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| What is the difference between MIT &Transparent? It was Karen Sumner who marketed Bruce Brisson's cables and that set up called itself "Transparent Audio Marketing " or something like that, if I recall correctly. Later the two broke up and he marketed his stuff by himself, whereas KS produced he... | |
| Jazz recommendations on lp Dizzy Gillespie: "Swing Low Sweet Cadillac" on Impulse is very nice, if you can find it. By the way, you can often hear immense differences between original pressings and reissues and the reissues are not always automatically better. Cheers | |
| Benz Ruby Low Output or Lyra Helkion? The Helikon nees a lot of patience until it is broken in. In the beginning it has rather an unpleasant tilt towards the high end of the spectrum, so that you are continually tempted to lower the VTA, which will make it sound shrill and dull at the... | |
| Best match electrostats for Jadis JA-30 Rcprince is right, they are wonderful amps. Maggies and Apos are more power hungry than one might think. They need power to make them shine, ALSO the SMALLER Maggies! The highs on the Quads are better than one might think, though the sweet spot is... | |
| Best match electrostats for Jadis JA-30 Drop a line to Roger Sanders at www.Innersound.net and ask how he thinks his EROS would perform with them. He might not even try to sell you one of his amps, he is a very kind and helpful person. The Ja-30 is a bit underpowered for the Quad 63 unl... | |
| Electrostats Shootout at 4000 Corral Tweek, there's a SL Ultimate 2 being offered on Audiogon for a little under 5000 bucks with all the latest frillings. Sounds very interesting..... Cheers | |
| Electrostats Shootout at 4000 Corral I have not heard the Eros, which Sean has mentioned, but otherwise my experience is the same as Albert's, that getting the sound to blend properly with hybrid ESLs is a very tricky business indeed and rarely satisfying. Mating the Quad 63 with a G... | |
| What's wrong with tailoring the sound? Hififile...and that's what counts for me too. I think the purists are in love with their gear, the guys like us rather love the music and gear is a means to this end! Cheers, | |
| What is stopping the ultimate? Re Bishop, Clueless, Greg, excellent points: Amp ESL speaker interaction is even more complex, as I painflully learnt through the years, because ESLs don't show a resistive load to the amp, have crazy impedance curves and since watt specs don't ne... | |
| Tweaks Kelly, I hat to throw out the grass tweak. My back hurt too much from weeding and the noise the lawnmower made got the lady in residence so mad, she threatened to water the speakers. But yes, the bloom was incredible, but only until my dog found o... | |
| Anyone ever experiment w/ better circuit breakers? Very good point Glen! Often enough you only fully apprehend the effects of a tweak, when you have taken it out of the system again, just as you said! Cheers, | |
| Fuse or braker for dedicated lines? Ctyler, after I had done the tweak, (AC line) I did not find any change in any of the parameters, we audiophiles generally listen to. I also cannot say, that the lines were quieter, the silences more black, none of that. I did feel however, that o... | |
| Fuse or braker for dedicated lines? Vdub, I suppose you don't help much with household chores, because you forgot to mention that carpets are vacuumed in about half the time with ceramic fuses installed! Cheers, | |
| Fuse or braker for dedicated lines? Will, just for interest's sake, have you tested what you are contesting, or do you know as much about it as you do about cancer surgery? It is hardly your message, which seems irksome to me, after all, we are entitled to our opinions, besides, I l... | |
| Fuse or braker for dedicated lines? Well said Brulee, I'm right in there with you! |