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| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps If there is one song and performance that comes to mind that gives me goosebumps almost every time I hear it, it would have to be Kate Smith singing "God Bless America" | |
| Wanted to share with GON members my new "JOB" My congragulations to you TJ, I've always enjoyed reading your insightful reviews on this site as well as appreciating and truly admiring your ability to articulate your impressions in a coherent easy to understand manner. You will be a great asse... | |
| Favorite Pre Amp and Amp with Vandersteen? I've always found the most memorable Vandersteen set-ups used Audio Research. There is definite synergy with this match-up. | |
| What are you 'TRULY' Looking for in Loudspeaker... "To give you a very, very honest answer, I look for a believable representation of the natural timbres of unamplified instruments as well as a reasonable facsimile of those instruments playing in a concert-hall space. I swear to God, I am. And I m... | |
| Do Tube Amps go better with QUAD 2805's Speakers?? I have a friend with the 2805's that he recently purchased new. He is currently using a push/pull tube amp of his own design using EL34 outputs with excellent results. I would definitely consider an OTL with these speakers. I own a Berning ZH270 w... | |
| electrostats vs ribbon drivers Personally I can't say that your impressions are universally true based on my experiences Mr. Tennis. When I think of "hot" in planer/ribbon/electrostatic designs the first one that comes to mind is the original Martin Logan CLS from the mid 80's.... | |
| 5+ years old $5k player vs. current $2k player Hi LewinskihI have been doing a bit of research on this DAC. Yesterday I e-mailed Cees Ruijtenberg the designer. Lead time is 8-10 weeks. The review in 6 moons conveys a real sense of the characteristics of this DAC which in many ways seems simila... | |
| 5+ years old $5k player vs. current $2k player One thing that all these dac's should have but don't is a phase inversion option. It is also a reason I was attracted to the Minidac Plus. The W4S 2 has this as well. | |
| 5+ years old $5k player vs. current $2k player Please keep us posted Charles1dad, I am interested in your impressions. At these price points and the lack of ability to audition all the inexpensive DACs it seems there is little recourse than going the "buy and listen" route. | |
| 5+ years old $5k player vs. current $2k player Thanks for the info Charles1dad. Have you listened to the Metrum or is your interest based on the reviews or what you might have heard through the grapevine? It sounds quite interesting. | |
| 5+ years old $5k player vs. current $2k player Jeffga and Dtc I hear you both. Although I can't comment so much on older units I can equate this to some of the newer ones I have listened to lately including the Oppo 95, W4S2 and MHDT Havana with a Eastern Electric Minimax DAC Plus on the way. ... | |
| What does it take to qualify as a reviewer? I agree with all the above particularly Photon46's criteria and would add the ability to accurately and consistently articulate and describe difference between components and sonic characteristics of components in a language that can be understood... | |
| Who stay with Merlin longest time My take is that bigger can be better but it then becomes a much more ambitious project and is extraordinarily difficult to achieve. There are too many considerations and most folks don't have them all (read room) to even start considering them all... | |
| SS amps for merlin vsm "The Merlins (for better and worse) are more revealing of the upstream chain than any other speaker that I've heard"Hi MasiluI couldn't agree more with Marty's observations therefore if you are looking for the carefree nature of ss including long ... | |
| Who stay with Merlin longest time My take is a bit different Pubul. I think Jimbo was just bored and wanted to troll a bit to see where it went knowing full well the passion that Merlin owner's have. The real clue was attacking Bobby to add a bit of spice. Maybe he has an ax to gr... |