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| VAC Preamp I don't believe that the VAC standard preamp features a truly balanced (fully differential balanced) circuit, but rather, has a single-ended circuit with a few XLR connections. This would not at all be a bad thing -- balanced circuitry in audiophi... | |
| VAC Preamp I own VAC equipment (the Renaissance 140/140 300B monoblocks) and did hear the Standard preamp, finding it to be nothing special. The circumstances were my friend's attempt to find a very high end preamp -- he tried three or four preamps and bough... | |
| Speaker cone material pro's and con's "I have most of the credentials that Dearing was looking for I find it a bit overbearing to suggest that only people with this sort of academic credentials are worthy of respect."I am well aware of your posts and find them uniformly helpful. I was... | |
| ARC Ref 3 with CAT JL2 or do you need CAT SL1 The CAT amps sound great and will sound way better than your Krell in most set-ups, but they are extremely finnicky because of their hot-rod design. They require constant monitoring of bias settings and blow tubes easily, which requires new resist... | |
| Hi-Fi in Bay Area? Hgeifman: It was not for me, but for a friend, and alas, he never got to any shops (he was there on business and never managed to get away). Thanks again to all who responded. | |
| Hi-Fi in Bay Area? Re: the Analog Room. Thanks, but as many hi-fi dealers are little more than reformed bong salesmen, it is my estimation of them that will likely be the issue. | |
| Hi-Fi in Bay Area? Many thanks to all who responded. I do appreciate it. | |
| $3000 on Analog system - how to spread? You left out the phono cable. | |
| Review: Valve Amplification Company Phi 300 Tube amp Does anyone know if the Phi amps use circuit boards? The Renaissance amps are point-to-point wired. | |
| Sonic Frontiers- Quality and Reliability? A close friend of mine and fellow Audiogoner had Power 3's for nearly four years that he subjected to heavy use -- he never had to replace a single tube (not even an output tube) or had to have it serviced. | |
| Please help with choosing speakers Dear Fffccc:I have VAC 140/140's. Call Kevin Hayes at VAC and ask him for a recommendation for a more compact speaker.Good luck. | |
| For those of you that love Brazilian music... Dennisb:Thanks for the thread about the Casa CD.The album is extraordinary. I don't know what's better, the sonics, the performances, or the compositions. I played it about five times a week for the first six months I owned it.The follow-up Day in... | |
| Vienna Acoustics vs Revel Studios? Dear Bishopwell:"[R]rooms as small as 18X20" means 2,520 sq. ft., assuming a 7 ft. ceiling, and 2,880 sq. ft. assuming an 8 ft. ceiling. | |
| Vienna Acoustics vs Revel Studios? A quick word is response to the preceding (Bishopwell's) comment ...As ChrisCox@prodigy.net seems to understand, the Mahler, for all its strengths, MUST be used in a large room or will overload the room with bass. Each speaker has two ten-inch woo... | |
| Vienna Acoustics vs Revel Studios? I have a few general observations about the "Vienna Acoustics sound" versus the "Revel sound" as based upon my experience with my VA Mahlers (so forgive me if what follows is all off-topic). I run a pair of Mahlers (not Beethovens) with a VAC 70/7... |