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| Shindo Amplifiers and Audio Note Loudspeakers? Hce4, I took deliver about a week ago. I have tried Pass Labs XA-60.5 and George Wright Signature AU-15, and I've stayed with the AU-15 on these speakers, which are designed for tubes.The speakers sound very nice, but it's too early to go into det... | |
| What to choose????? Frankly, I believe it's beneficial to bring home one at a time and live with it for a week. Then, when you replace the first one with the second one, you may realize immediately that you either miss the first one, or that the second one is prefera... | |
| What to choose????? Definitely listen to all three in your system if the dealer will allow a loan.From a perspective of long term reliability, build quality and customer support, I believe Esoteric is a step above all other manufacuters. | |
| Is Hi-fi getting more expensive? If and when the trickle arrives, I suspect it will taste like urine.Macrojack (Reviews | Threads | Answers)Uhg. That was brutal to read at 7:30am. | |
| Why are there so many Mac users? I have owned both Mac and PC computers, and I second Jax2's comments. He summed it up very nicely.Ease of use is the number 1 reason on my list. | |
| Speakes for SET amp I believe I compared them in another thread. I'd rather not sidetrack this thread with a preamp discussion. | |
| Speakes for SET amp SMc Audio VRE-1 | |
| Is Hi-fi getting more expensive? The problem we may encounter when we see great deals on previously unaffordable goods, will lie in being unable to sell what we want to replace.Macrojack (Reviews | Threads | Answers)You're not a believer in trickle down economics?Joke. | |
| Speakes for SET amp When I first entered an Audio Note room, I scoffed at the plain box speakers set up at radical angles in the corner of the room. When I heard their price, I smirked and walked out of the room. How could a manufacturer be so arrogant to believe the... | |
| returning vinyl for warpage? "Too picky audiophile" is an oxymoron.Do what you need to do you sleep well at night. | |
| Leben integrated amps and Merlin VSM Good luck on your quest, Dpe! | |
| Speaker suggestion for Lamm ML2.1 amps At one time, Art Dudley was using Lamm ML2.1 on Audio Note AN-E/SPe HE loudspeakers. | |
| Leben integrated amps and Merlin VSM Also Bobby's other formula is the Merlin/Ars-Sonum Filarmonia/Cardas...would you mess with this formula?Dpe (Answers)No, I wouldn't, and after I posted my previous comment I wished that I had remembered to include the Ars Sonum option. | |
| Leben integrated amps and Merlin VSM 01-12-10: DobBobby from Merlin is always show his speakers with Joule-Electra amplifier...FWIW, that is match made in heaven.I agree. The Merlin room always sounds exceptional, and if one wants the sound produced in the room from those speakers, t... | |
| Is Hi-fi getting more expensive? ...fewer people interested might result in increased availability of good used pieces and drive down the cost for many fine pieces for the remaining dinosaurs like us.Mapman (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers)I believe the good used pieces will... |

