This is for Georgehifi especially but others can chime in.


I am buying Dynaudio C-1 Platinums and would like an ideal amp. Which would you choose? I prefer solid state. Separates or integrated. If you could recommend a few optimum choices that would be great. Based on my short couple years on here you strike me as very knowledgable on the subject. My dealer wants me on Pass Labs. Incidentally right now I have the Devialet 400 and I’m pretty sure you are not a fan of this type of amp. Any of your wisdom is appreciated. Thanks, Mike

bubba12
Thank you Ricrid1.

I think we recommended Isoacoustics to you they made a rather large difference in your system for a low cost didn’t they?

We test a lot of diffrent products al the time, and yes cables Richard cables are very system dependent on a dark sounding system the AQ might work out better, the Wireworld Platiniums in our tests had a wider soundstage and were overall better in definition and were a bit smoother.

However it is the total system voicing that will matter most and all pieces in the chain must work together.

You should try in Isotek Syncro going to your power conditioner made a rather large improvement on the systems we have tested it on.

Richard is a model of decorum, he has talked with us, and knows we have the client’s best needs at heart.

Notice we are not yelling motorcyle parts clearance, and some of the people who have read these posts have purchased these products not from us based on being on another part of the world or the country. 

How can anyone make a serious judgement about the sound when there are more than one pair of speakers in the room?
+1

Its easy to show that unused speakers in a room are absorbing energy from the speaker being played.

The **partial** solution is to short out the speaker terminals of the unused speakers, so their drivers can't move. This really helps.

If this is not done, then the audition thus becomes a hoax. If it is done, it simply becomes a poor audition- the speakers really should not be in the room with the active speakers.
Ralph,

As per having more than one speaker in a room, 99.9 percent of dealers unfortunately have to do this as loudspeakers do take up space.

We only have one set of speakers on deck so to speak so you can acutally get a pretty good idea of what they sound like.

Yes in an ideal world you would have only one set of speakers

In our reference room we have one set of speakers on each wall so we have two active speakers on display,

As per the results of the demo, you can still easily hear the difference between the different makes and models.

Just like if I demoed an OTL amp vs another type of amp using decent but not great cables would be demo be all of a sudden not be valid and therefore by a hoax?

Sure if we used even better cables the system should point out even greater amounts of information, but two different amps should sound noticably different don’t you think?

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ
A dealer can generate business simply by invading a free forum with self promotion…as well meaning as a dealer claims to be, that still is exactly what's happening, and when there's even a hint of a commercial connection to any product touted by a dealer in an otherwise open forum, I consider that to be an unethical and somewhat slimy commercial activity designed to promote a business. Period. Others may disagree…and I don't need to "report it to the moderators" as I can state my case just fine on my own.