steve01s4
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| Best drink while listening to your rig? Lately, I've been drinking Session by Full Sail Brewery. It's a pre-prohibition style lager. It's good enough to satisfy the beer snob in me, but not so big that it distracts from anything else you're doing. When I want a more serious beer, I turn... | |
| if you had 2500,what player stands out???? The Audio Aero Prima would be my first choice in your price range. I own a Capitole MKII, and after over a year, I'm still thrilled with it. I've had the chance to listen to the Prima, and I was really impressed by how much of the Capitole's sound... | |
| Best amp & source with Lamm M1.1 / M1.2 I'm very happy with my Capitole MK2 running direct to the Lamm. Mine doesn't have analog inputs though, so I am planning on adding a preamp soon. Most likely, it'll be the Lamm LL2. I haven't heard it yet, but based on the L2, reviews of the LL2, ... | |
| With Cary Tube System: AQ Cheetah or Nordost Frey? I've had my dealer's demo pair of Frey in my system for some time now. Mine comes off of their cable burner Friday. When I brought home the demos for the first time, they'd spent about a week on the old Nordost cable burner, but no time in a syste... | |
| great vinyl sound cost as much as great cd sound Great vinyl sound seems to cost more than great CD sound, but once you get to the high end, analog really can pull ahead. I've had the chance to compare the CDSD/DCC2 to a Brinkmann Balance/Brinkmann arm/Lyra Titan/Lamm LP2 setup. SACD vs LP was c... | |
| Hallelujah by Lenard Cohen Allison Crowe, a Canadian singer/songwriter, does a great version on her album Tidings. You can listen to it on her web site at http://www.allisoncrowe.com/ . | |
| Revel F52 solution vs jbl synthesis array I haven't heard the F52, but I do own a pair of Studios. I also have quite a bit of experience with the JBL Synthesis stuff. The Synthesis was lots of fun for movies, but not great for music at all. If you want to enjoy music and movies equally, R... | |
| Drone Zone on SomaFM - anyone listening? I've been listening to Beat Blender on SomaFM all day today... I'd found the site a while ago, but had totally forgotten about it. I like most of the SomaFM stuff that I've listened to. | |
| Does "ripping" quality improve if you......... I use Walker Vivid on all of my CDs before I rip them. I haven't ever done a comparison of the same track ripped with and without, so I can't say anything about that. I have had the treated discs rip perfectly when the untreated one hadn't, so now... | |
| What preamp for Lamm M1.2 ? Elberoth2,I'm guessing I'm the one Kurt mentioned with the Capitole direct to the M2.1s. I haven't tried a good preamp in my system yet, so I can't give you an idea of whether it improves the Capitole. I'm pretty happy running direct, but I'm unde... | |
| What Is Best Monoblocks For Around $10,000 Used? I'll throw in my vote for Lamm... I do own the M2.1, and think any of their hybrid amps would be your best bet. I haven't heard the new X.5 pass amps, but I do feel the Lamms are a big step up from the older X series. With that said, if I hadn't h... | |
| Heard the $325000 Acapella's Sphaeron excaliburs? I haven't heard the Sphaeron, but I am very familiar with the Triolon Excalibur. It is, by a wide margin, the best speaker I've ever heard. I really can't imagine what the improvement might be, but I will say that the Triolon is the first really e... | |
| Has anyone heard the lamm 2.2 hybrid amplifier I also use the Lamm M2.1s with Revel Studios (in fact, I might have to take some of the blame for Kurt_tank having his...) and agree with everything he said... except for the part about Radiohead. They're one of my favorites. If you're looking for... | |
| The Levinson 33h? Pros and cons? I own Studios, and have since 2001 or so (with a short break in 2003). I've spent a lot of time listening to Revels with various amps, and have heard them with a wide variety of Madrigal gear (Proceed AMP5, ML 336,33H,33,43x), Krell (from the inte... | |
| Avalon Isis I stopped in to listen to the Isis 3 times during the show. I think they're absolutely gorgeous, and I really wanted to like them. However, the sound with the Boulder equipment left me cold. I found myself analyzing the sound, not enjoying the mus... |