tomcy6
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| My Audio Research experience kalali, You realize you just did (i.e. make a hostile post to this thread) what you are criticizing others for doing? I’ll go first. There is nothing particularly up with me, I was just advocating for letting manufacturers and dealers have a say a... | |
| Is remastered mainly just less jitter? If you're interested in long, in depth discussions of which version is best, check out the Steve Hoffman Music Forums:http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/forums/music-corner.2/ George, IMHO, while dynamic range is important to sound quality and the l... | |
| My Audio Research experience clearthink, Lighten up! What do you have against Carver? Have you had problems with a Carver company in the past? Please disclose the reason for your hostility toward Carver. It’s no longer unusual for a high-end company to be sold. As fmalitz has... | |
| Pass X 250.8 or Pass 30.8 question? I have some relevant experience. I own a pair of Summit Xs that I was driving with a Pass XA 30.8 and they sounded great, but due to the speaker’s specs I wanted to see what they would sound like with a muscle amp. So I bought a D’Agostino Classic... | |
| Brightest but shortest artistic bursts in the sky I have to disagree about "Waiting for the Sun." "Hello, I Love You" was a serious lapse in judgement, but the rest of the album is strong.Rather than make The Doors III, the band used their creativity to come up with something different and succe... | |
| Bluesound Node 2 vs. Auralic Aries Mini I have the Node 2. I am not technically proficient with routers, computers, etc. I had no problem installing the Node 2 and its Bluos app. My router has line-of-sight access to my Node 2. I rarely experience a dropout streaming internet radio... | |
| My Audio Research experience jea48, What exactly did the OP do that would cause ARC not to repair his amp and send it back? What did he do that would result in him losing ownership of the amp and the tubes that he sent along with it? If someone in this process didn’t like him... | |
| My Audio Research experience If ARC is going to sell its products in Australia, they should make arrangements for repairs to be done in a reasonable amount of time (weeks, not months or years). If they can't do that they shouldn't sell in Australia or other places where thei... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! whitecamaross, I think you have pointed out a couple of important things we need to be aware of: diminishing returns and the "new" factor.Here's what you said about the Xs 150s the day you got them:"yesterday i sat down at 3pm and listened to mus... | |
| If NOS pre or power tubes became unavailable altogether, what new tubes would you buy? raul, please go start your own thread.enginedr, solid state components can sound very different from each other too. There is no way to know what a recording is supposed to sound like, so you might as well listen to a system that sounds good to you. | |
| Tidal and MQA The MQA decoding situation is still pretty confusing. I have read a little about it and I'm not sure what level of decoding you get through different software and hardware combinations. If your DAC is telling you 44.1, I'd say that's what you're... | |
| Advice using electrostats with tube amp. The Theos has an impedance of .8 ohms at 20khz. It’s not a 4 ohm speaker. Still many people like using tube amps with MLs. I don’t think it would hurt to try your tube amp with them, but I would try to get my hands on a solid state muscle amp for ... | |
| Very Bad purchase from upscale audio Acoustic Zen Adagio If the finish is bad on one of the speakers, Upscale should take them back. Send pictures to Kevin Deal and Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee should be able to help convince Kevin to resolve this problem. I would ask Mr. Lee to get involved. | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Congratulations whitecamaross! I wouldn't mind owning a pair of those myself, if I could pick them up for under $10k. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll live that long.Do you think you've found true love or are there more amps to go in this stor... | |
| Aesthetix vs ARC The Aesthetix Callisto Signature retails for $13,000 including a $2,000 remote control. $11,000 without remote. The ARC Ref 6 retails for $14,000. The ARC Ref 10 retails for $30,000.Ultimately, what’s important is the sound, as sfall states. Howev... |