drubin
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| SHOW attendees: please post speaker reports here I liked both the Magico Q5 and the Maggies, though the Maggies were, uh, magical during only one of my three visits to that room.Others I enjoyed: Evolution Acoustics, Electrocompaniet Nordic Tone, Gershman Black Swan with VAC and Gershman Sonogra... | |
| CES 2010 and THE SHOW I really liked the Electrocompaniet Nordic Tone speakers, which are out of reach for my audio budget. | |
| Noob Planar Speaker Advice Needed Maggies are not satisfying at low levels, so like me, if you use your system for long periods at background levels (in between actual listening sessions) you probably won't be happy.That's interesting. I was so taken with the 1.7 at CES that I'm t... | |
| The Hub: Viva Las Vegas! The Magnepan-Bryston exhibit was, in fact ,the new Magnepan 1.7's, not the 1.6. I agree with you about Wendell Diller being unwelcoming and a poor presenter. I visited that room three times. On Thursday, it sounded impressive but a bit mechanical.... | |
| What is the "best" cartridge a Technics 1210... I wonder if anyone has tried even higher-end MC carts with the Technics -- stuff in the >$1K range from Benz, Koetsu, Lyra, ZYX, Sumiko, etc. I know it =seems= like a mismatch from a price standpoint, but is it really? | |
| From Vandersteen 2CE to Devore Gibbons 8 or Focal I can't get over the 825 miles in one day. That's a lot of driving. | |
| driving Verity Audio Parsifal Ovations? The Bel Canto integrated is a so-called Class D amp, so the weight comparison is not strictly valid. | |
| Ayre K1xe vs First Sound Presence Deluxe Mk II Great discussion, guys! Keep it coming. | |
| Firewire to Balanced XLR Bridge The Weiss Vesta or INT202 will give you Firewire in and XLR or coax out. The Weiss Dac2 or Minerva will give you that plus they are also DACs. Friendlier than traditional pro gear.On the budget side, you could try the TC Electronic Konnekt units o... | |
| Berkeley direct to Spectral Amp? Ask Spectral. I'm sure they are very familiar with the Alpha DAC. | |
| Anyone listened to PSB Synchrony Ones? Thanks very much, jgwilson.Blindjim, are you looking at the two P brands as possible replacements for your Sonatas? | |
| Anyone listened to PSB Synchrony Ones? Jgwilson (and anyone else), what can you say about the differences between PSB and Paradigm? They seem so evenly matched but I'm sure they have different family sounds. | |
| Harbeth vss Dynaudio I have owned both and currently have the Dynaudios, Very different sounds, though both are probably what most people, including me, would call "musical." The Harbeths are more unfussy about associated components (they are not what I call "transpar... | |
| What is the best DAC ever made? >USB to Ayre and to Scarlatti when using upsampler, otherwise optical out from Mac Mini.You preferred optical out to the Berkeley over USB to the other two? | |
| What is the best DAC ever made? Dacbuyer -- you used the Ayre with USB, but was was your source and method of connection with the other DACs? |