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| Aesthetix Signature Atlas monos vs ARC Ref 210 monos for mbl 101's that is indeed a dilemma..most of my time w 101 was with Musical Fidelity AMS amp...a beast of an amp...sadly discontinued..my exp with 210 is low bass drive and definition lacking. mids great but obsoleted by new ref and especially ref se.the Aes... | |
| Audio Research Ref. 3, Ref. 5, or the Ref. 5se. the guy who designed and built your speakers thinks pretty highly of the 5 SEi believe the advice he gave me was along the lines of giant killer...2640 hours on mine.ARC bashers for improving the product abound...if you love your model keep it.wan... | |
| Servers and tweaks i have NAIM with HRS nimbus couplers, HRS brick and a Pardo liner supply with Kimber AC cord...stunning changes... | |
| Latest Absolute Sound spending that much money on an esoteric hobby magazine is a first world problem... | |
| Speaker help under $2,500 Eminent freakishly good mid and large detailed soundstage...bass not the best integrated but very good for $used pair of Steen 3 a sig or new 2 sigs...need 100 watts but well integrated....Quad ESL 63 on great stands may also suprise you.Maggies ... | |
| Another Best sounding room left out Robert Taylor of Taylor House in NC..i think retired. lugged a van load of stuff to Charleston, optimized 5a in a very big room and sold me ARC REF 5 SE....awesome guy..this is a people hobby | |
| Custom Bozak Loud Speakers grew up with B-305...saw a few Bozaks but never any with a factory super tweeter..they did have a sound reinforcement line. Typically smaller driver line arrays..how do the sound ? | |
| Another Best sounding room Bruce has best sounding 5a Carbons setup i have heard and i think i have heard them at 5 or 6 dealers now.IMO the long running, long term relationship guys are the best. Bruce at Unlimited in San D, Randy at Optimal in Santa Monica, Curtiss ( now ... | |
| Conflicting Mcintosh info how does it sound ? | |
| Ayre Codex rather long FB exchange w Charlie..i asked when R series DAC ? His reply was improvements to Codex will yield a killer 5 series DAC...inferred that it might already be better than Q series..my read of it anyway.. | |
| Vandersteen 4 my black Friday wanderings at stereo stores...found a pair of rebuilt model 4 at Hawthornes in Seattle....under a grand...they are big and heavy..i did not listen to them..what a blast from past that place is.. | |
| Incredible review of Vandersteen 7 mkII in... moved all the various Wall-Wart powered digital stuff : airport , network switch, RAID drive for server and server over to dedicated Furman power conditioner...pre and dac on a dedicated circuit, amp another, subs on another, digital on another...... | |
| What's a contender to an Audio Reference 5 SE? Bo1972we are in golden age of quality and choice..never have we had such great selection of caps, res, transformers, wire, etc in components and a wide variety of price points. REF 5 SE blows away my SP-6 of old..you might be right about the kids ... | |
| Vandersteen 5Aa Carbon--any 5a owner's opinions? good points..sounds like YOU are getting incredible performance out of your system..which is WHY we do this.my room is HIGHLY irregular with 3 large and unequal openings, sloped ceiling in two directions peak 20' with a lot of natural diffusion. t... | |
| Quatro Wood CT VS. 5A's keep the Vettemy 5 a in rosewood were Randys personal pair from his home.He does get excellent sound and knows his stuff. I always stop by there in my travels..but I am overdue for a visit... |