swampwalker
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| Dual duty and LOUD I am a fan of Vandersteen,but I would never say they were a rock speaker or that they met the criteria you articulated. Many people find them a bit laid back compared to typical speakers in their price range, IMO that's because they do NOT overemp... | |
| Aerial 9B's for sale? Maybe a slightly deceptive way of saying Model 9 B-stock? | |
| What's a great multi format player under a $1,000? Jim- Unfortunately, I believe that I am correct with respect to a transport/DAC that can do hi-rez you are looking at about $6-8K and it won't give you DVD-A. Certainly for those $, you can look at one of the Esoteric one box units, or for 1/2 tha... | |
| Is Audience or Cardas a better choice than Kimber? Agree with Spencer as to the diff btwn the Au24 and CGR, when used with Joule amp and VSM-MMs. | |
| One year anniversary -what have I learned? Good luck Dawg, but I hear Edna is running marathons at age 80!!! | |
| What's a great multi format player under a $1,000? At $1K for a multi-foramt, I think your options are limited. Not sure "great" is in the cards. The advantage of the Denon is that if you like, you can have it modded later, unless you are philosophically opposed to it. If you are, then maybe you w... | |
| phono channel output Lower than what? CDP, maybe. Your Dynavector has 2.5 mv output, so it should be high enough to drive the MM phono stage, but not necessarily as loud at some gain setting as other inputs. A lot depends on the other source voltage output and its not... | |
| Can I use a pre amp with a receiver I think what you want to do is get a pre-amp with HT or cinema bypass. Run a search here on the Home theater bypass and you should find some threads that give you more detail. If the Integra has pre-amp out for each channel then you should not use... | |
| Schroeder vs. Triplanar VII Sonic Differences Andrew- I've not had the pleasure of hearing a Schroeder but I will tell you that one evening at Doug and Paul's, we listened to everything from country/bluegrass (Trio- Ronsdadt, Parton and Harris)to classical instrumentals, to classical vocals t... | |
| What's a great multi format player under a $1,000? The Denon 2910 is well under that #, new, in stock form and I imagine the 3910 is as well, at least used. | |
| CJ vs. BAT vs. THOR preamps, who's best? Blindjim- Bummer about the blindness but kudos for the truth in advertising (grin). Never heard a Thor. Nuetrality is over-rated if it eliminates the emotional context of the music. Good luck, let us know how you progress with the Thor. | |
| Cable Assemblers and DIY Homegrown Audio | |
| What makes a High Efficiency Speaker Very interesting. Great thread, one and all. Thank you for taking the time to provide all of this info. To this I would only add that having never heard the Zu speakers, if they sound good, then they are good, regardless of how they measure or how... | |
| How does Berning ZH270 compare to Cary Cad211 AE ? There are well respected members who love their MMs or MXs with the ZH-270 and others the Joules. IMO, having had both amps in my house at the same time, the assessment that Tomryan quoted from (probably) Bobby's partner is right on the money. I f... | |
| H.P.Caravelles owners, are you still Satisfied. S23chang- The widespread use of horns in the 50s and 60s was due to 2 factors, IIRC:1. Low amplifier power ratings (chicken and egg thing maybe?)2. Acoustic suspension (AR) speakers not yet on the market. |