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| 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... | |
| Vandersteen 5Aa Carbon--any 5a owner's opinions? overly flat at least w just eleven bands of EQ under 120 HZ sounds dull and lifeless....so says the manual, Richard and for grins I tried it w 5 a..true enuf dialing it in the last .5 DB was lackluster....no real urge to mess w 7. ' s yet..enjoyin... | |
| Quatro Wood CT VS. 5A's on the question of tweeters from a how are they made point of questioning just call Richard - he answers the phone....Cant say I have heard all three side by side in same room w same front end. The 5 a Carbons currently for sale on Agon seem like ... | |
| Vandersteen 4 neat to see somebody pushing to keep this speaker on an improvement path. Richard answers the phone.I had 3 a sig but in a smaller room. Big SS mac poweramp had viselike grip on low end.have you tried soundanchors on your 4's ?probably need to mod... | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today Bozak - dad had half concert grands..had to sit on floor for image..Dayton WrightTympaniESLearly TheilFreid yes Bud..i still have the Mac MX 110 Z and a 240 but driving a pair in Linn Sarahshould have kept the ESL..omg what a sweet midrange... | |
| Best near wall high end speaker Larson..another vote for. Heard a pair a model from top of range in Healdsburg ( so i may have also had some wine). Pretty stunning sound for boxes right on the wall.More engaging than the Blades they had ten feet into the room. | |
| Vandersteen Quatro CT a bit off topic but I have found it hard to beat Unitiserve w Pardo linear PS but Aurender is on my short list as I am TIRED, very TIRED at lack of NAIM support and server has been in for service twice in 4 years..A trip to Canada for a comms boar... | |
| Vandersteen Quatro CT any updates ? CT | |
| Got to open up my system today. Vandy Treo's Got back from a Hotel California trip so cranked up some Etta James on the Hi-Fi...7's singing.....at 24 on the ARC VC...( about 80 dbc in room w audiotools)The Blat of the horns is great...only 200 ish hours on them..still way inside breakin..CT ... | |
| 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..... |