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| Which power amplifier match audio research ref 3 I've heard ARC Ref pre's sound great in systems running off the top of my head, Krell Evo, CJ 350, Jadis JA 200 & BAT 75 aswell as ARC. It seems an amp that'll match well in many systems. That said system synergy is vital and I'd have thought ... | |
| Magico V3 Hi Lloydelee21,Hard to give a true sense of what the 458's were bringing as the system was unfamiliar and it was a dealer led demo.I can't offer great insight but fwiw...The system was Metronome Kalista Ref, Dart pre, 458's hooked up with Transpar... | |
| Magico V3 Interesting thread, choices, choices! The V3 in my limited experience can be a great speaker. Driven by Dartzeel 458 mono's there was little to complain about in the bass, sure a bigger more expensive speaker might go deeper but they're very good.... | |
| SET sound without a lot of money I heard Almarro mono's driving Marten Miles 3 in a small room, very musical and easy to listen too in a small room. Pre's were VTL and front end CEC transport into AMR dac. Well worth investigating the brand from my limted experience. | |
| Pass XP10, Ayre K-5xe, Calypso - Your Experience? I've just had a K5xemp followed by the Calypso in my system. The K5 took a while to break in sounding whooly and indistinct at first, a couple of weeks though and it was sounding very good. It had a fullsome yet transparent presentation and was to... | |
| Karan amp experiences wanted I've heard several of the big Karans and have enjoyed them greatly in systems setup by those that really know the brand. The 180 and Intergrated are somewhat different beasts. IME you really will need to try one. I've heard the 180 sound dreadful ... | |
| Marten Coltrane owners ..... what about Wilsons? A dealer recently shared a story where a customer with W/P 8s was having trouble getting them to work in his room which by the sound of it was a little hot. He introduced him to Coltrane's and they quickly got them working in that room. He felt th... | |
| Ypsilon Aelius monoblock Not heard the Aelius but was lucky to hear a full suite of Ypsilon inc SET-100 mono's driving Raidho C1 monitors in a small room. Breathtaking, as good as I've heard anywhere. If that experience was anything to go by they'll be well worth seeking ... | |
| What preamps outshine the Aesthetix Calypso? Be worth exploring the upgrade to Calypso Signature if you like what the current one does but want some more. Been hearing great things about it. | |
| Dartzeel CTH-8550. RCA vs Xlr Depends on what you run with it. A guy I know was running his cdp into an 8550 single ended. We borrowed the cdp for a shootout where in single ended it was very average. We reconnected later balanced simply because thats what we had been using on... | |
| Audio Research Ref 5 and Krell amps Just heard CD8/Ref5/Evo 402 into Franco Serblin's new Ktema speaker at a show. Very nice | |
| Hansen King V2 / TAD M1 / YG Studio Reference . Heard King V2s in an Esoteric/ARC/BAT system when I bought my much less expensive Kharma's. Made mine sound dark and grainy and they don't seem that way at home! That system wasn't my idea of perfect but I'm sure in a sympathetic system they'd be ... | |
| Audiolab, Rowland integrated - nothing in between? I had an 8000LX and it was a pretty decent budget offering. I loved it for the time I had it and ran it with Mourdant Short and Dynaudio speakers. When it came time to upgrade it was quickly shown up as somewhat gray and limp compared to other mor... | |
| Where will my powercables be used best ? So many companies so many power supply implementations, the first post was spot on. A few years back I tried 3 various price point PCs into a CDP and pre/pwr combo in different combinations. Improving the PC to the pwr amp made little difference, ... | |
| Leben Owners: which speakers do you use? Edoit, I think you might struggle to get the SFs going with the 300 though the 600 might work. I ran a 300x with Grand Piano's for a short time and it really wasn't happening. Pleasant but lacking dynamics. A friend runs a 600 with Elector Amators... |