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| Amp to Add Dynamics & Detail to 'Polite' Speakers Well i suppose everything is relative. I'm coming from a pair of Wilson speakers and don't find the B&W speakers to be as dynamic and lively.AC is via 4 dedicated circuits and a running springs conditioner (amps are direct to the wall).The pla... | |
| Amp to Add Dynamics & Detail to 'Polite' Speakers @ Vicadamone...interesting you mention nCores, as the NC-400 has been reported as a VERY good match for the 802D speaker. if you don't mind, what speakers were you using them with prior to moving them to your studio? i was a long time tube amp use... | |
| Amp to Add Dynamics & Detail to 'Polite' Speakers thanks for the inputs, all... much appreciated. the gear in play is as follows: B&W 802D speakers, Acoustic Zen Satori speaker wires, Acoustic Zen Silver Reference 2 and Acoustic Zen Matrix Reference 2 ICs, Placette preamp.sorry about the vagu... | |
| Small Speakers For A Large Room... new house and new baby kept me away from this thread for the last couple of weeks... WOW! i was stunned to see the number of responses so far - too many for me to thank you all individually, so collectively, THANKS!! you all have given me a lot to... | |
| Looking for a Nice Simple Good Sounding Preamp... another very simple device is the placette RVC or preamp if you need more ins and outs. i'm using the RVC - i had it factory equipped with two inputs - and it is VERY good sounding (replaced far more expensive preamps from the likes of pass labs a... | |
| Small Speakers For A Large Room... @ swamp... thanks so much for the suggestions. to your questions, amps will be purchased based on the speaker i end up with. since i'm starting from scratch with this one, i'm starting with the speakers and working back to the amp. budget is up to... | |
| Replacement for Benchmark DAC Preamp in addition to the very good lightspeed attenuator, i'd also suggest you look into the placette rvc. call the company to speak with the designer about the other components in your system - he'll give you an honest opinion on suitability.i can't sp... | |
| Gold Point Passive pre-amp another passive to look into is the Placette RVC or Passive Pre (just depends on the number of inputs needed). i switched to one a few months ago and was stunned at how good it sounded compared to the active preamps i've owned - pass labs, counter... | |
| Vandersteen 2W frustration i have a 2W as well and also replaced the vandersteen xovers with a pair of mundorf caps - nice improvement even over the M5's.looks like the input impedance of your power amp is 47k, so your caps will result in a XOver freq at 73 hz - there's no ... | |
| Recommend An Electrician in Portland, Oregon thanks, guys - i appreciate the inputs. | |
| Great guys to deal with in the audio industry there are so many wonderful folks in the industry - here are just a few that quickly come to my mind:Ralph Karsten (Atma-Sphere)EJ / Clint (Wyred4Sound)Kevin Hayes (VAC)Roy Johnson (Green Mountain Audio)Mike Elliot (CounterPoint)Pretty much anybod... | |
| Vandersteen 2WQ @ Actusreus... the setup has the main speakers and the sub receiving the same signal. this signal is high passed, ie, the low frequencies are gradually rolled (80 hz, 6 db per octave) between the preamp and the poweramp. the main amp and the main ... | |
| Fuses that matter. due to an impending move i am currently using a temporary amp - mcintosh 162 - which sounds far better than i expected it to. one thing i did notice that my 'larger' amps do not exhibit is a slight grain and softness to the midrange. for $20 i tho... | |
| Computer/DAC combo sugestions after some years of experimentation, i'm currently running the following system and it is the best digtal playback i've yet attained... late 2009 Mac Mini w/ SSD and 8 gigs of memoryAudiophilleo USB interfaceModified Metrum Octave DACAudirvana+ pl... | |
| Upgrade Proceed PDP & PRE to AVP i have never owned a PDP, so realize that the usefullness of my response may be somewhat limited, but i have owned the proceed avp2 (twice, actually). i found it edgy and bright sounding in my system. in fact, that's how i came to own two of them,... |