mike60
Responses from mike60
| the best CD player between 6'000 - 10'000 $ ? Listen to the new Gamut CD3. It was the best I could find in this price range. | |
| Amp for Dali Hellicon 400 mk2 Hi Dave, In the end we will have to disagree about the Helicon 400. I have lots of experience listening to them with different amps, cables etc. I also owned them for some time with different amplifiers. I think they are outstanding speakers with ... | |
| Amp for Dali Hellicon 400 mk2 Dave, I read a review of the Jeff Rowland amp which you tried with the Helicons, and based on the review, I am wondering if it really would be a great match with Helicons. Seems like a potential mismatch.http://www.audioenz.co.nz/forums/showthread... | |
| Amp for Dali Hellicon 400 mk2 Dave, I am using Chord epic super twin speaker cables currently. You dont hear much about it in this forum, but I think its a great cable for the Helicon. It also needs a long burn in.I have tried many cables with many speakers over the years and ... | |
| Amp for Dali Hellicon 400 mk2 Dave, I can comment on a few things: I would say Primare needs a completely different sort of speaker. I once tried it with Dynaudio and it was terribly flat and lifeless. I do know someone who couldnt make the Primare work well with Helicons, and... | |
| Amp for Dali Hellicon 400 mk2 Hi Dcstep, I am currently using a Gamut DI150 with Helicon 800 mk2, but have heard the Helicon 400 bass sing deeply on other amps like Gryphon, Ayre, MF KW, and even NAD M3, amongst others. They didnt seem as fussy to me as other speakers (i know ... | |
| Amp for Dali Hellicon 400 mk2 base = bass, of course :-) | |
| Best Integrated, period. I did an extensive comparison of the Gryphon Diablo and the Gamut DI150.The Gryphon is an excellent amp, but there was no question in my mind that the Gamut was clearly superior, and I bought it.The Gryphon seemed to have slightly more bass weight... | |
| Amp for Dali Hellicon 400 mk2 I am amazed again at the comments about the Helicon's base. As I have said elsewhere, I owned both the 400 and 800, with different amps, and have listened to them on many front end combinations. I would describe the deep base as tuneful, harmonic,... | |
| Best recorded rock album.Amused to Death.R.Waters? Also try Dire Straits - 'Communique', 'On Every Street'. Make sure you get the remastered versions.I think some of Peter Gabriel's CDs are well recorded - try 'Shaking the Tree' to start.Some will disagree, but INXS has some amazingly recorded tra... | |
| new Eva Cassidy "Somewhere" Replaced the CD at the store. Same thing on the new one. 1min 35 seconds into the song, there is a flaw. | |
| The eternal quandary I know some high end manufacturers listen to instruments in a studio, then go into the next room and listen to the reproduction through their equipment. The honest ones say they are still miles away from reality, even with superb equipment. The qu... | |
| new Eva Cassidy "Somewhere" Got this cd, and would not say it is at the same standard as her others, but a few tracks make it well worth while!On that basis, i would highly recommend it.Unfortunately, my CD has a slight skip/imperfection (fraction of a second) at about 1min ... | |
| The eternal quandary Jimjoyce, i think you learn which it is by experience. For example, I have a recording that sounds overly lean in most aspects, particularly vocals, but is otherwise very clean and detailed.When i was shopping for my last system, i found out that ... | |
| The eternal quandary Jimjoyce, when I evaluate new components I often take along recordings that are flawed in some way. For example, the system should expose an overly sharp guitar or lean sounding vocal. Its a good tool to see if the boundaries are defined. I did th... |