zd542
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| Looking to replace my old Meridian 508.24 I used to have one of those. What kind of sound do you like? | |
| Need recommendations to replace ARC VT100 MkII "10-08-14: CtsoonerRogue can be a great choice for tubes as can the Quicksilver gear."If you want to stay with tubes, I don't think Rogue is as good as you VT-100. Quicksilver would be a great choice. I put my VT-100 next to a pair of V4 mono amps... | |
| Has Anyone Found Shunyata Cables Sounding Thin? "10-07-14: PsagI have had a similar recent experience with the latest and greatest Shunyata power cord. Thin."The more expensive ones are really fat. | |
| Need recommendations to replace ARC VT100 MkII "10-04-14: MabonnThe DC balance adjustments are somewhat of a pain. I love the tube sound, but the VT100 MkII is not particularly user friendly.ZD542, what would you recommend for a preamp?"It all depends on what you like and how much you have to ... | |
| Looking for Amp suggestions or Avalon speakers You may want to consider Ayre. The guy who founded the company used to be with Avalon. I can't say for sure, but it will probably be a good match. Also, Ayre really doesn't sound like anything else. A lot of people who go from tubes to Ayre have b... | |
| BAT VK75SE or ARC VT100 mk3 "10-06-14: KeithrI found the VT100 to sound like SS. YMMV."Did you have the 3's with 6h30, or the 1 or 2?OP,"All I know VK75SE is TRIODE power tube while VT100 is FET,6H30,TERTODE TUBE"I'm pretty sure the BAT has 6h30's as well. I think all of the... | |
| need to find out maker of these speakers? any help "10-06-14: AudiomaxC'mon gentlemen..Tony is 70ish and may have forgotten a thing or two..."And that's something only Tony would know. Do you think you can finally post pics of your speakers? | |
| perfect placement for your speakers I think I see your problem. I'm not too familiar with your speakers so I did a search for them just out of curiosity. Unless I didn't look up the right speaker, it shows yours as having a single 12 inch driver per cabinet, and nothing else. On top... | |
| Law of Accelerating Returns "I agree the the Vandersteen 5a is a good value, but it is not as good a value as the Quatro, nor does it represent the bargain value of the 2ce."Why? How do you go about judging something like that? | |
| Has Anyone Found Shunyata Cables Sounding Thin? "I run cables in series to solve the problem and the results are stunning"That's very interesting, but I'm not sure I fully understand that you are talking about. Can you go into a bit more detail as to what you are doing? | |
| Grateful Dead Hour Shows: Transferred to CD's?? "ZD542. I am not that computer savvy, but I wish I had known about transferring by using a CD burner to transfer the tapes"Just to clarify, I was talking about an audio component type CD burner, not the ones that are in a PC. Also, I forgot to men... | |
| perfect placement for your speakers You need to list your system. Not just the components, but cables, tweaks and anything else that's part of it. Also, I would still try reversing the cables on 1 speaker. It will only take a minute and depending on how it sounds, you may get some u... | |
| perfect placement for your speakers I forgot to ask if this problem only happens when you play the test CD, or does it happen on all CD's? | |
| perfect placement for your speakers " The out of phase voice is thin sounding and kind of floats around your ears. You should be able to tell the difference using the method Zd542 mentioned."On a recording that normally has a very strong, vocal center image when everything is in pha... | |
| Law of Accelerating Returns "10-04-14: Onhwy61I don't live in the reality that audio reviewer live in. It's important to remember that TAS is a magazine that has taken to calling $15,000 power amplifiers and $18,000 loudspeakers "bargains". There was a time when the magazine... |