thorman
Responses from thorman
| Sound is too thin. What to upgrade, add or remove? Owning 1.0 Kharmas myself and all the juggling I have done,I must agree with the suggestions already mentioned.Kharmas need room to breath! You have the room ,you just need to bring them out into the room and also your equipment furniture is cramp... | |
| Xindak FA-Gold or PureNote Cerulean I have to also agree with the Ridge Street suggestion. To me they just seem to let the music flow naturaly with great balance and with less effort.Just sound right! | |
| Importance of Power Conditioner? I had my Meridain 508/24 into a Chang Lightspeed and was ok, but I noticed a pretty good improvement just by upgrading to a better wall plug ( cryo'd Porter Port ) and pluging in directly to the wall,thus eliminating the Chang Lightspeed.If possib... | |
| Modern day equivalent of KEF 104.2s? I would guess a properly set up B&W 801 sreies 2 or 3 would do well.......Had a pair for many years. I also always liked the KEF 104/2s ( almost bought a pair myself ). The B&W matrix 801 series will give you all you need to improve from t... | |
| Stillpoints or Audio Points, has anyone compared I have been going back and forth many times on my Cd player (Meridian), placed on a 2" thick piece of Rock Maple,which sits on a short spiked stand. I have gone back and forth with Vibrapods and stillpoints and find that the Brass points tend to g... | |
| Which Threshold s are best? I can tell you my opinion.I owned a Threshold ( new purchase)a S/300 sereis 2 for many years of trouble free operation. Great peice no hassles.Very non-solid state sound.One of the best of the best! I would definately recommend the S-series.In my ... | |
| Advice on speakers-amp-music pairing Jacobpowers: I would assmue you'll get many other ideas also.The Threshold has a tank like build Quality with a unique non-solid state like sound.This Vintage Threshold ( s -series ) was one of the real great amps of the past...At the time I was a... | |
| Advice on speakers-amp-music pairing I can tell you that I ran a Threshold s/300 for years and was a perfect match for the B&W ( 801 series 2). Just the right amount of bite ,but not bright. Most good quality used s/300 Thresholds are right around your price range. Another I woul... | |
| B & W 801 model type and amplifiers I ran the 801 Matrix series 2 for many a happy year. I ran mine with the Threshold s300 series 2 s/state amp.This was rated at 150 w/per channel. Great combo.Just right,not bright or edgy. Great bass slam and mids with crisp clean highs. I would s... | |
| What amplifier works well with B&W 801 Matrix mkII I used a Threshold S/300 series 2 for many years and it was a great combo with the 801/2.Great bass with pure sounding mids and highs....Still a good amp today,if you can find a used one.... | |
| Candid opinions regarding Kharma Ceramique 2.2 I have had Kharma 1.0 for a couple years now and judging from what i have heard listening to the 1.0 .2.0 3.0,that they all share the similar traits ,also getting a touch better each step up. My feelings are ,considering the type of music you list... | |
| Speaker Choice: Narrowed down, need final opinions how about the Verity Audio Parsiful Encore????? | |
| Can you help identify How about "CROWN"? | |
| MBL amplifier go to www.highendaudio.com Ted knows as much about MBL as anyone .... | |
| A call to use the system A'Gon has in place... I tend to like the rating system ,but don't think there should be a 10/10 unless its new or just open box . I think most users are pretty good but others take advantage of the system a bit...I try to under rate a bit and try to provide the right p... |