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| Kuzma Stabi S and 4point? overkill? I am hoping Brian checks this thread from time to time. I switched out my S12VTA on my stabi S TT for the 4 point 9 and it has not moved the sound forward at all. The lower bass is better refined and controlled but the lower vocals, mids and highs... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! I have an Rm-15 which is connected to everything except amps, line level preamps and phono pre so really tt and digital devices. They simply sound better direct to wall and were thinner through the Rm-15. Likely not much help but I have heard that... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! dep14.In stead of explaining why the Lampi will sound better in a competent system (synergy aside) I'll explain why the Oppo could not. It is competing in a crowded category with price restrictions that limit what the manufacturer can do from mode... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! jafox - All excellent points. dep14 - Swapping any single component in a system/room combination that has been optimized to an extent that WC has (acoustic absorption /diffusion excluded) will bare the differences between the two products. In the ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! dep14...as I am killing a bit of time...The Countour 60 costs about 50% more than the Walsh 5000, whereas the Lampi Pacific costs 13X that of the Oppo, heck the balanced upgrade on the Lampi costs more than the Oppo...but WC will be polite and p... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! jafox +1 | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Viper6I have been reading this thread for many months and throughout you have made many well conceived contributions and many conclusions. Some of the conclusions have not made it through the group's filter as you know as we detected that you some... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! I'll chime in a bit as to the performance of the Luxman 900U. The 900u paired with Sim Audio 330 and then a pair of 400M monoblocks had far less synergy than the ARC 5SE paired with the SIM amps. It wasn't even close. This supports WC's recommend... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! jafox and grey9hound +1 | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! A few of the posters here are like American broadcasters of hockey games....they know little about hockey and it is painful for Canadians to listen to them All in fun..of course. | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Thanks WC. My take away is that it is a lengthy exercise to find a great preamp for one's system and it is ecliptic journey to build a system where one can remove the preamp. | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! techno-dude Do you have an example of a preamp that meets your criteria "Someone can get that same euphonic and large soundstage for a lot less than what ARC ask for it" My experience is also that a preamp provides the attack, dynamics, pace and d... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! In my set-up the 5Se has imaging in spades, wide, deep, three dimensional and highly focused that draws you into the musical performance. The lower octaves of the vocal band are fully reproduced. The image was also layered allowing you to hear the... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Value is especially subjective in audio when one is trying to maintain synergy in a system and changing out a product with an exceptional following does not always yield the results you were expecting. WC suggests as most do that synergy is key. ... | |
| PMC Speakers I have a pair of PMC IB2 SE in a 11 1/2 by 18 foot room with 8 foot ceiling. It took me a while to add appropriate absorption and diffusion and dial them in. They are toed in to meet just in front of the listener and that brought everything int... |