stewart0722
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| Search for miracle integrated I had my first exposure to Schiit @ RMAF.I listened to each and every can setup in the Jam tent,and was uniformly unimpressed.....You can do a lot better....... | |
| Help With A Turn Table Upgrade On paper, the TT15 looks like a great buy.......I've had two friends purchase that table new and for some reason, the tables made quick exit from both their systems..........When I listened to it, it sounded a little thin and uninvolving, but I ca... | |
| My final table , hopefully ! I think Townshend is redesigning the Rock series and is stopping production of old........... | |
| Best amp for natural timbre of unamplified acoustic instruments & vocals w/ Revel F32? I've heard the F32's with tubes and I didn't hear sterile. I did hear un-involving compared to other speakers.....I owned Revel Studio 2's for 2 years and ended up replacing themwith Magnepan 3.7s which I still own after 5 years.It sounds like ... | |
| Search for miracle integrated As you look at bang for buck propositions, you've got to calculate the differential between the companies referenced that do no advertising, put all the money in the piece etc......with: what sort of following do those brands command, so what is ... | |
| Upgrade Opinions, Thorens vs VPI I used a high output benz S on my Classic 1 that I sold several years back.....VPI tables, both with 3D as well as the metal JMW Arms are very agreeable with Ortofon carts.....I think you would find the color you're after with the 2M black, but I ... | |
| Advice on speaker pairing with my Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum using KT120 output tubes. LOL!!!See? Who needs a desler close by when you can tell everything about a speaker through youtube.....guess we may need a sound quality disclaimer if I post avshowrooms vids.....Based on these videos Ryans don't sound good to me | |
| My final table , hopefully ! You can get a Prime close to 3K and you really won't do much better......A dark horse in that range, actually well under it would be the brand new Oracle Origine, which comes with arm and cartridge under 2K...... | |
| Integrated for Vandersteen 2ce sigII Johnny,If you had any geniune experience with VPI as a VPI dealer, you wouldn'thave made such a ridiculous comment as above......Here's what VPI themselves say about that turntable:Noise rejection allowing the “Classic Turntable” to sit on a wood ... | |
| Integrated for Vandersteen 2ce sigII Johnny,I posted the following previously in the thread......when you, a Bellesdealer chimed in on the Aria:(((((I haven’t heard Belles, but probably great stuff)))))My post per your reference had nothing to do with the two amps and everything to d... | |
| Best Small Floorstanding Speaker under $2K I've owned many.....for my $$ today, I would go for the Ryan Audio 610s which are under 2KSearch youtube for Ryan Audio avshowroomsUnbelievably musical for the money | |
| Integrated for Vandersteen 2ce sigII My daughter was 6 when I owned that amp......ARC sells a tube cage for it, as do most tube amp manufacturers.......you're right tho....the Vandersteens will sound good with SS, but not all SS......you can't just swap the Belles for instance with D... | |
| Advice on speaker pairing with my Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum using KT120 output tubes. You'll hear 10,000 different opinions on this......Here is mine:That amplifier should drive most anything within reason......For well under 2K you could do the Ryan Audio R610For well under 3.5K you could do the Ryan Audio R620I have owned Vanders... | |
| Integrated for Vandersteen 2ce sigII From 5 years back, here were my 2CE Signature I's w/ the ARC VSI60https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVnFhnkrLTkI haven't heard Belles, but probably great stuff, but the VSI60 is extremely musical and holds great resale value because of it's followin... | |
| Would you go all 1 brand for electronics? For one manufacturer, besides speakers, I would do the NPac combo from Aurender.....a 100w integrated including DSD/PCM DAC along with a 4 terrabyte storage/playback unit.....for under 5K retail....I would partner them with the unbelievable Ryan 6... |