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| vmps, art d/io, & boldercables.com re: the ctc blowtorch - way-expensive preamps may be worth something for those w/deep pockets, but i'm not so sure about expensive dac's... ;~) and, after i have a chance to audition the vmps rm-40's, i may have the same thing to say about way-exp... | |
| vmps, art d/io, & boldercables.com good luck, joe. re: soldering, really - w/a 30w iron & the $10 rat-shack desolderer, ya don't have to be an expert. as far as electronics knowledge goes, i'm basically an electronics illiterate, but i could still do it, cuz all ya have to do i... | |
| Hall of Shame sure, paul, there's room for folks who may agree w/some of esmeralda's views. but *all* of them? designers of low-efficiency speakers may have no use for lo-power tube amps, but, surely they have use for solid-state amps, both pure class-a, & ... | |
| vmps, art d/io, & boldercables.com plato, bolder cables will offer a 5.4a p/s for $100. but ya might want to try your monolithic p3 p/s - that's supposed to be a nice p/s...kichoi, good for you - but, i *can* say that the mods i've done have taken the unit to a competely different ... | |
| Hall of Shame will, ya have a point... *EXCEPT* for the small fact that ezmeralda rejects out of hand almost "ALL" of what the hi-end is all about. what's the point of that? what's he wasting his time (and ours?) here for? ie: another big hobby of mine is cars.... | |
| 3a decappo's or proac 1.5 for cary 300sei cary 300sei may not be enough juice for the proac 1.5's. i heard these being driven by an 18wpc antique sound labs integrated - very nice, but ya couldn't crank it up...i've never heard the 3a's, but aren't they quite efficient? may be a better ma... | |
| Hall of Shame seandtaylor, perhaps i shouldn't speak for maxgain, but i'm sure his feelings closely mirror mine: you are sticking up for someone who, in condemning things he doesn't like about the hi-end, uses the word "ALL" an awful lot.personally, i can only ... | |
| Hall of Shame sure, dave, the t2's work in your system cuz of those lousy paradigm speakers! ;~)seriously, detlof's right in the fact that a few bad apples can spoil the bunch. sure did for ezmeralda11! ;~) ezmeralda's definitely outta line in just about every ... | |
| Melos Audio MAT 1000 or Audio Research VT 200? melos audio restorations is out there to service & upgrade melos components.http://melosaudio.com/i would not hesitate to buy *any* used melos equipment - i bought a music-director preamp used from the audio outlet, but they agreed to ship it ... | |
| Anything exciting at CES? brian cheney's vmps rm-40's (retail $4300) won best sound of the show , using, among other things, a modded art di/o dac...doug s. | |
| pre-amp and amp for 1K if you are willing to suffer w/two separate volume controls for the times you are doing the home-theatre thing, any preamp w/a tape loop will work - just plug the h-t receivers' outputs into the preamps' tape inputs. i'd recommend a melos sha-1 pr... | |
| Advise on used 1k to 1.5k pre-amp melos ma333r (probably a hair more than $1500), or the melos sha-gold-r, for ~$1k. i'd put the ma333 up against any pre at any cost; the sha-gold is just a hair behind...doug s. | |
| I can't believe there is no difference yup, save the money for software! :>) or, if ya *must* buy hardware, spend it on speakers - this is one area where there really are large differences, even between excellent product - so many different ways to skin the cat here: horns, ribbons,... | |
| I can't believe there is no difference yup, eantala, & why spend megabucks in search of that elusive last 5%, when, for <$500, you can get at least the last 4% of it w/a modded art di/o! ;~)doug s. | |
| I can't believe there is no difference while i agree that a receiver may be in fact the weakest link in gun's system, i'm also of a mind to agree w/detlof & makersmark - ya can't make gold outta crap. my system is very revealing, imo - melos music director preamp, a pair of meret r... |