tonyrox
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| Do you agree with John Atkinson (and me)? Free will man, nobody should tell you how many records or what type you should have. I've accumulated my library for me, and not anyone else, if you dig it fine, if you think my taste in music stinks then that's just like your opinion man. | |
| Cary SLP 98 vs Benchmark LA4 Yeah, John Siau is one of the true genius designers in the industry and can back up his claims with facts, not voodoo. | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? Also Prince Rogers Nelson opening up for the Rolling Stones for me and 80,000 of my friends at the Coliseum in LA. BTW, the people down front were throwing trash at him and booing, it was awful, especially considering he was playing straight ahea... | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? This doesn't really count, but Jeff Beck opened for SRV, (they were alternating headliner position). Also Jeff Beck opened for Brian Wilson when I was working at The Pearl. You might be able to tell I'm a huge JB fan. | |
| Cary SLP 98 vs Benchmark LA4 The LA4, like their other products has an astounding S/N ratio, 137db if you're using the balanced outputs, (as you should), vs the 88db for the Cary. Plus with three balanced outputs it makes it easy to add a sub or subs. | |
| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers Go yard and get some ATC powered monitors. | |
| I am checking out these DAC's for my system I use a Benchmark DAC3 HGC as both a DAC and preamp, feeding a Benchmark AHB2 Amp. VPI turntable, Oppo 103 for ripping SACD's, an old Pioneer CDR, and a desktop computer for Tidal and JRiver. | |
| Favorite Album Cover (picture or art on the cover) You guys are slippin’. There can only be one. | |
| HAVE CABLES EVER TAKEN YOUR SYSTEM FROM SOUNDING JUST OK TO SOUNDING GREAT? Experiences ? I use Canare Starquad cables throughout my system, mostly for noise rejection, and it's dead quiet. The genius that is John Siau, agrees with this, and that is what they, (Benchmark), offer for sale with their components. https://benchmarkmedia.... | |
| Best Bookshelf Speakers for "more" than near-field listening ATC SCM7. I've had in the following order, each a discernable upgrade; Jamo Cornet V40 Klipsch RP 500M Kef IQ1 ELAC UniFi UB52 ATC SCM7 This in a 2.2 system with dual 10 Klipsch Subs using a Mini DSP SHD as an Xover. The ATC's will p... | |
| Benchmark Media Systems. Right or wrong I'm a Benchmark fanboi for sure. Currently running DAC3 HGC as a DAC/Pre with the AHB2 amp to ATC speakers. It's a dead quiet system across all inputs, and the S/N ratio is astounding, which allows me to to hear greater detail at lower SPL. St... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? The new Mark Knopfler album, One Deep River. Kinda sleepy, but well recorded. | |
| Long run XLR cables Mogami and Canare are the pro industry standards, with Whirlwind using Accusonic cable. I'm using Canare L-4E6S cable wherever I can. System is dead quiet, no hum, no rizz, no noise of any kind. Benchmark DAC3, Mini-DSP SHD and Benchmark AHjB2... | |
| Your thoughts on best audiophile speakers in $10,000 neighborhood? Another vote for the ATC SCM40a speakers. They are tri-amped and this allows the mfg to voice the speaker and amp together, and with an active crossover further control is possible. I have SCM7's with Benchmark amplification in a small room, (pl... | |
| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. Currently using the Benchmark DAC3HGC and the AHB2 amp driving some ATC monitors. There were clear steps up in performance from the Parasound ZDAC, to the Project Pre-Box S2, to the Benchmark. I really think Benchmark is on to something by using... |