| best songs to discern a good system What I've done is to use Audacity (free software) to cut specific excerpts from my favorite tracks, and create my own 15 min CD for auditioning speakers/components. Besides the usual music, other recommended tracks include the Phase Check and LEDR... | |
| 2 ch tube pre match for Sunfire Cinema Grand The Summits take a LOT of work to get them TWEAKED for optimal performance... overall room placement, degree of toe-in, panel tilt, adjusting dual woofer settings, etc. But after it's all said and done... the result is AUDIO ECSTACY like I've neve... | |
| 2 ch tube pre match for Sunfire Cinema Grand FYI, since replacing my Sunfire with the Belles 350A Reference (which, BTW, took overall sound to a new level) I hadn't tried the Benchmark direct-to-amp. Your posting piqued my curiosity, so I just gave it a listen... darn good soundstage and ima... | |
| 2 ch tube pre match for Sunfire Cinema Grand Firstly, the default Benchmark XLR outputs have more attenuation than the RCA outputs (at least mine do), so this makes comparison a little difficult. Once volume adjusted, I really didn't appreciate any significant audible difference. XLR should ... |