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| SS or Tube Preamps with Dual-Balanced outputs "great imaging and other desirable sonic attributes?"Zephir, that's an impressive list that you have put together. What makes things so deliciously complicated is that "one man's guerrilla is another man's freedom fighter". . . or in our terms, wh... | |
| Audio Research Ref. 210 questions Power chords will make a significant difference, tubes will make a difference, presumably feet will make a difference as well. . . but. . . until your equipment is fully broken in (at least 500 hours of real playing time) it will change sound quit... | |
| New Amps for my Avalon Ascent II Hi FranzSchubert, old Gustav does sound magnificent on my Mahlers with subwoofers firing outward + 312 + Capri. the extension is phenomenal. . . but it is not bloated at the bottom, nor it ever becomes tizzy at the top. . . and harmonic exposure i... | |
| New Amps for my Avalon Ascent II I am a lover of Rowland myself. . . I have migrated from my own venerable pair of JRDG model 7Ms to a single JRDG 312 stereo amp. My taste in music is 90% classical. Speakers are Vienna Mahlers. The 312 has all the incredible sweetness and grace o... | |
| What is your favorite material for loudspeakers? Higher end Sonus speakers are more/less all curves. .. hence the heavy use of custom plies. According to Sumiko, by using these custom plies Sonus achieves higher rigidity/damping with low mass. G. | |
| What is your favorite material for loudspeakers? Sonus is an interesting case. . . rather than constructing speakers with plywood, they layer selected veneers in place with crossing grains into a custom ply pre-molded to the shape of the speaker. I understand that the top models use over 20 laye... | |
| If I like sound of Ayre Integrated I would Like... Dave, ol' DK4z just loves the attention. . . the more we chase his red herrings, the more he'll get excited and spin them back to us with his peerless colloquial verve. . . . very entertaining really! G. | |
| If I like sound of Ayre Integrated I would Like... DK4z, what's a Concerta? | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Audiofil, you have a point about buttons on JRDG. . . they are a little to small for me as well. . . in particular, the on/standby power switch on the 312 amp is a tiny round thing. . . flush with the front plate. . . I always hunt around with my ... | |
| If I like sound of Ayre Integrated I would Like... Audiofeil, price can't be helped, unless you belong to Our Holy Church Of Wishful Thinking, but if you are experiencing unsightly flopping of lower lip, that mildly upsetting problem can be easily corrected by simple surgical restiching procedure ... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Thank you Audiofil, except for the relative insensitivity to eye-candy, blindness is hardly a disability for an audiophile. . . more of a persistent annoyance, which can be circumvented to a reasonable extent by bits of added shrinkwrap on positiv... | |
| What is your favorite material for loudspeakers? Interesting. . . in most cases, Baltic Birch is not from the Baltic region. . . it usually denotes a somewhat hiher grade birch ply from Russia, Bielorus, or China. Finnish birch instead. . . is a different kettle of fish. One of the highest grade... | |
| If I like sound of Ayre Integrated I would Like... You may want to have a look at a well broken in Jeff Rowland (JRDG) Continuum 500. Rather than a classic SS using discrete components, it is a class D design using ICEpower ASP1000 modules, a Power Factor Correction / rectifier front end that feed... | |
| Quietest 500GB Firewire drive? Hi Kijanki. You mention 1Tb Hitachi drive. . . is that a 2.5 inch drive? Do you have the part number or a link to its description? Thanks, G. | |
| HRS Isolation damping plates I have not tried damping plates, but I have a hunch that Glory is absolutely correct. I suspect that A bag full of led shot on top of a component may be as effective as any expensive solution. You can also try the effect of maple butcherblock on t... |