tkmetz
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| King of the one liners I'm married to the most perfect woman God made....and her mother's even worse. | |
| Biggest impact on you? I installed a quieting transformer, a sub panel and 4 dedicated 20A circuits. Wow, the presence of the musicians and the listening space jumped out of my Avalons. This approx $600 expenditure did more to make the system sound like real live music ... | |
| Do Interconnects need to "warm up"? It has been my experience that the components will change to a warmer sound after an hour or so of listening, not the cables, but I can't say with certainty that the cables don't warm up and change also. I leave my system powered on so I get the b... | |
| Any opinions on DCCA power cord's sonics I have used several models and in general I and have found them to be very smooth/musical yet detailed, with excellent soundstaging and imaging. Some of the early cords were extremely stiff and are difficult to bend/shape to work with light compon... | |
| Magnepan 1.7 too bright, HELP I would definitely look to replace the anticables. I have found them to be too bright with every combination of equipment I have used them with. Also, the Rotel 1080 amp sounds a little tilted up in the upper midrange to me when I heard on in my s... | |
| P.S. Audio Quintet? Worthwhile? I have used the Quintet and thought it made a noticable improvement in the sound of my system. If you can find one, buy a used Quintessence....these usually run $450 to $500 on the used market and it is noticably better than the Quintet. Also, get... | |
| "Best" DAC for a grand or less Emotiva XDA-1 | |
| Band with highest success/talent ratio? Remembering that this a ratio....my picks would be:The Beach BoysBarbara StreisandThe OsmondsThe Eagles - Pre Joe Walsh....good music, sure.....the best selling cd of all time.....not so much!Nearly any 80's hair band.....take your pick | |
| Counterpoint SA12 The counterpoint products as a whole are quite forward sounding. They do not sound anything like typical tube products. I would think your Aragon is more laid back and musical in the mids/highs than the Counterpoint. Also, the bass response and co... | |
| Amp suggestions please...need some power Krell KAV-250 amp: 500wpc into 4 Ohms, Modwright preamp | |
| Most sophisticated and intelligent musician Bill Bruford, Stan Kenton, Emerson/Lake/Palmer, Stanley Clark, Bela Fleck | |
| Spectral amp choice+ Eidolon I found the DMA-180 S2 to sound much better than the pair of bridged DMA-90. The DMA-180 S2 was sweeter in the upper midrange and highs, had a lower noise floor, and had deeper and tighter bass control. I was using the Avalon Arcus at the time. I ... | |
| Ayre vs Bel Canto? I have not heard the Ayre gear in my system. I am currently using Bel Canto DAC3vb, VBS1, and M300 amps and my system has never sound so natural and musical with digital sources. Check out the review of the S300 Pre3 and M300 at 6moons dot com. Th... | |
| Oyaide ... how to choose the right plugs and ... I currently use 2 Oyaide Tunami power cords DIY terminated with 004 plugs/IEC connectors on my mono block amps and they sound great. At the roughly $250 cost per cord I have in them, they are unbeatable!They didn't sound great at first though....t... | |
| Most unusual/mesmerizing female voice. #1 for me: Dusty Springfield#2 Annie Lennox |