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| Best solid state pre-amp below US $ 10.000,00 ?? Frankpiet, the pre-amps that I compared the Placette to were, ML-32 reference, Weytech Opal linestage, Hovland, Lamm reference, and Ayre. None of them were bad by any means, but with my gear synergy was the best with the Placette and matched my pe... | |
| Any sonic benefit to sheathing on the AZ cables? Since I'm a great fan of AZ products, because of their wonderful performance/cost ratio, I would advise you to contact Mr. Robert Lee with any questions you might have regarding your new speaker wires. I have often called him in the past to discus... | |
| Best solid state pre-amp below US $ 10.000,00 ?? I tried five highly regarded pre-amps, three tubed and two SS, and bought the Placette dual mono active line stage because it was terrific in my system. Money was not an issue, my budget was up to 15grand, however I consider this piece a total bar... | |
| What's the best CD and/or multiplayer today It's silly to say their is one best piece at any price bracket because of personnal taste, along with many fine products are on the market at the same time. If your talking about spending $15000.00 on a redbook cd front end I would recommand you a... | |
| Reference I and my audiophile friends only use the term "reference" regarding a companie's flagship product that the company believes is the finest peice they can produce at the present time. For example, ML reference 33 mono-blocks, their most expensive/fi... | |
| which cables for my system? Scrapiron, at one time my total system was wired with Transparent Audio Labs high level ICs and speaker wire. I than started to audtion wires from Audioquest,Nordost,Straightwire and Kimber(all the higher end of their lines) and was not very impre... | |
| Best speakers with Pass labs X-350.5 Pkmclean, I posted a reveiw of the Pass LabsX-350.5 here on the GON, so I know how terrific of an amp it is. You only mention box enclosed speakers in your list of possible speakers for your system, however MG-3.6s or 20.1s are great match-ups wit... | |
| Ridge Street Audio Speakers If you go to the Positive-Feedback website they have,in their archives, a lenthy review of the speaker that you are interested in. Hope this helps. | |
| Whither the Great Designers? I think you left off your list of all time great designers, Mr. Nelson Pass, who has made a major impact through the years with his designs and Threshold/Pass Labs companies. Many of his designs/amps are considered classics and still sound great c... | |
| Anyone heard Acoustic Zen "Absolute" Power cord? Stew3859, I wrote a reveiw here on the GON about the the new AZ Absolute ICs and speaker wire and found both to be quite terrific in my system. My hunch is that the new ABSOLUTE PC would out perform the Gargantua by the same percent that the wires... | |
| Benchmark DAC-1 vs. Bel Canto DAC-2 I hate to disagree with Audioengr, but I had the exact opposite experience when audtioning (unmodded) the two DACS. I found them both to be quite good, but the Bel Canto-2 was warmer/smoother then the Benchmark without giving up details/dynamics. ... | |
| What's the "worst" cdp for the money? I took home for a weekend audtion the reference, top of the line Naim CDP that sells for $13000.00. The audtion lasted one and a half days because I and my girlfriend found it's sound so annoying and unpleasant we could not take it any more! No, i... | |
| Krell FPB 300cx vs Pass X250.5 Dr. Greenman, I guess its important to you that we know that you are one, it was not that long ago that I listened to Krell gear, but I know that Krell has changed to a degree their house sound, but my question to you good Dr. is, have you heard t... | |
| Will Maggie 3.6 or 20.1's work in a 121/2 X 21 Rm The short answer is yes, either speaker could work and sound quite good in a room that size. You might want to experiment with the ribbon tweeters being either on the outside or inside to get the best balance between focus/details and size depth/w... | |
| The most placement forgiving planar speaker? I agree with Hi hifi, that Duke is one of the great gentlemen of our hobby and is extremely knowledgable about the world of planar speakers. Duke, last time I briefly talked over the phone to you, you shared you were waiting for your new Blow Torc... |