soix
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| Multipurpose floorstander speaker On the used market I'd look for something like a Soliloquy 5.3 or a Silverline Panatella, both of which will put out enough bass to do justice to rock(and home theater) but also hi-fi enough to handle intricate jazz recordings(and neither requires... | |
| Adding Tub Preamp to HT setup Other tube preamps with HT passthroughs you may want to consider: Sonic Frontiers, Rogue, PSE. Great way to seamlessly integrate tubes into your HT system. By the way, are you using the EAD as a DAC?Whether this will benefit your system goes to pe... | |
| Which volume do i use? The real question is which has a better volume control, the cd player or the preamp(taking into consideration the extra connections of a preamp). You don't want to use both for volume control, so you want to find out which is best. Find out what v... | |
| Preamp strategy advice for 2 ch. HT Depends. If your priority is 2-channel music then go the stereo preamp route. If you're into surround music/movies then maybe a high-end pre/pro is in order. Either way, with the unknowns with the new formats I'd be hesitant to invest big dollars ... | |
| Are you manufacturer's paying attention? I think the Bel Canto piece is going to push amp manufactureres into the digital age very quickly. Not only does the EVo series challenge some of the best amps around, it does it at a cost(to the manufacturer and consumer) that embarasses the old ... | |
| Sunfire Theater Grand ll If you're serious about 2-channel I'd recommend getting a decent Denon receiver for surround processing and use a higher-end 2-channel preamp with a home theater pass-through for stereo listening. The home theater pass-through will allow you to se... | |
| MSB link III upsample upgrade worth it? Go to the Soundstage! website and read the review by Srajan Ebean. Not only is he one of the best reviewers around, but he goes into some detail about the upsampling vs. Nelson upgrades. To summarize, he found the upsampling did very little compar... | |
| Vandersteen 3A sig VS B W Nautilus 804 I've heard both these speakers and they are so radically different in design and execution it's funny to see them mentioned in the same sentence.If you prefer a more laid back sound the Vandys are an unbelievable bargain in the price range. Some f... | |
| Help with imaging Finally. I've been trying to post this for the past week but the system wasn't taking my responses--very frustrating.Just wanted to let you know my problem is solved. After reading your posts I went back and re-checked my individual speaker levels... | |
| Help with imaging testing | |
| Sony SCD-777ES availability? Forget the 777. Buy the 9000ES from oade brothers website for around $900 then have Ric Schultz of Electronic Visionary Systems(see more info. at www.tweakaudio.com) modify it for about another $400. You can talk to Ric for more details, but my gu... | |
| Loudspeakers played LOUD ATC is unrivalled in my experience in terms of its dynamics and raw power that they can cleanly convey at absurdly loud levels. The heart of the speaker is their large dome midrange that itself weighs more than many bookshelf speakers. Listen to a... | |
| Upgrade advise: ATI, Bryston, Aragon, If you're thinking about going the high-quality 2-channel route in the near future I'd go with a good stereo amp and continue to use the 3300 to power the center/rears. Unless you're thinking of upgrading speakers too, you might also consider a hi... | |
| Speaker Upgrade, Vandy 3a, Thiel 3.6 ect I agree with the others. Both the Vandys and Thiels are excellent speakers, but the Vandys can be very tough from a placement perpective and they may even be a bit too polite on the top end depending on your tastes. Thiels aren't an option with yo... | |
| HT vs. stereo pre-amps again If you don't want to deal with tape loops and volume mismatches just dump the Perreaux and buy an Adcom GFA-750. It is one of the better stereo preamps around bar none, and offers a dedicated HT processor loop to seemlessly integrate with your Sun... |