twoleftears

Responses from twoleftears

Toploading CD transports recommendations
Jay's Audio CDT-2. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Changed to Biret/Naxos for PC2, nice, more distant perspective.I think I have Arrau also on a budget reissue.  Must check.  The way the piano floats over the orchestral accompaniment in the slow movement is delectable. 
Balanced (XLR) CD player recommendations
I doubt you'll find a true balanced design at your price point unless it's pretty long in the tooth, at which point some of the mechanical parts may become a bit dodgey. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Revisiting Chopin/Zimerman/Giulini on DGG.  A remarkably engineered recording.  If the soundstage isn't well outside your speakers, something is wrong.  Depth is fine but not commensurate with width.  Fine performance, not quite sure about the tre... 
Valvet E2. 300B killer?
Sugden perhaps. 
Upgrading B&W 685 S1 to ?
Fritz Carrera 3 BE fit the bill.  Mention the $ special he was offering after CAF. 
PMC vs. Salk Sound Speakers. Which is better?
I currently own PMCs, and went back several times during recent CAF to hear the Salk speakers.  The Song3s, two versions, were very good.  Very competitive with the PMCs at a very competitive price.  There might be other models in the Salk line-up... 
Anyone with experience with the effectiveness of the AVA HUMDINGER?
I tried the Humdinger to eliminate Rogue transformer hum, and it didn't do a thing.  The unit is extremely well made, and I have no doubt it does exactly what they say it does, only what it was eliminating was not causing my hum.  AVA were very ea... 
Considering used towers under $1000..
Audio Archon has them in Libertyville. 
Who has Luv for the Lyngdorf 2170 and is thinking about the 3400.
As an alternative, has anyone inserted an RP-1 in their current pre/power set-up?  When you run RoomPerfect, does it otherwise affect how your Krell/Jadis sounds? 
‘modern’, ‘mainstream’ speakers—too many models converging towards too similar a sound
Thanks, guys, interesting discussion.What I didn't put in the original post is that through this same experience I was also very impressed by three different speakers all of which could be considered to have wide baffles (certainly by modern stand... 
Totem Forest Signature v. Joseph Audio Profile
If you go with 1 foot you'll squash a lot of life out of them.  If you can position properly, both are excellent choices. 
CDP's: NuPrime vs Naim
Lots of Nuprime commentary on Audio Circle.Also I think there's a new DAC that's just dropped. 
Optimal high impedance speaker
Save up for the least expensive version of the Audio Note AN-E, or look for a used pair. 
Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker
I’ll leave the technical discussion to the boffins. The point I was trying to make, as I said before, was that, by all accounts, Benchmark seems actively to promote the use of their amp in bridged form. Why else would they send pairs of them out t...