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| Aerial Acoustics 7B and Best Amplifier Pairing I used a 14B SST with a pair of 7B's, Bryston BP25 preamp, and Harmonic Technology Truthlink interconnects. I would not characterize the Aerial's as warm. Accurate, maybe. Warm, no. The system was very revealing and too bright for my taste. Ultima... | |
| Right tuner for the job Carver TX-2. I've owned one for over ten years and use it daily. It works well and sounds great...plain and simple. I agree with the idea of not spending a bundle on a tuner. There are two for sale now on the 'Gon for under $100 each. Buy one and ... | |
| The last valve pre amp I'll ever need. I'll second the First Sound and it's dynamic, and utterly silent operation. You can always start with the Presence Deluxe II and upgrade all the way to the Paramount. Emmanuel designs his preamps to allow for that upgradability. Because these prea... | |
| Electrocompaniet EMC II CD Player For those of you who have one, what color is your Spider? Mine's blue. At first I thought I was getting silver, and I was a little disappointed. But, now I kinda like the fact it matches the blue display. | |
| Electrocompaniet EMC II CD Player Swampwalker, I experimented with exactly what you mentioned...two times (once with an HT Truthlink XLR>RCA cable, and a second time with XLR>RCA adapters). The first attempt resulted in a hum, which I couldn't eliminate no matter how many ch... | |
| Electrocompaniet EMC II CD Player Cello, I agree with what you write regarding the enjoyment of the EMC 1-UP sound. If you are referring to me personally by your comments about "complaining in a public forum", I believe you misread me regading my Spider evaluation. The fact that I... | |
| Electrocompaniet EMC II CD Player Jm88439 wrote, "Frankly, they should include the Spider as standard on EMC-1s if you ask me."Exactly! | |
| Electrocompaniet EMC II CD Player Cello, the dearth of less-than-positive reviews in audiophilia is a pet peeve of mine, and forums such as these are valuable in that they offer a voice to both sides of an issue. Others reading this thread are at least exposed to positive and neut... | |
| Electrocompaniet EMC II CD Player Subaruguru, I agree with your assessment of the cast anodized alloy. The clamp appears to be aluminum alloy, rather than steel. My final analysis of the effects of the clamp is that they are minimal to none in my system. In fact, if I hadn't mucke... | |
| Electrocompaniet EMC II CD Player Jm88439, Steve's mod results in a very detailed player totally free of harshness. The character of the player does change somewhat as a result. In my opinion, this detail retrieval without glare is what Steve's mission is (he may correct me). His ... | |
| Electrocompaniet EMC II CD Player Cello, I believe the spindle issue amounts to hair splitting, and very fine hair at that. I did compare the CD>spindle fit with the stock spindle and the stock spindle did, in fact, provide a totally snug fit. The play I'm referring to has to d... | |
| Best speaker between 15K-35K Thanks, Wpuppy for your clarification. It seems this hobby affords ample opportunity to improve one's system. | |
| Electrocompaniet EMC II CD Player Jm88439, everyone must decide for themselves on these things. I am truly amazed by those who can discern minute improvements with every adjustment that is made in their systems. I wish I had the ability to do the same. I have heard substantial imp... | |
| Best speaker between 15K-35K Wpuppy, do you really think a sub is necessary to augment a pair of $20k Watt/Puppy 7's? The need to augment the bass performance of a pair of speakers that cost the same as a Toyota Camry seems insane. | |
| Electrocompaniet EMC II CD Player Finally received and installed the Spider today. The first thing I noticed is that a CD has a bit more back and forth play on the new replacement spindle than was the case with the stock spindle. Anyone else notice this? I expected a tighter toler... |