jmcgrogan2
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| The strangest looking gear you've ever seen?? I don't want to upset anyone, but I'll have to nominate VAC. All that gold is just gaudy. I do love the way they sound, but I could never live with them (my wife wouldn't allow it either). Specifically speaking of the Renaissance Preamplifier and ... | |
| Classe Reliability : Your Opinions? I've owned a Classe CDP1, CP-60, CA-200 and CAV-75 and have never had a day of trouble with any of them. I don't know why the lifetime warranty was withdrawn, but I would guess for financial reasons. They still do maintain remarkable build quality... | |
| Narrowing down floorstander selection. Sorry, but you really need to make this decision. It's kind of like asking 'what kind of ice cream should I buy' IMHO. It will depend on your musical tastes. I like my Vienna Acoustic Strauss, I used to own Beethovens and liked them also. My frien... | |
| Which cartrige would you go with? You probably can't go wrong with any of those 3 choices. I also have a BAT VK-P5 w/ $1200 worth of mods from Great Northern Sound. I'd be interested in hearing your impressions on the six pack upgrade. I'm currently using a Helikon on my VPI HW-19... | |
| Vienna Signature Series? I owned a pair of Haydn Signatures. They are as Cmach claims, availible in Europe, or through a Europeon dealer. I beleive the list price was $200 more, the difference being the internal wiring and the tweeters. They used the 'better' tweeter that... | |
| New preamp or other suggestions? A tube preamp may help, something along the Audible Illusions line. However, I also agree with Sogood51 & Gmood1, in that I've found Thiel speakers to be quite revealing. To some, including me, they can sound harsh or etched. Throwing tubes at... | |
| Rate these on order of importance: 1,5,4,2,3,IMHO. BTW, you seem to have ignored how to drive the speakers (amp/preamp/integrated). I would rate this group (6) less important than the source, but more important than your 2&3.Regards,John | |
| Samsung DLP Set Up Try asking this at http://www.avsforum.com/ , you should get a better response.Regards,John | |
| Side firing bass designs - Pros & Cons?... Sean, how about Audio Physics? | |
| New system too bright.Will different cables help ? What??? You sold your NAD's???? J/K. I agree with Tvad, can you remember when the system started sounding disagreeable. It's hard to nail down the real culprit when there have been so many wholesale changes at one time. I also don't think that cab... | |
| Meridian 508.24 or BAT VK 5i? I would say that changing to the BAT VK-5i would give you the biggest improvement, that is unless you enjoy the crystalline sound. By that I mean that the BAT will make the sound warmer, richer, more full, but you may lose a little detail in the h... | |
| Side firing bass designs - Pros & Cons?... Sean, I feel like I'm your Dad. I lived with several versions of Legacy speakers from 1986-2000. I've since moved on to Vienna Acoustics. FWIW, I thought the Legacy speakers were a great value when I first heard them, in 1986. I think their qualit... | |
| Side firing bass designs - Pros & Cons?... The pros are a narrower front baffle, for better imaging, like a mini-monitor. The cons are they require a little more care in setting up. If the woofers fire into the wall they can overpower the sound. Many manufacturers are going this direction ... | |
| Tickled Pink. Make that Aquamarine I know this is a little late, but VPI and the Wheaton Triplaner also use Discovery cable in their arms. Joe DePhillips of Discovery told me. So I just tried a 1 meter pair of his Essence between my VPI 10.5 tonearm and my BAT VK-P5 phono stage. WO... | |
| 2 Channel SS Preamp Suggestions Classe CP-60 is a classic. I'm very happy with mine. It has a rich warm midband, without sounding a little dark, like some of the Classe amps can. It has balanced in's and out's remote and a Surround Sound Processor throughput to help integrate my... |