treepmeyer
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| Advice on Sterling LS3/6 Sorry, my confusion. It's Doug Sterling who is retiring and shutting down Stirling Broadcasting, not Derek Hughes. Thanks for the correction. | |
| Advice on Sterling LS3/6 @grislybutter Jeff said to email or call him and he would see if Stirling can send another pair of LS3/6. Google Jeff Stake HiFi in Bloomington, IN | |
| Advice on Sterling LS3/6 Oh, the Bacch system is very interesting. Using it in a suboptimal room now, but with well-recorded tracks the effects are terrific. Imaging and soundstage are taken to a new level. To give just one example, in Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side, ... | |
| Advice on Sterling LS3/6 @yogiboy The Quicksilver amps look great, and reasonably priced. Funny you should mention the Van Alstine SET amps as I had my eye on them for awhile. Will check out both. @grislybutter I will ask Jeff if he can get another pair Thanks to ever... | |
| Advice on Sterling LS3/6 @yogiboy The reason for looking for a new power amp is that I've implemented the Bacch4Mac system. Edgar recommended that I not use the Gan1 even though I upgraded the RME interface to enable a coax out. Long story. Suffice it to say, I need an... | |
| Advice on Sterling LS3/6 I am very impressed pairing my modded Peachtree Gan1 with my Spendor SP3/5R2 speakers, so I thought I'd stay with the Gan or newer class D amps - but I'm open to tubes. Any recommendations? Budget is only about $2000, though. Used is fine. | |
| Advice on Sterling LS3/6 They really appear ideal for me. I told Jeff I'll take them. Many thanks for the comments. | |
| Give Up on Bacch? @khragon I ultimately decided to go all in and not only kept the Bacch4Mac but upgraded to the RME Fireface. That will necessitate buying a new power amp and moving my 2-channel to a different room. At present I'm working with GIK on treating t... | |
| Great Interview- In an attempt to educate our ears, my wife and I have been going to live events and, recently, "music bars." We have been quite disappointed. At the jazz clubs we've been to the musicians invariably use amps of miserable quality, even when they... | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? Apologies to the OP if this post takes the thread astray, but I am in a similar situation. Currently have Spendor SP3/5r2 in a small room, running them with a modded Gan1. I will be setting up a slightly larger room tthis summer and want to st... | |
| How many monthly kilowatt hours, including hi-fi, do you use? I average 1100 kWh per month but my out-of-pocket cost is less than $100. I have a large solar panel array and a large geothermal heat pump with coils submerged in a pond. Grid electricity is provided by a nuclear power station. Oh, and my Gan1... | |
| Give Up on Bacch? @mahgister What you write is an affirmation that Edgar is on the right track and that investing time, money and effort to train my ears (my brain, actually) is worth it. It was a bit of a shock to realize that a conceptual framework, new vocabula... | |
| Give Up on Bacch? I have hesitated to comment on the effect of the Bacch system on "sound quality" because I'm not sure what I'm hearing, or if I'm striving to hear what I think I am supposed to hear. Or if my ears are just too new to this sound to discern and pr... | |
| Give Up on Bacch? The Bacch4Mac is up and running, sort of, but I need some more advice. First, though, I'd like to make clear the Edgar is a pleasure to work with. He is patient and, of course, very knowledgeable. I'll keep it and explain the pros and cons for ... | |
| Give Up on Bacch? Man, this has been painful. Installation was Monday and Edgar himself called me. We didn't get far because a) my Peachtree Gan1 requires a coax which the RME supplied with the Bacch system does not support. I have an old analog HK Signature pow... |