slipknot1
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| Tube Pre-amp recommendations for Maggie 3.6 I am biased, of course, but here is what I have in my system:Magnepan 3.6RWolcott P220 Tube ampsSupratek Chenin preampI find a VERY synergistic mating of these components. They seem to reveal the organic rightness of my analog setup as well. Timbr... | |
| How Big is Your Music Collection 2500 - 3000 LPs (50% Classical, 25% Jazz, 25% Rock)200 - 300 Redbook CDs20 SACDs200 DAT Master tapes (My own live recordings)150 Cassette Masters (My own recordings)10-15 Reel to Reel at 7.5ips | |
| NY HE Speaker Standouts Dracule1,No worries mate. That's the beauty of this hobby and the reason for Chocolate AND Vanilla.Hope you are enjoying your Hyperions. I came very close to going with a pair myself. But, in the end, I kept my Magnepans/Wolcott Presence tube amp ... | |
| NY HE Speaker Standouts Dracule1,I actually think Mike's comments at his website were directed more at the source material than the system. I will agree again that it was very un-natural sounding as everything seemed to hang in mid-air, but the ability of the TAD to proj... | |
| NY HE Speaker Standouts Dracule1Your point is well taken. I must say though that your first post sounded to me that it was in the third person:I heard the room was a resounding disappointmentI read that to mean you personally had not heard it. For that I apologize. My co... | |
| NY HE Speaker Standouts Dracule1,You heard the room, or someone told you the room was a resoundng disappointment? In what way? The speakers, the music, the presentation? I was in that room myself, listening to Ray's recordings of the Weaver State University Chamber Choir... | |
| Trelja in New York - 2005 Thank you Joe!Very nice job. Sorry you and I couldn't prowl the halls together this year like we did last year.Maybe I am jaded, but Hyperion did not trip my trigger the way they did last year. I still believe they were giving tremendous bang for ... | |
| Anyone at the Stereophile show I liked Gilbert of Blue Circle's "Music Pumps Manequin Music System" In the hall outside their room.The GTT Audio room with the Kharma 3.2/sub/new 150 wpc class D amp/Kubala-Sousna/Kuzma setup was making for some very nice analog playback. I prefe... | |
| Best Digital source - HE2005 I have to be honest. I was so impressed by the mbl 116 speaker/mbl 9007 amp combination, I didn't even ask about the source even though it had a lot to do with what I was hearing. I was in the room on Thursday afternoon and went back just before 1... | |
| Best Digital source - HE2005 I agree re: the MBL. I spent some time this morning listening to the new smaller loudspeaker and the new 200 wpc SS monos, and was stunned at how good it sounded.For me, the best digital had to be Ray Kimber's demonstration of his 4 channel record... | |
| Room Conditioning I second Path7man's comments. The Rives Audio team worked wonders on my room. | |
| Audiogon identifier at Stereophile show? I've got it!A patch of a white van with a red circle around it and a line through it. | |
| Vintage English record cleaner? At 1800.00, it's a steal new. when I bought one about 10 years ago from a radio station, it still had the 70s era price sticker on it of 2700.00. I paid 75.00 for it, and sold it to a gentleman in Germany. Kind of wish I had kept it, even though I... | |
| Vintage English record cleaner? Keith Monks Audio Labs (KMAL) Record cleaner. Set the benchmark for everything that came after. | |
| Multi-Outlet with NO Conditioning PS Audio Juice Bar |