.
The first time I recognized "attack" was when I
bi-amped my Infinity Kappa 9 speakers. Oh my goodness!
Tons of headroom from the amps kicked the speakers right in
the butt.
I bought an Audio Research Ref2 Mk2 preamp several years ago
and I was very happy with it. Outstanding preamp. I read a
review of that preamp here on Audiogon. The member gave it
an excellent review, but stated, "it could stand extend
the decays a little more". Heck, I'd never even heard
of decay being a desirable attribute to a good preamp. I'd
never heard extended decays before, therefore I didn't know
what I was missing. I bought the Ref3 about a year later.
I was just sitting listening to a familiar jazz tune, and
all of a sudden a passage came up where the drummer hit a
cymbal......the sound of the cymbal decay seemed to go
linger in the air forever. Then I understood what the
reviewer meant by extended decays.
.
The first time I recognized "attack" was when I
bi-amped my Infinity Kappa 9 speakers. Oh my goodness!
Tons of headroom from the amps kicked the speakers right in
the butt.
I bought an Audio Research Ref2 Mk2 preamp several years ago
and I was very happy with it. Outstanding preamp. I read a
review of that preamp here on Audiogon. The member gave it
an excellent review, but stated, "it could stand extend
the decays a little more". Heck, I'd never even heard
of decay being a desirable attribute to a good preamp. I'd
never heard extended decays before, therefore I didn't know
what I was missing. I bought the Ref3 about a year later.
I was just sitting listening to a familiar jazz tune, and
all of a sudden a passage came up where the drummer hit a
cymbal......the sound of the cymbal decay seemed to go
linger in the air forever. Then I understood what the
reviewer meant by extended decays.
.