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| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! almarg,Good points, but my beef with Spectral is their requirement that you get the whole shebang of Spectral/MIT stuff. The Spectral dealer won't even sell you the amp alone, unless you buy the whole shebang. Even an A-gon seller a while back h... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! techno_dude, I like the neutral-maximum clarity as sonic goals of Spectral, but in practice it may not work out for a few reasons. First, they require a complete Spectral system because of the Mhz bandwidth, which means the Spectral preamp, MIT i... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC, I agree with your post last night for its honesty and truthfulness. You seem to presently prefer a revealing sound that may be slightly on the sweet side, like a slight dose of hazelnut creamer and whipped cream in your coffee. In that case,... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Guidocorona, thanks for your impressions. Are you implying that the "house sound" of all the amps you just mentioned is leaning in the direction of mellow, smooth, laid back? According to reviews, the earlier Soulution amps were crisp/analytical... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! david_ten, this Statement VAC amp may sound great, but $150K for something using dinosaur tube technology should give anyone caution. In one fell swoop, the much cheaper new technology Merrill Elements may demolish it, although we will patiently... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! dguitarnut, again not wanting to appear biased towards my friend faxer, I will say that his ribbons alone are quite extended in both directions, with a slight deficiency only below 40 Hz. In the low teens, they are a superb value for the sound qu... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC, I believe Constellation and Lux are the best bets, for the sonic qualities you just listed. I just think that the Con Inspiration will give comparable sonic purity as the MUCH more expensive Big Cons you listed. The reason is that they all u... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! 4425, oh yes, WC is very interested in the D'Agostinos (Dags). He is just waiting for an attractive deal. My guess, based on reviews and my listening experience with Krell, Dag's former company, and having met him and knowing his personal musica... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! mrdecibel, I am dismayed at the ridiculous high prices of many exotic horn designs today. Have your heard any of them? What do their designers know that Paul Klipsch didn't? My father admired Klipsch, who lived to about 98, a great pioneer. | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC, I know faxer. I heard his GT audio near-full range ribbons and can vouch for their naturalness, neutrality and clarity. Even without the separate large woofer stack, the ribbons go down low to about 40 Hz. Only for music with very low bass ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! mrdecibel, thanks for relating your experience. Because of that, your views have clout and command respect, notably your integration of "objectivity, subjectivity, participant, experience." I agree that often the first row has disadvantages, ma... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC, read the glowing review of the Constellation Centaur 2 in the latest Stereophile. However, there is a telling line from the sales rep, Irv Gross, where he says that the main difference between the Centaur and the Inspiration is the power. Fo... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! For the record, minorl and grey9hound had the only intelligent and worthwhile responses to my last admittedly long post. The rest are tongue tied and impatient. Sure, I am eager to hear WC's developments, but lately he is very happy with his 230... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! thezaks, you have entered into a whole new generalized conversation about recognizing the distinction between subjectivity and objectivity. I was a devout male chauvinist before I discovered the utter brilliance of a woman named Ayn Rand, whose O... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! thezaks,Ah, we're coming to a common understanding about objectivity and subjectivity, great. A few minor differences, though. We both agree that people hear differently. This is OBJECTIVELY true, demonstrable by basic hearing tests. See how a... |