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| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Chevy Impala LS, stock stereo, I get neurotic enough with the system at home. Too neurotic if you ask my wife! and she likes hifi. | |
| Shelter 901 vs. Dynavector XX-2 or TE Kaitora Thanks FrankC, Japan Audio Trading Co references also show up on vinylasylum.com with many posts refering to his great price and service. This might just be the year to decorate my christmas tree with cd's (keep my busy while I wait for the shelte... | |
| Shelter 901 vs. Dynavector XX-2 or TE Kaitora Thanks guys. Can you recommend some dealers for Shelter cartridges? | |
| Design Plans or Kits for LP storage Rack Hi Raymond; Here is a picture of a cabinet I built for records and audio magazines. This is a DIY project and a bit of experience with this kind of cabinetry will help, but this could be contracted out quite reasonably. The beauty of this is its s... | |
| Shelter 901 vs. Dynavector XX-2 or TE Kaitora Gundam91;Thanks for the heads up. I knew I would need more gain than the PH-2 I now have, so I tracked down an Audio Research MCP-2 to put in front of it. Later I will get a Manley Steelhead. I have heard this and it is fantastic, but the MCP-2 wi... | |
| Shelter 901 vs. Dynavector XX-2 or TE Kaitora Thanks Twl for your excellent reply. It is very much appreciated. | |
| Shelter 901 vs. Dynavector XX-2 or TE Kaitora Thanks Twl; The shelter gets much praise, which is why I am looking at it. Can you shed some light on the sonic diferences between these cartridges? | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Infinity IRS Betas. They need careful matching with big tube amps on the planars and kilowatt solid state amps on the woofers (IMHO), lots of room, and patience to get set up just right, but when you do, WOW! | |
| Infinity Epsilon/ Beta speakers-- Classsics??? The IRS Betas are hard to beat, and at the price they sell for used, giant killers. I agree that ARC tubes for the panels are a no-brainer, as they were built and tuned with these electronics. They need a big room, lots of watts and quality compon... | |
| Sim Versus Mcintosh Amps I have owned many Mac amps including MC2500, MC2600, MC7300, MC7270 (and more than a few Mac tube amps). I currently own Simaudio W-10's. The W-10's will give you more resolution and transparency (and bass control) without being hard than the Mac ... | |
| my room sounds dead Did you build this room yourself? or was it already like this? You need to undo most of the acoustic treatment already in the room. Start by removing the egg crates from the ceiling. This should liven things up a bit. The walls may be dificult to ... | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! Audio Research Reference 1 preamp, PH-2 phono preamp, M300 Mk II power amplifiers, Sim Audio W10 power amplifiers, Infinity IRS Beta speakers, Theta Miles CD player (as a transport), Theta Gen Va 24/96 DAC, SOTA Star Sapphire turntable/SME V tonea... | |
| To all the IRS Beta owners.... The Betas were built with tube amps (Audio Research M300's to be precise), but I have not heard the Cello's. Try the Cellos, but you should also try big tube amps as well if you can. also check out www.audiophilia.com/features/tm1.htm for thoughts... | |
| To all the IRS Beta owners.... Hi Alex. I have owned the Betas for a few years and have been fine tuning them and my system to them. Tweak number 1 is to open the planar bases and find the four high voltage polarized capacitors and replace them with non polarized caps. I have t... | |
| Mcintosh Amps w/ B&W 801'S McIntosh amps and B&W 801's will each shine in their own well matched systems, but my experiences with the two is that the Mac's do not have enough of a damping factor to mate well with B&W's, which can make the combination a bit laid back... |