tomcarr
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| Calling all Vandersteen Fans I had the 1s decades ago, and am loving my 2Cs for the past several years. Driven them with a Denon (100W/ch), Krell (150W/ch/8 ohms/300W/ch/4 ohms) and currently a Vincent (150W/ch/8 ohms/300W/ch 4 ohms). Clipping never happened, the only differe... | |
| CD player suggestions for Krell & Vandersteen @kalali- Good idea. I like Schiit products, have their Freya. Might consider one of their DACs and use the Oppo as a transport.Tom | |
| CD player suggestions for Krell & Vandersteen OP- have you purchased yet? Curious what you're going to decide on. I was using a Krell s300-I with Vandy 2Cs and an Oppo103 and the sound was definitely bright, forward and analytical. Sold the amp, still have the Vandys and the Oppo. Also wantin... | |
| Budget? You will like the Monitor Audio towers. They will play LOUD. | |
| Music room dimensions Why put it off for "another life"? What's wrong with this life??? | |
| Anyone running Schiit Audio Freya preamp and a pair of Vidar power amps? What speakers? Love my Freya too. Using it with a Vincent SP-331. Can't imagine a better $700 pre-amp new, with warranty. Service is excellent too.@vunam- go to schiit.comTom | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 w/Ultimate Upgrade vs my Schiit Freya +1 lwin. | |
| Power on popping sound In addition to the excellent advice from the above posters, always remember LOFO (amp is last on, first off). Turn-on sequence should always be: source(s), pre-amp, amp. Turn-off sequence should always be amp, pre-amp, source(s).Tom | |
| Rega Apollo @mr_m - Tim, thank you for the suggestion I hadn't considered.@2psyop - Thank you for the feedback, and the info about the buffer that I wasn't aware of.Tom | |
| Rega Apollo @big-greg- thank you for the excellent suggestion!@bstatmeister- thank you for the excellent suggestion!Tom | |
| Rega Apollo @big_greg- thank you for the info! That's exactly what I'm wanting. Not an upgrade, just different. Warmer and more musical is right on the money.Tom | |
| Rega Apollo @ericsch - That's what I'm looking for! | |
| Rega Apollo @gdnrbob- Did you like how it sounded? | |
| Rega Apollo I will look into that. Thanks for the suggestion!Tom | |
| Rega Apollo I will look at that. Have read good things about various Creek products. Thanks for the suggestion!Tom |