stevecham
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| Totem Mani-2 and tubes I heard the Mani 2s powered by conrad johnson Premier 12 monoblocks in Montreal in 1998. They sounded fabulous so I know they can be powered by tubes. As you know they do require an amp that can provide the current. At the time I also had a 4BST a... | |
| Vinyl Liquid Dispenser I don't mix my own preferring instead to use Record Research Super Vinyl Wash directly from the supplied bottle. I have tried all other popular concoctions over the years with the 16.5 and this by far is the BEST.Skip the fussing around and begin ... | |
| Naxos CDs with Great Sound Naxos 8.550737: Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia antartica" and Symphony No. 8 got quite a review by HP in Absolute Sound a coupleof years ago.It's cetainly one of my favorites; the sound of the organ when the "iceberg" section plays is ... | |
| best amp for BASS Krell FPB300cx or FPB400cx (what I use) | |
| My impression of VPI Scout Psychicanimal, your assertion that the Rega is more pitch stable makes little sense to me. Motor torque issues aside, because the Rega platter is driven by the subplatter at a radius much smaller than the VPI that is driven by the outer circumfere... | |
| best preamp for bryston 14 b st, or 7 b sst? Before I traded in my BP25MC and 7BSTs for a Krell KCT/400cx combination connected via CAST, I experimented with a couple of tube preamps at home with the 7BSTs, most notably the cj premier 16 and 17 preamps. Compared to the Bp25MC, there was a mu... | |
| Levinson 436 Versus Krell FPB 350 MCX? Ditto Coasternut. After listening to both tube and solid state pres and amps over the past year IN MY HOME SYSTEM, (cj, AR, Krell and ML), the Krell KCT and FPB via CAST combination has been the most pleasurable to my ear. Notice how the ML websit... | |
| Krell FPB 300cx enough to drive B&W Nautilus 801? I agree with Drrdiamond on this. It was not my goal to simply have more power, and besides, the wattage output gain between the 400cx and 300cx is really insignificant when it comes to sound pressure levels. My goal was to see if there was truly a... | |
| any fans of early industrial? Can was the band from Germany that really started the industrial sound with "Yoo Doo Right" in 1969. The song comprised all of side 2 of their album "Monster Movie" and it is still in print both as new vinyl and CD. | |
| Narrowing down floorstander selection. The only speaker on your list that is both time and phase coherent is the Vandersteen 3a, if those features are important to you. They certainly are to me. Also check out Thiel 2.4, also time and phase coherent. | |
| Stereophile confirms new gear is getting worse.... I also think it would be interesting for a manufacturer to step forward bravely and allow JA or others to test a piece of equipment, say 10 of 100 that were built, and those 10 represent the beginning, middle and end of the build run. Then plot th... | |
| What cartridge mates well with Aries 2 JMW 10.5 I use a Koetsu Urushi with the Aries2/JMW10.5 rig and all is well, amazing and ultimately satisfying. | |
| PS Audio power plants Ecosse - P300 and any of the other PS products in this line, are NOT simply filters. They completely breakdown the AC from the wall to DC and regenerate a new 117VAC/60 Hz (or other) wave, selectable from a sine wave to other more complex shapes a... | |
| Krell FPB 300cx enough to drive B&W Nautilus 801? I auditioned both the 300cx and 400cx in my home system before I bit the bullet and dug deeper to purchase the 400cx. I have Thiel CS6s. The 400cx made an immediate audible improvement in dynamic contrast, air and detail and bass extension and spe... | |
| Stereophile confirms new gear is getting worse.... Sean, no need to put the armour on (A Brit are ya?), no flames from me on this topic and I reflect most of your sentiments. And I like it when someone has the courage to put a stake in the ground and stand by it. Kudos to you.Buyer Beware is front... |