tom_hankins
Responses from tom_hankins
| Driving Mrs. 3.6 After many amps, I ended up with the Krells for my Thiels. I have however heard the thiels with the Mcintosh 1201s, and if or when I decide to change they are the front-runners. The VTL tubed monoblocks are very good with 3.6s.(heard them once) Al... | |
| Stereophile Review of Quatro Wood The only comparison I wanted to hear was going to be with the Quatro sock. I am very familiar with the Quatro, and like it alot. I want to know what the wood version offers over the sock version. As far as the reviewers it seemed to me like Fremer... | |
| Has anyone compared Ayre K-1xe to ARC Ref 3 or VTL I have heard all three, The 7.5 on loan in my system, and owned the K-1XE. These two are very close. I slightly prefered the little sweetness of the VTL in my system. (but not enough to switch from the K-1XE) However my wife and most of my friends... | |
| New VPI French_fries, I have been using either the Scoutmaster or SSM over the last four years. I have never powdered either of the belts, and sound stage is really good. Also have not heard any of the motor noise your talking about?? Or any noise at all.... | |
| Stand out phono stages If your looking for something in the same price range as the EAR and JLTI, the Sim Audio LP5.3 has worked really wel for me in my system. I prefer over the Ayre P-5XE it replaced. | |
| Is Sony XA9000es superior to Esoteric DV 50s? Is the X-05 replacing the SA-60? What are the advantages of one over the other considering how close in price range they are going to be? | |
| Replacing Thiel 2.2's, Need Monitor Suggestions Yeah, way to go man! Now that you have the room for floorstanders........Time to upgrade to the 2.4s. | |
| What Happened to Thiel? Kiwi_1282001,it seems that the Thiels are not alone in there rated bass production on high end, high priced speakers. (Kharma, Eggleston, Focal, Merlin, Sonas Faber, and on and on) Offer similar rated speakers in this price range. The bass on the ... | |
| Subwoofer connection question Is there a chance of running into problems if he is using a long interconnect from the "passive preamp"? I know most subs are anywhere from 3 meters(or even more) from the rack. Will the cable lengths make a difference with a passive instead of ac... | |
| Movies that featured High End equipment Watched an old Friends rerun last night and they were putting in a home theatre. Front channel speakers were big Martin Logans. Not sure which ones. | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view Thanks Guidocorona. The Krells I am using now also tend to lean a little on the Dark side. this would probably not be an issue for me. I was wondering about them because at this years RMAF they were with Thiel speakers and also A preamp very close... | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view Has anyone heard, or maybe own the Red dragon Leviathans? I have read two reviews with different opinions of the amps and was wondering if any one out there had some input on the amps. it seems there CES and RMAF rooms sound good. I would love to ... | |
| Sennheiser HD 650 Headphones Sometimes they are a little tough to pull off. grabing them by the connector (not the cable) with needle nose pliers or something along those lines will work. Ive had some pr. that you really have to work to get them loose the first time. Just pul... | |
| front ported speakers with ribbon tweeters? Not sure what kind of money your talking, but for around $1.5K or less used the Legacy-Audio Classics are front ported, full range floorstanders, that use ribbon tweeters. A lot of speaker at there used prices. | |
| Sennheiser HD 650 Headphones Another growing site to check out that seems alot more geared towards the higher end headphone listening is.www.head-case.orgIt and head-fi.org will get you any info on headamps and phones you will need.i have owned two over the top Singlepower am... |