tubegroover
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| OTL amps Oahuan I too have the Merlin VSM-SE soon to be upgraded to Millenium. Have you heard other OTL besides the Joule with your Merlin's? What is the sonic characteristic in the upper and lower band with the Joules? I have heard the Trancendents work s... | |
| ARC VT 100: MkII vs. MkIII? Djbaudio and the rest of you and any fans of ARC's current products. Do you know where I can find a nice SP-10 Mk2? | |
| Male audiophile seeking Female audiophil Wilford Instead of trying to get your lady friend interested in the gear (which is a very hard sell) why don't you take her to a live concert and maybe she won't look at you as such a geek. A romatic dinner and a great concert, preferably to her t... | |
| Worst Audio Injury !! Ernie all I can say to that story is boy can I relate! I feel for you. | |
| The best and worst Audiogon poster's Albert any truth to the rumor that the Dominus cables are absolutely supreme with Renaissance church music? Boy you guys with your expensive cables! And I thought the JPS digital power cord at 350.00 was a lot! | |
| Favorite composer @ favorite work? Right on Sam! I neglected to mention Grieg's which is also among my favorites. So far as Tchaikovsky's didn't Van Cliburn hang his whole career on his legendary performances of that piece? | |
| Favorite composer @ favorite work? Megasam In answer to which composer's 1st can compare to Tchaikovsky's I would have to say Schuman's 1st and only in A minor which IMO is among the best of the genre in the Romantic era. | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! Sound_decisions I would be the first person to agree that show sounds aren't the best. I guess my point on you was missed. You are to have us believe based on your vast experience that you hold the answer to what is best in reproduced audio. I gua... | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! Sound_decisions Thanks for the input. If I hadn't heard such an absolute opinion on specific gear at least 50 times prior to yours, I might believe you. Your opinion is quite compelling, especially to the uninitiated. I say to you this, it is your... | |
| Least power for Merlin VSM-SE's Vtvu How do you like the Trancendent amp? By the way nice review! Too bad you don't have the Battery Bam. In AC mode it is a big improvement and the thinness in the bass fills out, in ac/battery mode there is a notable improvement in the other fre... | |
| "Whose" Beethoven do you like? I must say that I had among the greatest thrills of my concert experience life hearing Beethoven's 9th at Knowles Chapel in Winter Park Florida performed by the Bach Festival Orchestra Choir and Orchestra in December 1999. That is probably the bes... | |
| Class "A" solid state vs. Tube amp.? Waldhorner Leave it to McIntosh to design an amp that will do it. I have a pair of MC-60's and all I can say about them is they don't make transformers like that any more! | |
| Least power for Merlin VSM-SE's Soupcon I can't speak first hand but I can say that I have heard the Merlin's can be successfully driven with some SET amps and is suppose to work well with the Bel Canto which is 30 watts. Bobby recommends no less than 17 watts I believe. This sp... | |
| What makes / defines an audiophile ? To me it goes something like this. A music enthusiast is one who's primary interest is listening to and enjoying the music, hardware is secondary. An audiophile is an obsessive compulsive hobbyist at LEAST as MUCH INTERESTED in the gear that makes... | |
| Class "A" solid state vs. Tube amp.? Waldhorner I say to you, well stated. However in matters of reproduced audio ambiguity abounds as do opinions. The purpose of this forum is to provide insight from different camps insofar as reproduced music is concerned. As to which camp is right... |