philjolet
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| Vandersteen vs. JBL rock music etc. I remember Vandy 2Ci's rocking pretty good - and with an Adcom amplifier, no need to tame the high end either, this was with an old CD player fwiw what you have is likely to be much betterthe Vandys are smooth rockers IMO | |
| how long can you leave a CDP on 'pause'? good question - I learned something (that I suspected but confirmed here) thanks for asking | |
| Ribbon tweeters...out of favor these days? maybe it has more to do with the dispersion and blending with the midrange rather than ultimate performance of just the tweeter itself...just a thoughtalso fwiw I have heard both sound extremely good so there are other factors I imagine | |
| Best Remakes Of All Time Miles Davis versions of Michael Jackson's Human Nature and Cindi Lauper's Time After Time, I heard both in concert and they were superb... | |
| What next after Audience AU24 and Siltech G3? I did not mean to be harsh and maybe it should be noted my setup is all vacuum tubes, fwiw at the time we compared the AU24 with Audio Note AN-V on an all ss system and could not tell the difference.Maybe a good disclaimer is that the AU 24 may be... | |
| What next after Audience AU24 and Siltech G3? I find my Gabriel Gold Revelation MKII a big step up from the AU24 which is thin and lifeless in comparisondisclaimer I do have mine up for sale but it does change my opinion of them in relation to the AU24... | |
| Speakers for Simaudio Maggie MMG | |
| Line voltage is 116 not 120 why? that is fairly common and should not be a problem | |
| What gives? CD’s, Solid State? I had a Rega Planet 2000 and it was a bit full sounding and not especialy open or liquid but was pretty good as far as tone and fun factor IMO fwiw... | |
| What gives? CD’s, Solid State? SS can be pretty darn good but does not work for methe last few hi fi shows I went to, I did not really care for one SS room I was in, the only stuff I really liked had tubesyou may be in that campjust a thought | |
| Best Amp with Magnepan 3.6's I know there are some SimAudio amps that were supposed to be a match made in heaven for Maggies - I forget which model but worth a look in the archives... | |
| Improving on the Sonata IIIs, which speakers? Blindjim you may look at: http://www.amherstaudio.com/ for Reynaud info or call and speak to Bob Neill (at Amherst Audio) he is knowledgable and a nice guy. | |
| Improving on the Sonata IIIs, which speakers? I forgot to mention the Reynaud is relatively easy to drive | |
| Improving on the Sonata IIIs, which speakers? JM Reynaud Offrande are musical and emotive, a world class, darn near full range, speaker of small proportionsgood luck | |
| Amp Comparison procedure. Amp off when not in use? Blindjim,I disagree with the note taking. It should not be done at all but instead they should try to get into the music and forget everything else and sonic issues will present themselves.Best to leave the conscious mind out of the equation and e... |