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| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,Please don't give up the Plinius. It is a cheap reference. Even though overall you like the Block better, the Plinius is still the best amp you presently have for snap and sparkle. If you need cash, I would sell the ref 10 and get the ref 6 ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,Be careful about being wowed by soundstage dimensions. Euphonic components have inflated soundstages and bloated images that go along with that. This is not accuracy. Tell us about the core qualities of the music, which are tone, LF and HF e... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! almarg,My experience is that unbalanced cables don’t sound much different from balanced cables of the same design, all other factors being equal. I would take the manual’s opinion of "best sound performance" as just another opinion. I think you a... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! I don't think techno_dude has any ulterior motives--he just has very clear-cut opinions and advice. He knows that WC won't sell anything at other than fair market prices. | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,Sorry, I may have misinterpreted your evaluations. OK, the Lampi as a preamp doesn't kill the ref 10, but the Lampi is just a little better in the detail department. Since the ref 6 is more accurate and detailed than the ref 10, despite what ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,The Lampi as you described presents more detail, clarity, although as I mentioned it is hard to tell whether this is due to elimination of the ref 10 in the chain or whether the Lampi dac is more detailed than the Lux dac. Put in the ref 10 wi... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! 4425,Since you and I have lots of experience, I agree that it is best to draw conclusions after living with a component for a sufficient period of time. However, usually my first impressions are approximately correct, which are confirmed later. ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,Your 10 favorable observations on the Lampi could still be explained by omission of the ref 10 in the chain. Many people note that all electronics impose veiling and loss of information, so there is a big advantage in eliminating any stage you ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! There is an art to deciding the ideal ratio of carpet to bare floor to have. I enjoy playing my violin in a room with no carpet but a good amount of furniture. A totally empty room with no carpet or furniture sounds too reverberant which actuall... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,I totally agree about the negative qualities of overtreated, dead rooms. At a famous NY dealer, I heard a Wilson system in a moderate sized dead room. Trying to A/B amps in that room, one amp produced a sound like thick mud and the other amp ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,I suggest doing what bigddesign3 suggests--try the direct connection, bypassing the ref 10. Hopefully you have enough gain. My guess is you will enjoy the increased detail which comes from bypassing a line stage. The reputed luxuriant smooth... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,I don't think a more transparent component would make your favorite song sound quite as bad as "horrible"--it would reveal the flaws of the recording and even the singer, but it would also reveal more of the goodness that you like. Add it all ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! tjassoc,If you like, I can bring my violin and play for you at your home. You might have recordings of solo violin pieces, or I can play the violin part of some concerto recordings you know. We'll have fun. I am in NJ on Sun, so if you email me... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! tjassoc, I agree. Great post. | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! thezaks,You are right in theory about a certain lack of objectivity due to the sounds of different violins. However, the variability in the sounds of violins is less than the variability of the sound of amps, and of course, speakers. Most violin... |