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| Quatro Wood CT VS. 5A's love it WAFSWife Assisted Fundamental Science..heard Quatro s yesterday with VTL pre and power Bardo table...lovely.but i think Russ our OP is going to have one fine sounding system..100 W of Pass class A power ! nice | |
| Best DAC for around $10K new or used No and yes.Relied on my dealer and a few others I trust who believe that a preamp of good quality yields better sound. I am not seeking to add fuel to that debate. i believe the volume control and buffering in my ARC 5 SE would qualify as good.The... | |
| Best DAC for around $10K new or used My top 4 wereARCAesthetix PandoraDCSMSB Analog w premium power supply.i set range at up to fifteen K new. Agree there is no such thing as BEST...They all have virtues and leanings but in end I went with Pandora. have since upgraded it to SIG and t... | |
| ESS and Heil air-motion tranformer - any thoughts? Recall that I heard Born to Run all the way thru for first time on a pair of AMT 1 B with a B&O table, Apt Holman Pre and Power...to this day trying to get that ROCK sound..ha...the memory..altered..of youth is a great thing..... | |
| Quatro Wood CT VS. 5A's Congrats Russ.I bought my Unitiserve from Don. I wanted his critical ear and opinions on server SQ. I trust him.We also have some history as his dad was the long running MacIntosh distributor in Cleveland where my Mac 240 and MX110 Z were purchase... | |
| Quatro Wood CT VS. 5A's RussGot to thinking so instead of just thinking i did some listening...Ran 3 songs with and without rear tweeter on. All three w tweeter set at level 4 and contour 4. i did also have a Scotch but that is another story..Prefer tweeter off. sense of... | |
| Quatro Wood CT VS. 5A's No. I have a relatively small room and acoustic center of the 7 is about 32" from back wall which while it has quite a bit of irregular surface diffusion is still pretty reflective.I am in the camp that believes the rear firing tweeter could / sho... | |
| Quatro Wood CT VS. 5A's Follow the very detailed setup instructions ! They work ..or have your Vandy dealer do it all :-)Great choice..imo a very musical speaker.Enjoy ! | |
| The New Audio Research Reference 6 Mono and Stereo have two internal photos....blue board, additional tubes, hard to see volume ctl...As a 5SE owner i welcome this. a static no innovation or incremental improvement company is probably dead. | |
| ayre mx-r versus audio research ref150 SureI realize i gave you nothing to work with other than my choice.Strengths - the MXR and VXR have a bell like almost microphone feed clarity. female vocals have a fine detailed yet liquid clarity. Extreme treble also has same air and shimmer whe... | |
| ayre mx-r versus audio research ref150 i had Vandy 5a and listened to 5 amps extensively: Aesthetix in stereo, mono, Ayre in mono and stereo Vx-R and the ARC Ref 150. Also gave the HD 220 and DS series a quick listen.picked the stereo Ayre and love it. Have since upgraded it to 20 seri... | |
| Quatro Wood CT VS. 5A's cats and dogs IMO.. | |
| The New Audio Research Reference 6 JS Audio email on debut said $14 K | |
| Quatro Wood CT VS. 5A's Richard says except for low bass CT Quatro is better than reg 5 aHe has heard my 5a so we have spent fair amount of time together.The carbons are in another world. Give him a call he answers the phone.CT you were right Twenty series is not subtle ... | |
| ARC ref 5SE current or past owners love my REF 5 SEreplaced a MAC SScan not comment on yours or the alternate as have not heardhome auditions in your system near pricelessi had at home Aesthetix, MAC, Ayre, CJ and a few others. System synergy ruled day for me anyway.IMO ref will be... |