msaines
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| The Perfect Speakers for Jeff Rowland Concerto Int I've been running the Concerto with JM Labs Micro Utopias, Accupahse DP-77 CDP and Audioquest XLR's (forgot which one, but it has the little battery pack thing at the end that is supposed to do something) for about 5 months. I am extremely pleased... | |
| Best Integrated for JM Labs Micro Utopia BE Speedy, I agree. I used 'downgrade' in jest... Incidentally I have decided on the Jeff Rowland Concerto. Ultimately the small footprint and the fact that it runs cool made the decision for me, more so than sonic befits. I have a few curious munchk... | |
| Best Integrated for JM Labs Micro Utopia BE Both the McIntosh and Jeff Rowland gear are readily available here, so I think an in-home audition is in order! Price-wise the JRDG is a bit steeper at a USD equivalent of $8250 vs. the McIntosh MA 6900 at roughly $5k. How do these prices compare ... | |
| Best Integrated for JM Labs Micro Utopia BE Thank you for your quick responses. Haven't heard of DK Design and I don't think it is available in my area (Tokyo). Will look into the VTL's... Island, I'm glad to hear your feedback. Those mono's are also rated at 250 wpc? Also, yes I have order... | |
| Tube replacement for the Calypso? That is good to know. Perhaps I should have hung in there longer.. was so frustrated I turned around and bought a nice SS pre, the Ayre K-1x. I am extremely pleased with it, but it would have been nice to have introduced tubes into my system for m... | |
| Tube replacement for the Calypso? This is an interesting thread: I also went through 3 pairs of the Sovtek's but I ended up sending the unit back to my dealer. Clearly there is a problem here: why does Aesthetix, who has a great reputation, repeatedly ship this product with inferi... | |
| Has anyone used the aesthetix calypso preamp? I used the Calypso with Pass X-600 mono's to drive the Talon Khorus MK II for about 5 months before I sent it back to the dealer. Traded up for a new Ayre K1-X and WOW--what a difference. In my system the Calypso was uninvolving and noisy. I found... | |
| ARC Ref 2 MK 2 Pre w/ Pass X-600 monos? Just a little update on this thread:I finally sent the Aesthetix Calypso back to my dealer, and have been running my Accuphase DP-77 directly into the Pass monoblocks. Oh-my-god what an improvement! In addition, I re-focused the Talon's bring them... | |
| ARC Ref 2 MK 2 Pre w/ Pass X-600 monos? Bhouser, thanks for your thoughts. I actually had a chance to meet Mike at the San Fran HES show last year and he pretty much told me the same thing about the Sims. In fact he had Sim gear running his flagship Firebird loudspeaker, or whatever the... | |
| ARC Ref 2 MK 2 Pre w/ Pass X-600 monos? Thanks for all of your comments/suggestions. I will look into the LS5 MK II as recommended.I hate to say it but my experience with the Calypso has been very unsatisfactory. It sounded good when it worked properly--and customer service was very res... |