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| Theta Miles owners: Using preamp or direct? "03-26-15: GsloneZd542My system revealed Theta products from the late 90's to be very neutral, detailed, dynamic, dry, hard, in your face, and at times glaring with badly recorded CD's. And they did this very impressively."I believe you. My commen... | |
| Best upgradable system components for under $6K "03-26-15: Onhwy61A well designed active system will out perform an equivalent passive system every time. Actives allow for better implementation of crossovers and improved synergy between the amp and the crossover/drivers. Examples are JBL, ATC, ... | |
| Best upgradable system components for under $6K "You might consider active speakers since at least one of the components (the amp) comes along for the ride.Bob_reynolds (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)"Given the OP's budget, he probably won't be able to get both pieces at once. The am... | |
| Best upgradable system components for under $6K "You might consider active speakers since at least one of the components (the amp) comes along for the ride.Bob_reynolds (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)"Going with active speakers would almost certainly be a huge downgrade in sound qual... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution "However since you have Martin Logans, in order to get a tube amp to play them right, a set of ZEROs (www.zeroimpedance) is advised. This will allow a tube amp to deal with the near-short impedance that occurs at high frequencies in the Martin Log... | |
| Is my preamp useless? Atmasphere,"A preamp does these things:1) provide volume control2) provide any needed gain3) provide switching for various sources4) control artifact from interconnect cables."Looking at the post you referenced on what the preamp does, I have a qu... | |
| Best upgradable system components for under $6K "My ultimate goal is to one day be driving a pair of Acoustic Zen Crescendo or Vandersteen Quattro speakers. A 200wpc + consideration would be preferred but I’m flexible on that too lol."If you want to do this right, you should plan the system out... | |
| Thiel CS5 modifications "03-25-15: Fisick 03-24-15: Zd542 ...SHUT MY ACCOUNT OFF. I REALLY DON'T CARE...Ah! These are really wise words! Hopefully we wait!"You think they'll really do it? I'm not so sure they will. I've made some fairly controversial comments in the past... | |
| Theta Miles owners: Using preamp or direct? "03-25-15: GsloneIf you haven't got your power amp yet, make sure you get one on the warm and smooth side. I've owned Theta products from the late 90's (and still own one piece) In my experience they sound on the detailed and hard side and sometim... | |
| What Pre/Pro do you recommend? Krelldog,I know that I said in my other post that I wouldn't give you any recommendations because choosing a preamp is a personal choice. That said, it looks like you are about to jump off a cliff here and get stuck with some HT processor that may... | |
| WINDOWS 10 ISSUES "One issue is that the drivers are delivered as a .rar file."That works like a zip file and has to be extracted before use. You may not notice it because because some apps/file managers will auto mount the file. Also, if there's more than 1 rar, y... | |
| Thiel CS5 modifications Cheviot,I bet you do want to refocus on the matter of the thread. Just yesterday you accused me of insulting you and said it was uncalled for because you did nothing to warrant it. Well, I proved again with your own words that you do nothing but l... | |
| Thiel CS5 modifications Take it down a notch? It's a very long thread that obviously kept you interested enough to read and comment on. Maybe you feel guilty because you enjoyed reading it. | |
| Anyone else ever experience electrical dropouts? One thing you can try is to run an extension cord from a different outlet that may be in better shape. Also, maybe try a pc power supply with a battery backup. Even if its only a temp fix until you figure out what the problem is.As far as the actu... | |
| New source. 'I'm also considering system synergy as a virtue."I definitely agree with that, but can you list your system? You don't always have to go with the same brand to achieve synergy. Most of the time, choosing components that share common design featur... |