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| Wilson Sophias vs Avalon Indras I'm not very familiar with the Sophias, but have enjoyed the WP7's for their delicacy with Lamm SET amplification. I currently own the Indras, and I find them to be very musical and balanced, excellent sound staging, reasonably fast. I'm very happ... | |
| Avalon Pricing Policy? Find a dealer who has a pair of demos they are allowed to sell as discounted. I don't know what restrictions constitute the definition of demos. If out of state, and if you have a local Avalon dealer, you may have to visit the out-state dealer to ... | |
| Gryphon on Avalon Indra How much grunt does that amp have? I'm running the Indras nicely with an Ayre V5xe and VTL 450's. I do think they benefit from some juice.Best, Peter | |
| Okay, Classe CA 2200 or and Ayre V -5xe amps I've got the Ayre V5xe with my Avalon Indras, and it is a great combination. They Ayre isn't aggressive at all, nor is it dry or flat or harsh or any of those things often attributed with solid state. It makes a great soundstage and has a very mus... | |
| Amplifier input tech question Dave makes really good points, and 8v seems like an awful lot of output for a preamp. The parameter you want to compare, when considering amps, is the input sensitivity. Start looking at different models and see how they vary from the Aragon. If t... | |
| REL Studio III vs. JL Audio Fathom 113 I've currently got one Fathom 113 and love it. It was a breeze to set up and integrate. Although the manually says an external Xover is better, I do use the HF trim and cut it off around 40 hz with very good success with my Avalon Indras. I also r... | |
| VTL 5.5 vs. Lamm LL2? I compared the 2.5 and the LL2D, and found that the LL2 had a huge soundstage, it was significantly better than the 2.5. I haven't heard the 5.5, but one area the 2.5 excelled in was pace (and neutrality too). I imagine the 5.5 has that and more. | |
| Interaction with music server while listening? Why not a mac mini for server and an iPod touch for remote? | |
| Remote Control of Itunes Thanks so far guys. Any information on how to share screens using my Dell PC laptop as the remote would be much appreciated. Although I have an older Mac laptop (running OS 10.3.9), it is slated for other service and my preference is to use the co... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III Thanks John,I've tallied up all (23) of the electrolytic caps for the boards inside the table directly out of the service manual. My list is below. Again, I assume that the "WV" and "W" ratings are all meant to be volts. If I am wrong, someone ple... | |
| Mozart Piano Concertos Thanks everyone for your excellent suggestions. I look forward to checking them out. Peter | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III OK - so I'll go to Mouser and purchase the replacement caps for the boards. I did a quick count from the replacement parts list in the service manual and it looks like there are about 30 electolytic caps on the boards. One thing I just don't get: ... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III Hi All,I've got 2 mkii's and one chassis ala Albert Porter. I've replaced all the caps in my PS, but none on the table's boards. Relative to the PS, how critical are the caps on these boards? Also, how difficult/easy is it to access these boards, ... | |
| How would you compare Ayre to Parasound? My experience was exactly opposite! I had the Parasound with 4 different speakers I was auditioning, and in all cases I felt like it was dull and unengaging. The Ayre is the finest non-tube SS amp I've had in my system, beyond the Odyssey Stratos ... | |
| Best Matching Power Amplifier for Quad 2805? Look for threads on matching the 988. Should be pretty much the same. |