wspohn
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| Tube Phono Stage Have I got this right - you don't want a revealing phono stage that tells you when you are listening to crapilly executed recordings, you want a tube phono stage because you think it will conceal those flaws? Or did I somehow read your post incor... | |
| DO I SELL OR DO I KEEP I use a Sonos for casual listening, with music ripped to flac and stored on a server drive, but I feed it in digital form into a DAC for use in my main system. The on board DA conversion in the Sonos is nowhere near as good as a stand alone DAC. | |
| VPI TNT Turntables 1 - the other guys are correct - you'll end up buying a used table with some kind of arm on it2 - the TNT works well with either a linear tracking arm or a pivoted arm ( use the SME V but have listened to the ET) | |
| SVS or Velodyne Try and listen to the Hsu VTF-15H MK2 if you can.Amazingly good and a lot of flexibility. | |
| Any Bluetooth wireless speakers that you like? The new revised Sonos Play 5 are remarkably good. | |
| Jeff Rowland Amplifiers I run a Rowland 5 in my main system and have been quite impressed with it. Excellent sound and built like a battleship. | |
| I have an uber awesome amp, why buy a speaker with a built in woofer sub-woofer amp I have main speakers that are 3 db down at 20 hz. I added a couple of powered subs that go to 16 hz for movie watching, but listen without subs to just music.A lot of so called full range speakers do not deal well with bass below ~35 hz, which i... | |
| Class "A" phono cartridge discussion. Few but a reviewer will ever have the opportunity to directly compare different cartridges on identical gear, so most postings in threads like this amount to nothing more than "I really like cartridge X so it must be at the top of the heap even th... | |
| So how many people are using subwoofers I like the REL a lot, but you should also look at the Hsu brand - I use a couple for cinema use only and they meld well and are quite tunable, depending on which model you get. I do use them for music play back with organ - my main speakers are 3... | |
| Vandersteen 2w or 2wq's While I own a 2W, I also own some Hsu VTF-15H MK2. For $900 these will kill just about anything else at that price point, including the Vandies. | |
| Which speakers do you like in the $5K price range? Vandersteen 5! | |
| What used speaker would you buy with $20,000-$35,000 and why? I was recently making just this sort of choice. I finally opted for Wilsons, but the Maggie 20.7 were my runners up. (I'm a sucker for clean low bass) | |
| Going to rip 2000 cds. Which software? dBpoweramp CD Ripper - works great - just did 3,000 CDs with it! | |
| The one piece of gear you will never sell My Vendetta phono stage will never leave my system - ever!I'd be unlikely to divest myself of any of my three Classe DR3 VHC either. | |
| Vandersteen 2CE sig II first run or current?.... " I've heard that Richard can be forthright."He certainly can - when I called and told him I'd detonated one of the mid range drivers on my 4As, he acted as if I had abused one of his children (I hadn't, but my amp had an output device that had c... |