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| Why monoblocks? First of all you get more power supply with mono amplifiers and there is a huge advantage to the left and right channels having separate power supplies. Sonically there is a noticable improvement in separation and the soundstage is much larger wit... | |
| Good Amp for Martin Logan Monolith II It's great you can borrow equipment from your local dealer. It would be a good way to find out if your system would be more coherent with all tubes and if it is meaningful to you. I was runnig the Dunlavy SC IV speakers with Audio Research tube el... | |
| Good Amp for Martin Logan Monolith II Eliane Elias is brilliant. My Foolish Heart and Tangerine, also on that disc are great. Are you familiar with Grant Green? On his CD, "Idle Moments", Blue Note, listen to the title track, almost 15 minutes long. This recording really says somethin... | |
| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp Audioconnection, Great recommendation John. Have you ever heard the old saying "You can lead a horse to water"? | |
| Good Amp for Martin Logan Monolith II Minor1, I wish I could tell you I kept my 23.5, but I didn't. Wouldn't it be great if we still had every piece of stereo equipment we ever owned. I simply don't have the room. Just think, with 4 VTM 120 monos you wouldn't have to worry about being... | |
| Good Amp for Martin Logan Monolith II Minor1, I'd say another set of VTM 120s and you'll be there. I'm a stickler for coherent sound. I totally agree with you. Newer is not always better and sometimes newer is not as good. I also owned an SP-11 MKII. I used it with a Levinson 23 to dr... | |
| Amp/ preamp for electostatics and why Audio Research made a V-140. It was basically Classic 120 monos balanced. And if you use Audio Research you don't need the Zeros. There is always a trade off with that type of product. Ralph, I'm surprised you are pushing your products here. | |
| tube amp for ProAc Response.. need suggestions Actually, Audio Research works pretty well with just about anything. And that's the way it should be with a well designed product. | |
| What is meant by a "fast" pre amp All of this can be summed up in one word, MUSIC. A preamp could have all of the best specs in the world, but if it doesn't sound like music, you have nothing. If you think your equipment sounds fast then it probably isn't. | |
| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp If you decided on Vandersteen 3As and you want good sound forget about CJ and go with Audio Research. There is always plenty of used Audio Research available and once you've heard Audio Research with Vandersteens you will have no regrets. | |
| MAS power cords Mel Schilling of Music and Sound Imports was the distributor of the MAS cables along with Electrocompaniet. Later they became distributors for Camelot Technologies.I don't know if they are still around or not, but it might be a place to start.I ag... | |
| The frontier between ''vintage'' and ''junk'' ? When it comes to stereo equipment, I guess vintage refers to a specific age. Whether or not it matters to you and me depends on the sound. | |
| Connectors that convert spades to bananas? So, you want to put add-ons on a $5,000 pair of speaker cables. I recommend you send them back to the manufacturer for spades regardless of price to maintain the integrity of your speaker cables. | |
| Good Amp for Martin Logan Monolith II Minor1, You are using late model tube monos and preamp on your panels and recommending an older solid state stereo amp. Does this mean you're not there? I have had the original Mark Levinson amplifiers like your ML3 work extremely well with electr... | |
| Bookshelf vs Floorstanders Timrhu, That sounds familiar. I have found it is easier to get good sound out of a monitor speaker and if you want to integrate a subwoofer or two you get the best of both worlds providing you select the right sub. Floor standing speakers with gen... |