marakanetz
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| What's the best approach to add Headphone Amp? It depends on the input sensitivity of the headphone amplifier and certainly the sensitivity of headphones.I use Consonance M20 headphone amp connected to the preamp's tape output driving AKG K701. I found it more refined and controlled than direc... | |
| Favourite ECM Titles Molvaer Nils Petter 'Khmer' Pat Metheny 'Offramp'Carla Bley 'Night Glo'Carla Bley 'European Tour 1977' especially 'National Anthem in Minor...' | |
| Urgent - Totem speakers for Krell Thed,They're not worth $3.5k.Look for the better deal.I got mine in 2001 for $2200.Realistically I'd look for no more than $2700 for new or clean demo. | |
| Power cable for Transport Nah...I could buy used Gibson Songwriter for these money... ~1100. | |
| Urgent - Totem speakers for Krell BTW I was also thinking to go integrated from separates seeing 400Xi used for only $1.5k but still can't stop thinking about Wyred4Sound integrated. How they would compare against each other? Does 400Xi have high heat issues? | |
| Urgent - Totem speakers for Krell I hooked up my Forests with 300i model. They mated great but with higher power they will work even better. | |
| Most Audiophiles by State There are listing agencies that could provide you for the certain price the e-mail list that would probably draw a statistical picture more precisely. | |
| Power cable for Transport $550 PC???duh!!! | |
| What was your most engaging audio experiance $1 paid at street lot for Love Over Gold Dire Straits vinyl vs. the same SACD. | |
| Zero Feedback: Atmasphere vs. BAT I know VK as an engineer. No doubt about him. They use differential driving stages(balanced circuits) and classic push-pull output design that really doesn't need deep negative feedback just like most of the tube amps.I also know that to achieve t... | |
| Recommended components on Stereophile Magazine. Reading Stereophile isn't convincing. Nothing except crappy success stories from the reviewers without any scientific facts.1)no2)no3)no again | |
| MOSFET To continue and correcting Kijanki, especially nowdays, bipolar transistors are substantially higher quality than a couple of decades ago. Hence most of advantages/disadvantages of bipolar transistors vs. MOSFETs disappear (especially for audio ap... | |
| Zero Feedback: Atmasphere vs. BAT Zero feedback OTLs ??? | |
| Vandersteen Model 2Ce Signature II Give it or take there are no equal ears around there. Heard them (aiming to upgrade my 1Cs bunch of years ago) with 50Wpc tube amp and heard them with 200W/ch SS amp. In both cases they're too slow for rock and instrumental music I listen to. They... | |
| Bent Cant, Can't get azimuth right. Does it matter Benz bent slide to the side???You might have tracking issues and you'll need to test by listening your groves.I'd ask for replacement by warranty.Take a patience and replace it. |