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| Dali Helicon 800. What components match with it? After reading this thread, I realize it was 10 months ago I posted my comments. Certainly the lovely sound continued to improve on my Helicon 800 as they burned in more.Here are some further thoughts.It is correct that the impedance curve on this ... | |
| Review: Dali Helicon 800 Speaker You and your friend's findings on the differences between the Mk1 and Mk2 are believable, considering your friend went through considerable efforts to make as meaningful a comparison as possible, outside of having the speakers in his own system. H... | |
| Benchmark vs. PS Audio vs. Lavry The Cullen Stage 3 PS Audio blows the Benchmark away. Rick Cullen has been involved in PS Audio's designs for years, and his mod is under warranty by PS Audio, which is very rare for modded equipment.Cullen has a large facility that builds equipme... | |
| Review: Bel Canto Design e One DAC III DA converter As good as the DAC3 is, it is bettered by the Cullen PS Audio DLC III Stage 3 or 4, which is less money.I have both, and the Cullen has more detail and clarity and pulls information out from deep in the soundstage that the Bel Canto cannot do. It ... | |
| Review: Dali Helicon 800 Speaker It is always gratifying to hear positive feedback from other audiophiles on pieces I own.The airiness we both find I attribute to the Vifa-Scanspeak silk dome / ribbon arrangement. Having never owned a ribbon or electrostatic design, this experien... | |
| Amp for Dali Hellicon 400 mk2 Dcstep, you seem to have an agenda. Your tiny Vienna Acoustics have better bass than a Dali 400 Mk2? I don't think so. Even the Mark 1 would have left your speakers in the dust. Their bass was quite dynamic, if not the ultimate in tightness, and t... | |
| Amp for Dali Hellicon 400 mk2 I'm surprised with your blowing a driver. I have Helicon 800 Mk 1, and I have played them at quite loud levels with a 400w/ch. transistor amp without a hint of strain whatsoever. I'm very sensitive to how far I can drive a speaker without pushing ... | |
| CARDAS Fans: Golden vs. Neutral vs. Presence? Muralman, interesting your experience with the Speltz. I was intrigued by them, but after reading tons of opinions out there, I was left with the impression that they were only good for the money, but they could not begin to compete with moderate,... | |
| CARDAS Fans: Golden vs. Neutral vs. Presence? SNS, on Golden Presence, there are obviously less conductors than G ref (4 groups vs. 12 groups). But, on the IC, I am pretty sure the design is very similar. So it should sound much different than Neutral Ref IC, and more like G Ref. But what do ... | |
| CARDAS Fans: Golden vs. Neutral vs. Presence? Muralman, your system looks killer, and your posts show you to be a well-seasoned audiophile.From your MIT comment, I would guess you hate networked cables. My only experience was with a borrowed Transparent that sounded pretty good at the time to... | |
| CARDAS Fans: Golden vs. Neutral vs. Presence? I'm still trying to find those with Golden Presence.It has been said the G Presence IC is the same as G Ref, except less shielding. But I also heard that was not true.Also, the G Presence speaker wire. Since it has 4 bundles of conductors, like th... | |
| CARDAS Fans: Golden vs. Neutral vs. Presence? Muralman, it's curious you found them noisy when so many have commented on how black and quiet they are.Firedrums, why did you not continue to use the Neutral Ref speaker cables, instead moving to Nordost? I'm guessing because the Golden Cross was... | |
| CARDAS Fans: Golden vs. Neutral vs. Presence? Firedrums, you don't find the NR to be bright on the highs? So, do you use the NR or Nordost now?SNS, you say the GR would give more "body than mouth". However, that is the opposite of the reviewer I referred to. He claimed there was more of the m... | |
| CARDAS Fans: Golden vs. Neutral vs. Presence? Quite a difference in opinion. Just as I found on searching the net on these.I wasn't even asking about the Golden Cross, but I appreciate the opinions. That cable seems to have many admirers. From my understanding, it has an engaging, pleasant so... | |
| Parasound JC-1 vs Pass Labs 250.5 Agreed. The JC monos are not in the same league as the Pass X250.5. The Pass is superior in many ways - naturalness, body, soundstaging, sorting out of musical lines, clarity from veiling, and it is just more organic sounding in totality.Interesti... |