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| Innersound Kilowatt Monoblock, how good is it? I assume these are the later Stradivari Cello's? Adding to the above, are you sure you can drive them full-range with one amp -- however powerful that amp is? Another point is that *I* happen to like Inner's sound (sorry, how else can I phrase it:... | |
| music , mind , thought and emotion Interesting, Travis. This may go some way answering the last sentence in the original thread ("...can....(it).. be measured"). In the light of the above, it can only be identified by emotional experience and, perhaps, the measurement becomes unece... | |
| what the best phono preamp used with CAT SL1 Strange, Snook, I also find that the CAT's line is superior to its phono. As you say, the dynamics... but a good phono all the same.That's why I wondered which analogue rig is playing here.. | |
| Best spkrs for rock: Dunlavy V-Watt/Puppy-Revel?? Some very instructive advice above. I'll second Onwh's mention of active ATC's: keep them on your list. I have heard them with jazz, rock, blues -- loud. Detailed sound, "monitorish", but good musicality if a bit forward sounding. The ATC (100) so... | |
| Riddle me this... Sean- for that matter, can we have efficient FULL-RANGE speakers w/out lots of compromise? Compromise that we pay for elsewhere (i.e. amplification, active subs)? I think that the "speaker + sub" scenario typifies it: we need two separate speaker ... | |
| Riddle me this... Trelja paints the picture of our reality I think. For the rest Twl & Sean have explained a good deal, in a complementary way. From a historical perspective, the "golden age" of audio sprang from the growth of the recorded medium dominating the... | |
| what the best phono preamp used with CAT SL1 Good advice above. However, the investment may also depend upon your TT set-up & how much you want to spend, proportionally. CAT's own phono is very good, and won't require extra cables. IMO, if you want to stay w/ tubes and do NOT wnat to inv... | |
| Review: Linn Tukan Monitor Tukan "active": I heard a pair at a friends, vs. passive Tukans (another pair, of course). The sound was by far more liquid and less harsh and dry at louder volumes (Stephen refers to these aspects in his review). I remember the upper mids remaini... | |
| It's the small things that drive you nuts... Oh YES! Drive... to tears. My (Greg's) General Law of Audio Connectivity:"Whatever the efforts you make arranging the power sockets for practical reasons, and whichever new COMPONENT or whatever PLACEMENT you choose for sonic reasons, the signal/p... | |
| Hendrix blues The BBC sessions of Jimi are reasonably well recorded. The snag is, I don't know if they're out on cd... | |
| S-F users: any successful sub matings out there? Jayme, yes they're active. As to price I don't know... Any way you can try the "small" Audio Physics sub, or the middle REL? I'm extrapolating here as I've only heard the S-F, the A-Physics Luna & the big Rel, play with the Amati in a biggish,... | |
| How do I biamp? WOAH, Left... don't connect ANYTHING yet, please. Especially NOT a signal from an amp to ADDITIONAL amps --- you'll blow the lot.The connections in bi-amping are from PRE outputs to (electronic?) crossover or to individual amps. Also depends upon ... | |
| Is it worth it? Another speaker is the new small ATC (whatever it's called). I heard it recently & quite liked it. If you listen to classical & jazz, you can consider small S-F's as suggested... with yr superb front end & depending upon amp, you might... | |
| Sonus Faber Concertinos & 30watt tube integrated? Shouldn't be ANY problem. The Concertino's are "sweet" sounding and, IMO, S-F speakers generally like classical & jazz, in that order. So they match your musical taste. You want an "articulate" amp because the Concertino's are more charming th... | |
| Shhhhhh Don't tell my wife. Looking at B&W 802Ns You *just* get by size-wise; a little room treatment on side walls wouldn't hurt the sound (but that's stretching the waf, isn't it?). Otherwise, I'm not sure you can get 10 b/ween the speakers--too close to side walls? Just to be on the safe side... |