cedargrover
Responses from cedargrover
| Tight bass sub recommendations Another vote for Vandy. | |
| From tubes to SS amp : Ayre, Belles, Pass or else ? Well, the Ayre V5xe is fully balanced (my understanding is that each channel is really two amplifiers working on each phase of the balanced signal, which are combined at the output), so a single ended input will be converted to balanced pretty muc... | |
| From tubes to SS amp : Ayre, Belles, Pass or else ? I own an Ayre v5xe and love it. Super musical. No urge to “upgrade” whatsoever. | |
| Full Range under $5k-ish OP, I appreciate the inconvenience of disconnecting your amps, but consider bringing just one amp and biwiring to get virtually the same performance. A Carver TFM-35 is a powerful amplifier and doubt that the impedance characteristics of your spe... | |
| Full Range under $5k-ish I think Audiotroy's questions are legitimate, his dealer status notwithstanding. Loudspeakers really are a matter of taste; one person's neutral is another person's boring.My best advice to the OP is to demo as many speakers as you can, and bring... | |
| Vandersteen VLR CT Awesome. Thanks @gdnrbob! | |
| Vandersteen VLR CT Ohala, you may be right; I have no inside information on that front. My interest stems more from the fact that the mid/woofer driver operates up to 3500 Hz (with a 1st order crossover, of course). I know the carbon tweeter will be pistonic, but ... | |
| Vandersteen VLR CT Thanks guys. Will keep an eye out for your updates. If Johnny has a pair I will have to find time to hear them myself. Anyone know if there are any changes to the mid/woofer driver in the VLR CT? | |
| Sub recommendation to augment Klipsch La Scala's ??? Vandersteen Sub 3 | |
| Anyone up for a group visit to Audioconnection? Keep me in the loop; I’m just down the road from JohnnyR. | |
| B&W 802D tweeter replacement $2200 is a small price to pay for a pair of 802Ds (assuming you like the sound!), so my suggestion is to grin and bear the premium of the original part. B&W makes their own drivers, so anything you try to replace the original with will be a de... | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) Look for speakers that use drivers that are actually pistonic throughout the midrange (and treble, too). Price no object, Vandy 5 and 7mkii, as well as most of the Vivid Audio stuff. It is likely that the new Paradigms with the beryllium midrang... | |
| Ayre K-5xe or Pass XP-10? I have the K5xemp, and can’t give you any cons. It sounds great and measures about as well as a preamp can measure, a real feat given no global feedback. I wish you could demo them, as that’s the real test. But since you can’t, I can’t imagine... | |
| Need Preamp and Amp to Match Vandersteen 3A Signature Speakers I have the same speakers paired with an Ayre K5xe(mp) preamp and Ayre VX5xe amp. Great, great combo. I can vouch for Johnny Rutan's ability to build systems, so he's definitely worth contacting--especially if you are in the NJ area and can visit... | |
| Best Preamp New or Used up to $3,000 ?? Love my Ayre K5xe(mp) |