peter_s
Responses from peter_s
| Integrated Amps with a Headphone Input I didn't know that the M30's were easy to drive. I'm only experienced with the compact 7's - great speakers - I hear they like mid-higher powered solid state, although others have used tubes. The Portal Panache is a wonderful integrated, sometimes... | |
| Integrated Amps with a Headphone Input What speakers are you trying to have it also drive? | |
| Best Solid State Amp w/ Avalon Eidolon Diamonds Stringreen - which Ayre amps are you referring to? Also, why are the anticables reference interconnects not intended for monoblocks? | |
| Best Solid State Amp w/ Avalon Eidolon Diamonds Cpcorreia - I read that the newer spectral models also allow you to use other preamps. Can you still get the same level of performance using a mixed combo? Which Spectral individual amps or amp/preamp pairings should be considered? I'm hearing goo... | |
| Best Solid State Amp w/ Avalon Eidolon Diamonds The Indras are great speakers. A bit light on bass - so I purchased a JL Audio 113 subwoofer. But I've always wanted the Diamonds. They are just slightly more refined, and if my memory serves me right, I recall slightly better imaging (which is al... | |
| Best Solid State Amp w/ Avalon Eidolon Diamonds I always perceived Boulder as hyper-detailed. Maybe it was just the demos at the shows. I definitely fall more along the line of musical above detailed. Do I have a mis-impression of Boulder? | |
| Best Solid State Amp w/ Avalon Eidolon Diamonds By the way, I have to admit, I'm kind of hoping that there are SS amps out there that are: 1) better than the Omegas with the Avalongs, 2) cheaper than the Omegas, so I can make up part of the money I spent to upgrade from Indras to the Diamonds, ... | |
| Parasound JC2/ Aesthetix Calypso/Ayre K-5xe - Help Start with your speakers choice, then your amplifier, then your preamplifier. I've had two of the amps you mentions, the V-5XE and the JC-1. My opinion of the JC-1 differs from many - I found it to be fairly low resolution, somewhat dull to listen... | |
| Top 10 Snafus to avoid when building a good rig Convincing yourself that a particular component is going to be the holy grail, thus justifying spending more money on it than it is really worth or can be resold at. | |
| DIY HD Tracks from mint LPs? You'll need a good ADC (analog to digital converter) - either USB or firewire. Then some basic audio editing software (Audisy?) to break up the recorded record side into tracks. And you'll want to add tags to the tracks, if you store the files in ... | |
| Tube Monoblocks w/- balanced inputs? I used VTL 450's to drive 20.1's, and I felt that I needed two pairs to biamp to make them sing. I don't know about 3.6's. VTL 750's would be great, if set up with true balanced inputs. | |
| PerfectWave DAC / Zodiac Gold Shootout Round 1 Interesting. Keep us informed! | |
| High pitched buzz caused by Squeezebox Touch? What amplifier are you using? I was getting a high pitched whine from my Touch when within several feet of an EL84 amplifier. No problem with a solid state amplifier. I switched power supply to CIA stand-alone unit with no effect on the RF issue. ... | |
| Review: Acoustic Zen Adagio Speaker I've heard these speakers at a couple of shows, too - and I think they are really good. Perhaps a tad laid back... musical... my taste leans that way. I don't know about what amplification is best for them. Dogmcd - do you use a DAC with your sque... | |
| Amp to drive Dynaudio C-1 C-1's are great, and I have heard them sound tremendously impressive with Gamut mono blocks. If I had C-1's, that's where I would go. |