philjolet
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| B&W N 805 vs. N 805 Sig. Opinions? The N805 signature is much better than the regular N803 (not 805). The tweeter is super detailed and more neutral. They are so much better they are within a stones throw of my JM Reynaud Trentes :) | |
| Good Better Best Interconnects I think the 'sweet spot' in the AZ IC lineup are the Matrix Reference MKI which are almost as good as the MKII and only about $175 - $200 and they easily better the WOW (which are quite good) for only about $50 more. | |
| Looking to Upgrade Amp & Preamp I would go stright for a quality integrated like the Rowland Concentra II or Plinius 8200 MKII. Save the money on interconnects. Todays integrateds are really good and practical.If you want seperates the Quad 99 pre 909 power and 99 CDP would be t... | |
| New Medeski Martin & Wood album I hear them on the local gollege station and enjoy them then went out and bought their CD 'The Dropper' and got bored kind of like jsujo says. It is not bad and kind of fun sometimes but every song sounds the same. They are good enough that I will... | |
| Good Better Best Interconnects I concur with the Alpha Core Goertz MI2 Veracity cables being easily the best $200 speaker wire out there that I have heard. I still sometimes wish I had them as they had superb tone in the midrange. I think the bass was fine too, not big and bloa... | |
| Indecision 2004,,,Berning EA-230 or Dynaco MKIII' I owned a Berning EA 230 for about 10 years and would characterize it as a forward midrange sound and slightly rolled at the extremes. I have heard the MKIII Dyna but on a different system and a WILD guess would be that the Dyna is more neutral. T... | |
| How is your many titles in your digital collection 700 vinyl150 CD | |
| Good Better Best Interconnects This seems to be a good opportunity to share my experience with interconnects in my system. I used to have Audience AU24 and always liked them but am going toward an all Audio Note set up so I bought Audio Note AN-V interconnects. The short story ... | |
| I need a quiet tube amp Tomryan,I do not know how a 300B amp compares to my Audio Note Soro SET amp that has 6L6 output tubes but my amp is only rated at 18 watts and easily drives my Trente speakers that are rated at 88db - to about all they can handle too. Watts ain't ... | |
| I need a quiet tube amp I find my Audio Note Soreo SE very quiet and Manley Stingray dead quiet though not quite as nice. | |
| What part of this wouldn't you happy with 2channel ditto, but then I am a tube guy..... | |
| Speaker position Gradient Revolution is designed specificly to be placed near the wall and reportedly sounds amazing. | |
| Used integrated around 1K for very forward speaker Plinius 8150 is nice but I do not know if it has the HT bypass | |
| Big Stupid Warm Speakers I agree with the Vandersteen recommendation and would also consider the new Gallo Nucleus Reference 3 as a full range speaker that is very engaging. | |
| "Upgrade" C-J MF2500A to Pass X250, SimAudio, Or? Steveaudio,I would replace the cables in your system first which I think is a first rate setup otherwise. Blue Heaven and Cardas speaker wire have not worked for me in my system with the BH being thin a lifeless and the Cardas was boring. I bet if... |