socrates
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| Jethro Tull recent Remasters vs Mobile Fidelity? No, we are talking CDs. | |
| Time to replace speakers, suggestions wanted Why not just replace the ailing driver? | |
| What speakers to Buy. Big Room -- Bookcase App. Energy makes really great speakers for the money, they can compete with more expensive botique brands and really suprise you with their value. If you didn't hear a justifiable difference I would follow your instincts and just enjoy the great sound... | |
| Vandersteen 3A Sig vs. Meadowlark Osprey My local dealer mentioned he doesn't move the model 3's at all, for the 2sigs with a Vandy Sub is superior for half the cost, after hearing the 2 in the showroom noone buys the 3's! | |
| tube pre for bryston "I have only read positive things hear about combing ss amps with tube pres"Let me be the first one to tell you it's not all that it's hyped up to be! I have found tube pre's to be very noisey, immense amounts of detail is obscured by both the noi... | |
| Tubes & Digital - Is There A Link? In my experience, tubes can add depth, amazing layering, bloom, body and some add warmth (all of which good SS can also do), but I also think tubes with a digital source make the sound somehow artificial, synthetic, if you will, and am going back ... | |
| Box speakers that sound like Electrostats? Von Schweikerts. The literature claims they excell any planar/electrostat in terms of transparency, and they do just that, dissapearing in a room like none other I've ever heard, and most models go down to at least 20-25hz. There are not many VSA ... | |
| How can an active preamp possibly help? I've used passive preamps, also found the sound very flat, 2 dimensional, but the bass and top end was very good, transparency great. Going back to good ss active preamp now, offering the best overall performance for my likes. Tried a tube preamp ... | |
| $1,000 - What amp? Under a grand to fit your specific tastes perfectly: Odyssey Stratos (around $900 used). Go to their website (www.odysseyaudio.com), read the specs and the reviews, 'nuff said! | |
| which amp is the best for 2 channel and HT? Nevermind! Just saw in your old threads that you have 25K to put into your system, so ignore my post! | |
| which amp is the best for 2 channel and HT? How about buying a killer amp(s) and preamp for the front 2ch, a matching preamp with a HT pass through, and use a flagship Reciever to run the audio and decoding duty for movies. That is how I plan to proceed, but I do Music at least 90% and am n... | |
| Hum in Parasound HCA 800 II Cheaper parasounds are notorious for a transformer hum. 2 ways to fix, most common is lifting the groud with a cheap adapter plug, which isn't an option for you, other is try a power conditioner, such as a Monster HTS-1000 or up. I had a Parasound... | |
| What size subwoofer to get? How do you know that I have no first hand experience? An unusual assumption, no? I have heard numerous setups with seperate subs, I find them inferior in many ways to similar quality and priced full range speakers, though sub setups often end up m... | |
| What size subwoofer to get? I had this dilemma once and decided it was far more cost effective, and would also yield overall better sound, to sell my speakers for a fullgrown full range model. With the seperate sub imaging will be lost. As I understand it you should crossove... | |
| Tired wiating - good Bryston/what else to get? Soundcard? As in this is a PC setup? In that case I would just buy a $200 Adcom 545, you'll be set, likely never hear any difference between the Adcom and a 10x more expensive amp. |