daveyf
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| Rowland classic comparision: Model 8 vs. 12's As an owner of an original Model 8 with choke power supply, I found it far superior to the model 201 I heard, at least IMHO. Have not heard the 501 so cannot say, but the 201 was not in the same league as my 8. The 201 was far less resolving and s... | |
| What dynamic spkr. did you go to from electrostat? Went from Acoustat 3's to Hales System 2 Signatures to Sonus Faber Guarneri Hommage's. Never looked back, the 'stat's' needed a large room and were completely lacking in dynamics compared to the others. | |
| What is your most beautiful component? Real toss up between my SF Guarneri's or my Rowland model 8.FWIW, wife prefers the SF's. | |
| What's your speaker IQ, and the best speaker? I just picked up a pair of Guarneri Hommage's, which IMHO are the best speaker I have ever heard for what they do. No real bottom end but everything else is magical, especially in my small room.Prior to buying these, I listened to B& W 802D's,... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? IMHO, the Sonus Faber Guarneri Hommage in my system with the Rowland 8( choke power supply) and the CAT signature is the best sound I have heard from a speaker. While some larger models like the Maxx 2 and Vandy 5A will go lower in the bass, their... | |
| Do you know of small speakers that sound ''BIG'' ? Sonus Faber Guarneri Hommage.. I just put a pair in my system and they are magic!Little lacking on bottom end, but what you do get is accurate and defined.By far the best speaker I have heard in my system..replaced Hales Signature 2's ( which were... | |
| what can go under an LP12? I have a Townsend Seismic Sink under my LP12.It is a major improvement in pace and timing for the table.Several years ago, one of the Linn reps suggested this to me. For some unknown reason it never got popular. | |
| Integrated amp for my Sonus Faber Guarneri With my new pair of Guarneri Hommage's, I am using a Jeff Rowland model 8 ( 250 watts per channel) and it is magic.Seems like these two were made for each other. Try and hear the model 8 without mods if you can, the original choke power supply is ... | |
| Top Ten Speakers of All Time? Just bought a new pair of Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage speakers. They replaced my Hales System 2 Sig's and are far more musical.Having heard many speakers in the last 25 years, the G's are a real piece of art and IMHO the best speaker for small ens... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Just sold my Hales Sig 2's after having loved them for 16 years. Before that Acoustats and before those Maggie 1c's.The Hales were wonderful, but after all that time the tweeter began to bug me.Replaced with a new pair of Sonus Faber Guarneri Homa... | |
| Has anyone heard the Magico Mini? Drubin,I read Henryhk's review of the Magico's. However, I am more interested in hearing from someone who actually owns the speakers. In a dealer setting, speakers are not usually at their best and with the Mini's, I am wandering if they will also... | |
| Volume and Bass levels at LA HE Show I went into the Mbl room and asked them to play a piece on the Pope music sampler CD. The gentleman from Mbl asked me how high I wanted the demo. I told him very low, so he pushed the volume control down what seemed like a tiny amount if at all. I... | |
| Best Sounding Room at the HE 2006 Show? IMHO the Lamm room was the best sound at the show. The Acoustic Image room did not have the Lamm/Wilson's stage width or depth or purity of timbre. The losss of width was possibly due to the fact that the ESP's were in a smaller room and again IMH... | |
| Home Entertainment Show in Los Angeles Macrojack makes some very good points IMHO. He probably forgets that Wilson caters to the buyer who makes $1 Million a year or more. So $30K is pretty much chump change to these guys. Not sure why they are only $30K for the 8's and $135K for the A... | |
| Blown up my Sennheiser 600's Viridian, Thanks for the advice. Forgot to mention that I run the Cardas headphone cable to the phones and the connector's are pretty solid. |