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| 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 ... | |
| 2 ch tube pre match for Sunfire Cinema Grand How about the Modwright SWL 9.0SE? I paired it with a Sunfire Cinema Grand driving Aerius i's (Squeezebox > Benchmark DAC as source), and it sounded sweet. I've since upgraded to a Belles 350A Ref driving ML Summits, but kept the Modwright. The... |