richards
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| NAD M2 with Sonus Faber Cremona Ms NAD may have made their name with budget products, but the M2 is not and does not sound like a budget product, IMO. It was an all-out assault on the reasonably-priced high-end, using a new technology that has many advantages. It's not your grandfa... | |
| Volume affected by uneven lengths of spker cable?? I'm using a 10' pair (biwired) on my right speaker, and an 8' pair on the left. Sounds better to me than the 10' pair single-wired w/ jumpers. I suppose there's a capacitive difference but I don't hear any downside, or left/right difference. Ideal... | |
| Direct Digital Amplifiers I use a couple different implementations of direct digital and enjoy them immensely. A highly-modified Tact S2150 digital amplifier pair with the Tact 2.2X preamp into YG speakers and Lyngdorf subs allows me to digitally equalize a flatter room re... | |
| Subs/Monitors vs Full-Range Speakers - Pros/Cons Sorry to hear the subs didn't work out for you, and good luck with the full range speakers. One advantage of subs though is that those last 10Hz at the bottom can add a lot to the soundstage and ambiance. I've always preferred using subs, even on ... | |
| Revelation Audio Labs cables comparison I use RAL interconnects and speaker cables. They're both very good. Ultimately, I decided on JPS SC-3 over these as the speaker cable (twice/price) with my line arrays, which gave a fuller and more detailed upper bass, and a slightly bigger sounds... | |
| Tact 2.0S or Tact 2.2XP The 2.0S provides the same room correction as the 2.2x, but without the sub x-over feature (that you apparently don't want). The xp version adds the Dynamic room correction feature, that may or may not be worth the extra money to you, as well as t... | |
| For those of you who have Piega speakers... I have the C-10 ltd. Great speaker! I love ribbons (having owned Apogees, Genesis and Selah line arrays) and the Piega ribbons are some of the finest out there. Very natural, open and airy sound, neutral, transparent and fast. Strings sing. The co... | |
| Line array speakers Another fan of line arrays here. Line arrays have limited vertical dispersion (a plus for your room with low ceilings) and maintain double the loudness in dB the further away you are (a plus for big rooms). They tend to be expensive because you're... | |
| Digitalmeisters - Thoughts on Olive..... My experience with the older Olives has been very positive. I've got several Olive Musicas in a couple different systems and have been impressed with them. One is stock, one is modded by Red Wine Audio (RWA) and one has Bolder Cable mods. The digi... | |
| TACT & Lyngdorf user satisfaction? My take:I've used a Tact 2.2x for 7 years with regular amps (Gamut, Bel Canto, Aloia, etc.) and also with stock and (most recently) modded Tact 2150s, with and without subs.I'm very happy with them but also recognize some trade-offs. Definitely no... | |
| Duke Ellington - Four symphonic works Taste is individual, but a couple other Jazz/ Classical collaborations to consider:Claude Bolling and JP Rampal's "Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano" (and several follow-up collaborations).Gerry Muligan's "Symphonic Dreams"Lalo Schriffin "Jazz Meets ... | |
| Digital cable to feed my PS Audio PW DAC DesalvoI've been extremely impressed with the Harmonic Tech Cyberlights and Photon cables and would highly recommend you give them a try. They bested a number of >$1K digital cables in my experiments IMS (email me if you want more specifics). T... | |
| What next after Audience AU24 and Siltech G3? I'd second the Gabriels. The Gabriel Gold Revelation MKI (biwire) have bested many more expensive cables in my system, and likely will meet your stated criteria. That said, I don't see a way around experimenting and seeing how a particular cable s... | |
| Why so few high end line arrays? Like you, Jb, I have a pair of Selah Audio line arrays. They're very impressive and really envelope you in sound. But yes, they're big and dominate a room, invoking the WAF factor (it did in my case). And yes, the cost of 16 quality drivers per si... | |
| Recommended AES/EBU cables under 800 dollars Second the Photon/ Cyberlight . If you want something a little softer and with more weight, the CRL/ FIM Gold and Stealth Sextet are awfully nice too, as is the Sonoran Lambda, JPS Aluminata and Concierto Violin. But my fave is definitely the Phot... |