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| Coolest looking speaker ever ? Well, shoot!! If you guys think your Vandersteen's are cool looking, then after the Sonus Faber Amati Hommage, I'm going to go with my own Aerial Acoustic Model 10T speakers in Santos Rosewood finish.In addition to their sonic abilities, their fit... | |
| Looking for advice on 2 Channel system If you sell the VK-500, that would give you a $12,500 budget.For that amount you could purchase the following used items:McCormack DNA-2 Rev A amp at $4200. Far superior sonically when compared to the VK-500 (I used to own a VK-500 and now own a D... | |
| Is there a pre-amp not processor with a sub out? If a pre/pro is off limits, then look for a preamp that has two sets of main outs. Some will have 1 pair of XLR and another RCA. I'm using a Primare P30 pre/pro and it is sonically superior to some 2-channel preamps in direct a/b comparisons in my... | |
| Coolest looking speaker ever ? Sonus Faber Amati Homage | |
| What about Bybee Filters? Gpalmer is right. Dan Wright will probably send you straight over to Stan Warren. :) | |
| What about Bybee Filters? Twl, before committing to Dan Wright, you might also want to talk to Stan Warren (co-founder of PS Audio) of SuperMods un Eugene, OR who also does supposedly an excellent job on the s9000es.I talked with Stan on several occassions and was about to... | |
| I give UP Aerial 10Ts and Power Amps Very good point, Sfstereo. | |
| SS amps. Why so much power? Edle, Based on that statement one could easily get the impression that you think the only thing all amplifiers do is amplify.That is exactly what an amp is suppose to do, but very few actually do just that. | |
| Day amp arrives Cashier check returned You did say it was 'a rather large check'. I am not aware that a 'real' cashier's check can be issued a 'stop payment' unless the originator perhaps claimed it was lost or stolen. The cashier's check was purchased with real money at one time. It's... | |
| SS amps. Why so much power? Twl, my speakers are quite inefficient and the more the power the better they sing. My amp is rated at 600 wpc into 4 ohm loads. Not the most powerful, but certainly not the weakest. I purchased the speakers before the amp.My previous amp was a ni... | |
| TO DAC OR NOT TO DAC? I've never listened via an external dac. Therefore, of course I do not believe one needs the expense of an external dac. If the opposite were true I'd own one and my opinion would be different. :)In all seriousness, I agree with the poster above t... | |
| split sub signal out of preamp to use 2 subs? It should not hurt to fork the sub-out. Nobody will highly recommend doing so but should not do much sonically.My pre has RCA and XLR main outs. Therefore, the L&R RCA outs are connected to the sub's L&R ins. The XLR main outs go to my amp... | |
| What is the best DB level to Hi, Sean. I didn't take your comments personally. But I don't know anybody (nor do I think I want to know anybody) that plays anything at 110db sound levels.One thing I forgot to mention about volume and listener fatigue. Most amplifiers begin to ... | |
| Cable lengths As a general rule cable lengths short be as near identical as possible and as short as possible. | |
| Does your amp sound hum....when your ear close it If you narrow the hum down to the amplifier's transformer, try to determine which circuit the amplifier is running off of. Then check the circuit breakers in the service panel. There is the possibility that your amps' circuit is on the opposing le... |