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| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,Now that you have discovered the top echelon of brands like Block and Odin, you can safely sell the lesser Dag and Gryphon in order to put the money into more Odin. Even though Dag 400 and Gryphon monos would be interesting to try, they would ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! minorl,Right. My last show, in NY 2-3 years ago, included a Sanders Sound Systems electrostatic hybrid. It was in a small narrow room with not much space behind the speaker. As a result, it sounded rolled off and lifeless, far inferior to an ex... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Agree with WC, jafox, bigddesign3 about how stats are not optimally demoed at shows. I stopped going to shows years ago. The only value was to meet designers. However, my first foray into the high end was right after I got my first job as a doc... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! gtaphite,I agree that context is important, but there can still be generalizations about equipment that are still valid. For obvious examples, a ref 10 tube preamp will have totally different character than a Boulder. A dealer whose customer wan... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,You are right that those inferior electronics at the show don't allow the Neo to sound its best. Another big factor is setup of the Neo in the room. When you first put them in your room, you were underwhelmed. Then you experimented with toe-i... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,All you need is one more Odin power cord to do some interesting trials. Then you could try 2 on the Block monos to see how the Odins improve on the stock or other power cords you now have on the Blocks. While you await the 2nd power cord, you... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! For all those who bash me personally, WC doesn't want your negative personal attacks which can draw attention from the moderators, risking shutdown of this valuable thread. Many people have different listening observations and preferences from me... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! The popular Cable Company lending library has lots of stuff, although maybe not many of the top level products discussed here. So far, this thread's members offer the best prospects for WC. Still, I don't know why dealers can't have in stock at ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! audiolabyrinth,Thanks for your list of expensive cables, but what sonic characteristics make them preferable to you? To your ears, how does the Odin sound broken? | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,My experience with the Shunyata Sigma HC PC (not the new NR series) matches yours. I settled with the cheap Shunyata Venom HC, which was a little clearer than the Sigma. But I did not think that either Shunyata gave me the blow away feeling t... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,You are on the right track with Nordost if your finances permit it. As long as you enjoy the music and appreciate the enhanced clarity, there is no downside. But let's assume that at worst, the Odin is acting like a treble booster without aff... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,It appears that Odin power cords are doing more than just transferring power effectively, which could be obtained cheaply by using a huge 4 gauge cable. As you say, it is a COMPONENT which reveals more information with clarity. I have always ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,I had several of the Nordost Frey 2 series. Initially I was impressed with the precision of the RCA and XLR interconnects. After 100's of hours, they became mushy. Just be careful about these expensive Nordosts. No assurance that the most e... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! guido,Many thanks. I have a Krell 64x oversampling dac from maybe 25+ years ago. Krell did their own proprietary design, not using any stock chip. The power supply weighs 20 lbs, similar for the other box containing the circuit. Even though th... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! guido,Thanks. It's complicated keeping straight the Esoteric model numbers. At home, since you appear to have used the X-01 as a complete CD player and also as a transport (correct me if I misunderstood), what were the sonic comparisons between ... |