wspohn
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| Best High Current amplifiers stable into low impedances I have one pair of bridged amps that puts out 30 amps (75 peak) into 1 ohm and 500 W into that load (when I bought them they were driving 1 ohm Apogee Scintillas) but they made less than 200 of them so I doubt you could find any. I have another t... | |
| What speakers have you mistakenly let go and then later repurchased? I never sold a pair and later wshed I had kept them. I just kept the ones I really bonded with. Still own (and use) Energy Reference Connoisseur, Martin Logan CLS, Vandersteen 4A, and Wilson Maxx 2 | |
| Recommendations please! Some of the Bryston preamps are quite good (and have remote capability). Or you can switch to a different used preamp that does have a remote - I use a CJ Premier 14 in one system - very nice sounding!! | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? So you have 1m from amp to wall? I'd be more worried about the 5 m of non audiophile approved wire between the wall plug and the main electrical panel, and then the 70 km of who knows what kind of wire between my panel and the power pole...... | |
| The Ventriloquism of Keith Jarrett The 55 version is fine - much less intrusive vocalization. And I would rather listen to either artist with vocalizations than not listen to them at all! IIRC, Oscar Peterson also did this a bit. | |
| The Ventriloquism of Keith Jarrett The first one that turned me off with vocalizations was Glenn Gould.- it ruined one of his recordings of the Goldberg Variations for me. | |
| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? I'd forget about buying a transport. I keep my digital library (> 4000 CDs) on a network drive, ripped in FLAC on my computer and we have A/B tested CD play vs network several times without finding any preference. I keep a player in my main sy... | |
| After the thrill is gone @johnlnyc I listened to the very expensive, at the time, ML (CLS model). A solo piano record was played and I was stunned. It sounded like the piano was in that room with us. There is magic to electrostatics - the Quads and my series 1 ML CLS... | |
| Best Sound Track Ever Vote for One The Last Emperor, soundtrack by Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Byrne (also won the Oscar for best sound and best original score that year. | |
| Wilson Watt 3 Tiny Tots Tweeter issue Just buy a set of commercial casters with the same threading as the spikes for your speakers and then roll them around until you are satisfied. Mark the spots for the corners of the speakers on the ground with tape or whatever, and replace the ca... | |
| SUT for EAR 834p? I had grounding issues with a SUT so switched to a solid state head amp that had no such issues, lots of gain and sounds good, plus it is cheap! https://hagerman-audio-labs.myshopify.com/products/piccolo2-mc-preamp#:~:text=Probably%20the%20best%2... | |
| Need suggestions: High pitched female singers No contest - Yma Sumac! | |
| Speakers known for great midrange. Quad ESL-57 or original Martin Logan CLS will give you what you are after. | |
| $25k speakers, are we there yet? You ca pay $25K for new $25K speakers or you can pay maybe $10-12K for used speakers of the same model. Personally, I think that the best result is to pay $25K for some used $50K speakers..... | |
| Is Mark Levinson still considered up there with the best of the best? Levinson was a very decent musician - Jazz at Long Wharf is a good LP. |