subaruguru
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| To Preamp or not to Preamp, that is my q Ezmeralda: "You probably would gain nothing with a passive preamp...."--thanks for the chucke! Yogi Berra. | |
| power consumption Mrowlands, ...only 200w? My damned Aleph 2 monos idle at 600w!! Mounting under the floor joists in the basement helped with the heat, but there's still that energy-gulping guilt to shoulder! At least I power 'em down (didn't we used to just say "s... | |
| mods for Adcom GFP-750 Remember, the GFP-750 is Adcom's cost-cutting iteration of a Nelson Pass design they licensed. If you want to improve it you'd be far better off selling it for $800 and buying the real thing: a used Aleph P (with remote) for well under $2k!Think a... | |
| Best Preamp for under $1750.00 I second the Pass Aleph P option: transparent, ultraquiet, very 3D, detailed, and perhaps a bit lean...sounds like you might like it. I paid $1850 with remote used a year ago.Extraordinary build quality, too. Good Luck. Ern | |
| Hardwood floors vs Carpet Hi Red,I agree re dispersion issues and SIDEWALL reflections, but won't most forward-firing transducers have floor-bounce problems regardless of lateral tweeter "flare", etc?To the thread-head: I would be VERY surprised if you don't hear a MAJOR s... | |
| Use "regular" amp to power 'phones? Why not try the preamp outs? I just wired up my new Senn HD600s to the RCA outs of my Aleph P, and it's great! Why bother with another amp stage in the chain? Good luck.Ern | |
| Best speaker in nearfield listening My Verity Audio Parsifal Encores (front-firing bases) are extraordinarily coherent in the nearfield. "Hey, they're $13k new!" Yup, but the top-half satellites (Parsifal Monitors) cost only $5500 list new!...and measure even flatter in the nearfiel... | |
| Thoughts on Fidelio Rich, coincidentally I'm using Pass Aleph P and 2 monos! (So it ain't that!) Ern | |
| Thoughts on Fidelio Hi Rich. I demoed Fidelios last year, and got the same results, but at an extreme, longer front-wall placement (8'). A quick call to Verity Audio was illuminating!...The Fidelios' rear-firing woofers need more near-wall loading (1.5-3') to provide... | |
| How much are you worth ? Ahem....before I read the posts I assumed the question had a less monetary complexion. My answer was "I dunno...ask my wife, my daughters, and maybe a few close friends...."That being said (not too cloying, I trust), I'll join those who lost a lot... | |
| Best CD Transport in 1K Ball Park "Rotel insideRs" | |
| Best CD Transport in 1K Ball Park Please don't slam me for low-balling, here, but Rotel insides all seem to agree that first generation RCD855s had outstanding, heavy, low-jitter transport sections; clearly superior to later generations. I continue to use mine, but of course need ... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE At exactly a year old, my marriage to these Verity Audio Parsifal Encores hardly qualifies as longterm. Nonetheless I continue to enjoy a blissful honeymoon! Realizing that I would perhaps only ever change loudspeakers if I was forced to change do... | |
| Isolation Platform Recommendations Huh? Why two threads? Typo? See posts on adjacent identical one... | |
| Isolation Platform for CD Transport?? You'll find lots of discourse by searching for shelves, isolation, etc. I continue to be VERY happy with my Neuance iso/absorp platform shelf under my CDP. Clearly a tighter, more coherent sound than air suspension or cones-alone.Good Luck. ErnieP... |