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| Price Isn't Always Indicitive of Quality or Performance @charles1dad You might be in for a new awakening, but we shall see. I think it’s great that you’re willing to try something so different. That’s the spice of life. | |
| Price Isn't Always Indicitive of Quality or Performance Thanks @charles1dad I will be very interested in your findings. Cables are obviously very system and taste dependent, but I’ve got a feeling these guys might have a thing going on that is really undercutting the big guys on silver cables. I don’t ... | |
| Connect speakers to my new Denon AVR-x4700H Receiver or to my Outlaw 7125 7-Channel Amp So here’s the deal — the Outlaw amp will outperform your Denon. Period. But the problem is, if you care at all about music the preamp section of the Denon sucks. It just does. Almost all but the most expensive AVR preamp sections suck. If you... | |
| Considering a new amp for my Vandersteen Quatro CT McCormack and Vandy have a long history of playing well together. I’ll give you two options of excellent candidates, but I’d recommend the cheaper version because your speakers have powered subs and it’s got a lot of Steve’s latest upgrades alread... | |
| Modwright LS100 vs LTA MicroZOTL @lancelock How would you describe the differences between the MZ2 and MicroZOTL? This only applies if you had the upgraded power supply on the MZ2, otherwise I assume it’s no contest. | |
| Modwright LS100 vs LTA MicroZOTL I’ll defer to @armstrod as he’s got the real goods, but by everything I’ve read the Modwright will sound warmer and the LTA relatively more neutral but still with some tube goodness. I just got an MZ2 but it’s still in the box because my amp is g... | |
| Why do so many people have problems with bass? IME there are very few if any speakers that can’t be improved significantly by adding a couple good subwoofers, or even better, four subs. I mean, Wilson uses subs with their colossal Alexandra speakers, so what does that tell you? If you think yo... | |
| Looking for a preamp with XLR connections I think you should expand your choices by considering a tube preamp. Specifically, Atmasphere does fully balanced designs and that’s where I’d go first. Tubes in a preamp are very low maintenance. But, if you must do solid state I’d look at Ayr... | |
| Upgrade from my Audio Research LS7 to a remote control model? You could just add this remote volume control and call it a day. As @newbee said, a new preamp will likely change the sound for better or worse depending on your taste. If you like your sound as is I’d play it safe and add a good remote volume c... | |
| Price Isn't Always Indicitive of Quality or Performance @charles1dad I’d be very interested to hear your impressions after burn-in of course. | |
| Room tuning or listen to as is condition? @serjio Who taught you how to set up speakers? | |
| Price Isn't Always Indicitive of Quality or Performance @charles1dad I think my Lavricables are balanced and my AZ cables single ended so I can’t really compare. This is my headphone system. My amp is currently at SMcAudio for full upgrades, but it is also single ended so I can’t really give you a stra... | |
| Headphone suggestions needed Thanks for the follow up. How would you compare the Senns and the Audeze? Inquiring minds wanna know. Heh heh. | |
| NCore Vs. Purifi I think Bel Canto has built some really good Class D amps I would certainly consider. That said, I’d have to think the current VTV and GaN amps available today are a cut above. When @ralph@atma-sphere.com is building digital amps, that says it a... | |
| Speaker positioning and center image depth I’ll also add Nola and Spatial Audio as a couple other speakers that excel at 3D imaging and soundstage. |