gliderguider
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| Ultimate Amplifier for the next 20 Years I've heard the CA2200 driving a pair of B&W 802D, and it sounded pretty trick. The matchup of Classe amps and Apogee speakers is a sentimental favourite of mine ever since I heard an old DR3-VHC blow past KSA-100 on a pair of Divas some years ... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? I'm driving a 2001 Jetta TDI now. I traded in my 2000 BMW 540i/6 for it and I'm as happy as a clam. When the kids are all gone we might consider a Smart Car. | |
| What does 'Fast mean? Seandtaylor99, I don't want to come across as an objectivist here, because I'm anything but. However, if audio gear overemphasizes attack, I wouldn't call that "fast" , I'd call that distortion. Truly fast gear will track complex waveforms precise... | |
| What does 'Fast mean? Seandtaylor99, I agree with everything but the last clause of your final sentence. Accurate reproduction as you describe it does not, in and of itself, render sound fatiguing. What it does do is expose sonic artifacts that would be "rounded off" b... | |
| VTL, CTC, Lamm, ARC, EAR, Halcro, Mark Levison David,For a quick look at the Tom Evans Vibe, check Jeff Day's preview on 6moons: http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/tomevans2/vibe.html. He will have a full review coming up soon.The Vibe is not the preamp to buy if you want something that looks ... | |
| VTL, CTC, Lamm, ARC, EAR, Halcro, Mark Levison There will probably be no more Blowtorches, I'm afraid, due to the untimely death of Bob Crump. There may be a worthy heir to that mantle, though. If it's pure sonics and musicality you're after in a feature-free line stage, the Tom Evans Audio De... | |
| Spyder 2 Pro monitor calibration kit ? I run a Spyder 2 calibration system on the LCD monitor I use for PhotoShop editing. I use it with the previous Photocal software, though. It's simple and works like a charm. The colours are very true, and I get excellent colour matching from scree... | |
| SACD is it worth it? I would not personally buy an SACD player. The quality of redbook, both the disks and the players, is now very good. All high-rez formats seem to be fading, while redbook is going to be with us for a long time to come. So if I was investing in pla... | |
| Alternative after Soundlab. Horns? Heil Tweeters? Here's another suggestion that's well within your price range: the Reference 3A MM de Capo i. A friend has a pair hooked up to an 18 wpc SET, and they are absolutely terrific on vocals, jazz, chamber orchestras etc. They have a very nice tweeter, ... | |
| Alternative after Soundlab. Horns? Heil Tweeters? How about the Fab Audio Model 1? They may be a touch over your price range, but I know they'd do the trick. I have mine in a 13x19x8 room, and listen to them quasi-nearfield (~9 feet from driver to ear) and they integrate just fine. They're a bit ... | |
| A trick with Scotch Whisky Now that's an interesting trick. I think I'll try it with a bottle of Glenfiddich, and see if I can come close to the taste of a young Ardbeg. If it doesn't work out, hey, it was only Glenfiddich to start with... | |
| Bob Crump passes away over holiday. I'll raise my glass to him as well. We spoke a number of times on the phone, and he was a real pleasure to talk with. We shared much of our political outlook, and as everyone says, he was always generous with his advice.My two regrets are that I n... | |
| B&W Rip-Off I love this quote from the web site:"100% designed and constructed in one of the most prominent chocolate factories in the world."I have no idea what the game really is, but they sure don't seem to take themselves too seriously! | |
| First Impressions of a First Watt - the Aleph J My opinion now is remarkably similar to my first post. It's still the best small SS amp I've ever heard, and it still beats my Wavelength Tritons, but it still comes in second to my monster PX25. It's still sweet, seductive and intensely musical. ... | |
| classe Dr-3 Drive tough loads is right. I once heard a DR-3 VHC (the big brother of the DR-3) kick a Krell KSA-100 into the weeds driving a pair of Apogee Divas. That was a phenomenal experience - Liszt's "Via Crucis" turned one end of the store into a cathed... |