swampwalker
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| Vac Phi 200 vs. Audio Research Reference 75 Lateguestnomore- As to your question, I've not heard the ARC, but I will tell you that the two amps I own now are a Lectron JH-50 and a VAC (the 30/30, not the 200 Phi but after hearing VACs statement amps in NY last month, the VAC family sound is... | |
| Shootout: Raidho C3.1 vs Vivid Giya 2 Audiooracle- I guess I should no better than to question an "oracle". I don't mind dealers or manufacturers posting, in fact I welcome it, but that should always be disclosed up front, esp. if you are weighing w an opinion about a product you sell... | |
| Fremer's review of the Anna cartridge Anyone know why sometimes you can edit a post and sometimes not???? Ain't progress grand??$8K cart is of course what I meant. | |
| Fremer's review of the Anna cartridge So would you feel better, or at least less upset, if the manufacturer had tested and hand selected the cartridge in a manner not available to normal purchasers?First of all, there are plenty of audio manufacturers who test/burn-in EVERY product th... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp I am "inferring" what he meant and bring no real expertise to this discussion; however, I am enjoying the discussion and thank all contributors for keeping it going. Ditto!!!! | |
| Shootout: Raidho C3.1 vs Vivid Giya 2 And If they are both great speakers and you can't go wrong w either then how can the Vivid be no contest better?? Could it be because you are a Vivid dealer???? Inquiring minds want to know. | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp Full range, quality high efficiency speakers tend to be big and expensive.I think you have blame the laws of physics for that!!! NEwer high efficiency amplifier technology is capable of taking a lot of the technical guesswork out of the equation a... | |
| Fremer's review of the Anna cartridge "Swampwalker, Swampwalker, Swampwalker,..." 97 more to go...:) Actusreus; Actusreus; Actusreus...I think I've got it... Acutusrex; Atcususreus; Acuteresus; !@#$%&. ;-) never let the facts get in the way of a good story. Words to live by!!! An... | |
| Fremer's review of the Anna cartridge Pops- I am sure you are correct; maybe that's why I am not a CEO of a major corporation. I also believe that mistakes can happen and you generally can't take a person's measure by one event, but c'mon???? It's your flagship product, hand assembled... | |
| Fremer's review of the Anna cartridge you'll surely see many who will tell you a $20K amplifier sounds like crap. Or that it sounds no different than a $2K amp, or, or that amp A sounds different than amp B, or that $20K amp C sounds like crap when used w pre-amp D or, dare I say it, ... | |
| MC Phono Pre Gain Use the KAB gain calculator to determine total gain and then look at how much gain you have in your line stage and amp, your room size and the noise floor. You also need to consider what velocity the Denon's output was measured at; some carts like... | |
| Which headphones?? The 598s are supposed to be v. close to the 600s but that price seems a little high. | |
| Fremer's review of the Anna cartridge One other point that deserves to be mentioned regarding the analogy of high end auto to high end audio (hmmm, only differing by 2 letters...coincidence???) is that there are generally accepted objective performance criteria for autos. Horsepower, ... | |
| Monitor close to the wall to replace Allison 4s Denis- they had a pair of Clue's for each channel, stacked one on top of each other, w a dedicated stand or spacer between the two, w the top speaker upside down so you got a quasi-D'Appolitto array. Woofer-tweeter-spacer-tweeter-woofer. They were... | |
| Monitor close to the wall to replace Allison 4s Denis- I was very impressed w the stacked pairs of the Clue that was shown at the NY Audio Show last month. $2K for 2 pairs w the stacking stand, IIRC. Driven my Hegel integrated and they were set up very close to the wall behind them. Never heard... |