fredorama
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| Moscode 401HR vs Pass Labs X150.5 Grant (Tvad) I always appreciate your thoughtful and on-point responses. Soundhouse, I appreciate your experience withthe older Moscode amps and your comments as well. I decided on an ARC 100.2, which saved me about $800, and fit into my equipment... | |
| Best Match for Dynaudio Contour S3.4? I have settled on a very nice sounding ARC 100.2 which doesn't stress the budget and fits in my equipment rack, and which sounds fantastic - at least on some familiar recordings. The Plinius amps just don't fit Playing some material I am blown awa... | |
| Best Match for Dynaudio Contour S3.4? Tvad you are right. I am calling it a day with the Odyssey experiment. I don't know at this point exactly what I am going to replace them with, but I find the Odyesseys tinny on top, a bit too fat and loose on the bottom, and the tonal balance was... | |
| Best Match for Dynaudio Contour S3.4? Well Doug, I am happy to have cleared some things up for you. With the help of our audio brethren, at least somebody has figured something out here. Happy listening! | |
| Best Match for Dynaudio Contour S3.4? Tvad - and others, thank you all for your comments. I am off the modding thing. It does not appeal to me any more. What I did was order the Odysseys, which now I am concerned about, based on TVad's comments, and the fact that I do see them come up... | |
| Best Match for Dynaudio Contour S3.4? Tvad - RE: The Plinius modded amp, there was a modded P-8 that I think would have been perfect, but I was outbid at the last minute and lost out. P-8s are not easy to come by, let alone a P-8 that someone else already had paid to get modded by som... | |
| Best Match for Dynaudio Contour S3.4? Dpac - Haha I know what you mean! Time is never on our side... Thanks for the clarification on the speakers. I am using a Peachtree Nova as my preamp / DAC. And yes, have heard how hot that SA-102 gets. I don't live in Edmonton, eh? - and Philly s... | |
| Best Match for Dynaudio Contour S3.4? I am sorry if that sounded harsh Tvad. I know you are only trying to help. | |
| Best Match for Dynaudio Contour S3.4? Tvad, if what you're saying is that the demand will be lower on resale, thus I will get a lower price or it will take longer to sell, then I agree with you 100%. But I am interested in getting a pleasing sonic result first and foremost; not in end... | |
| Best Match for Dynaudio Contour S3.4? Thanks Missioncoonery, Tvad and Dpac for your thoughtful responses. The guy who mods Plinius that I am talking about - Vince Galbo - worked for Plinius for about 12 years. Between him and Scot Markwell (the current US distributor), they were the o... | |
| Best Match for Dynaudio Contour S3.4? Updated! So I have narrowed it down to the souped up Stratos Monos (95% of the Kizmets according to Klaus, sounding better than the extremes), and the Plinius SA 100, which I may have modified by a former Plinius designer in Buffalo. Now what?Has ... | |
| Best Match for Dynaudio Contour S3.4? Missioncoonery (whatever the hell that means!) Thanks for the suggestion. I am a fan of Pass. Cannot afford the X250.5. But I am concerned the X150.5 is not enough power. Any thoughts on this from the rest of you out there? | |
| Best Match for Dynaudio Contour S3.4? Thanks Nolitan and Buff. I don't know why I am hesitant to buy this guy's modded Plinius P8 on here, given that I know how good my 9200 sounded. And I don't really want TWO amps (Stratos Monoblocks) when I could have one. But I am hearing such gre... | |
| Best Bang for $2000 System Upgrade? SCP - that is EXACTLY the kind of thing I was thinking about. Except I am not sure what the rest of your system looks like, to make a fair interpretation of your results as relevant to what mine might be (i.e. speakers, and source in particular). ... | |
| Best Bang for $2000 System Upgrade? Schipo you are correct. I do need to spend on room treatment. That has been another process I am in the midst of figuring out.Robert, you say much by saying little. I will try to interpret. Was not looking to upgrade or change speakers. Although T... |