dpac996
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| Brand preference and opinions Pass Labs, Balanced Audio Technologies, Cary, Audio Research, Lamm, EMM, Dynaudio, Wilson, Krell, Levison, Rowland, B&W, Theta.You could do much worse | |
| How to determine wear on a stylus? ahem, ah when it sounds dull??? | |
| life without audio dealers I tend to agree with MrTennis on this topic. As an analogy, consider digital photography. Look at dpreviews . com and study the style of the "reviwers". They patently will not tell you what they would buy, but how the products perform; both measur... | |
| What Volume do you listen at? as loud as you can (without upsetting your significant other) but its a good thing if it sounds bigger and more open as you raise volume, as if you are increasing the window of the performance; otherwise it may be distortion or compression that ma... | |
| What do you do when you listen to music? chase my toddler around!! if i'm lucky sit in the "sweet spot" for a few moments at a time. It's a majestic sound that makes me sad I can't enjoy more of it sans interruptus. Eventually i will get more of that time back alone but then again the fa... | |
| Which Mundorf for my tubes? Mingles,I'm not 100% sure but I think they are rebranded Jensen PIO. They got leaky over time and made noisy sounds (especially pop on mute) when the unit was warmed up for some time. A while back I put Dynamicap 4uF 425 V into my (then) ARC lS15,... | |
| Which Mundorf for my tubes? Just put Mundorf MCap Supreme Silver/Oil in my BAT VK5i, and let me tell you, they floored me. Not fully broken in, but they allow such an open urestrictive view into the music I could hardly believe it was possible. Insert all your favorite audio... | |
| "The Death of High Fidelity" Chilling account of the morbid trend. Makes me rub my face, but at the same time appreciate those diamond in the rough recordings (and me gear), that much more.The truth is more than 75% of my collection results in such an ear bleeding sound I vac... | |
| Mundorf coupling caps DgarretsonAre you saying with certainty that the BAT's use Jensen Oil in paper?They sure look similiar. Do you have experience with the Mundorf M-Cap Supreme Silver/Oil (oil impregnated, silver metallized polypropylene dielectric) cap...? THink th... | |
| help me decide: VTL 7.5 or ARC Ref 3 Though I have not personally heard either, from the available data, the VTL *should* have better pre-amp performance, namely better noise performance. From the known literature, the VTL has a shorter signal path, which is in-line with the typical ... | |
| BAT Preamps, why such polarized opposite opinions? The point Audiosoul, is just buy one already and listen to it. Who cares what mega buck system something is in. That says nothing. Get one for yourself and form your own judgements. Don't write off what could potentially be a great match with the ... | |
| BAT Preamps, why such polarized opposite opinions? None of the above responses takes the place of a proper audition. NONE. This is a truth that no one worth their flux capacitors can deny.Enjoy the ARC REF3 Elberoth2. I heard (or was that read?) somewhere that it is white hot sounding in its prese... | |
| BAT Preamps, why such polarized opposite opinions? This thread is a perfect example of the inadequacies of relying on word of mouth to shape one's "experience" with a componenet. There is no substitute for getting the piece in your system or at a minimum, listening to it somewhere with similiar (t... | |
| Tube preamp suggestions. interesting thread. I had an LS25MKII, currently have an LS15 on tap, but have been using a Promitheus TVC. TOmorrow however I get to hook up a BAT VK5i (6922 for current sources and signal gain). I have been a bit mental lately zeroing in on a lo... | |
| Pet audiophile peeves - name yours The use of the word 'minty'. These people should be banned from this site for life and be forced to eat a strict diet of Mentos |