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| Benchmark AHB2 power amp impressions? I have an all Benchmark system - DAC3L > HPA4 pre > 2x AHB2 in bridged mono.I completely disagree with the comments that the AHB2 is clinical sounding. To me it sounds beautifully balanced and fully capable of reproducing the full range of m... | |
| XLR interconnect for new DAC/pre-amp to power amp--suggestions please for $500 or less FWIW, I bought a 2 sets of Wireworld Eclipse 7 XLR cables after being impressed with the RCA versions.I later substituted relatively inexpensive Mogami Gold studio XLR microphone cable (W2524 quad) for the WW XLR cable and was surprised to find th... | |
| Vote for the Best Preamp: Audion, Jadis, ARC or CJ Geez a 14yr old thread?'CD 101' is likely a reference to the first CD player, the Sony CD101. The inference is that tube preamps became popular to make early digital more listenable. Not necessarily agreeing, but there was increasing presence of t... | |
| Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money S/H cables are the best way to get top performance for much less.Previous top of the line cables are available for a fraction of their initial selling price - the only problem can be finding exactly what you want.FWIW I've just re-installed my Str... | |
| Harbeth 30.1 ? The Ultimate Speaker under $5K ? I'd never really heard of Tekton but see the DI and other models are being compared to cost no object designs from the likes of Magico and Wilson - the value there seems to be off the charts. So, well done indeed! | |
| Harbeth 30.1 ? The Ultimate Speaker under $5K ? Wow - at 125lbs that 4 way tower with it's polygon 7 tweeter array is about as far from the Harbeth m30.1 as it gets.Hope you enjoy it, though it's hard to reconcile how anyone looking at a compact 2 way monitor would go for a high efficiency 11dr... | |
| Audio-Technica ART 7 I doubt 2juki actually alters serial numbers - what would be his purpose in doing this?More likely is the local distributor keeps track of serials coming through his distribution chain and can therefore identify serials from other sources. In both... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! I can't believe MQA has gained so much traction, more significant mprovements are available through well engineered digital filters which don't seek to monopolize the recording process. | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... Something I forgot to mention is the Art-9's dynamics - I've been startled by the dynamic energy from familiar records and I'm re-discovering old favs again.When I was using the Ortofon Jubilee with, say, jazz recordings I'd often feel the need to... | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... While I haven't had that much listening time over the past week due to work commitments, I continue to be very impressed by the ART-9.This cartridge sounds just wonderfully natural on voices and instruments. The expansive soundstage - on which ima... | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... Yes, I understand we can get 'tired' of even the best components. It just seemed odd that you bought the AN SUT and then sold the ART 9 when the two didn't work together.I'm probably the pot calling the kettle black - I bought a new Ortofon A90 ye... | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... After reading through this thread I was surprised to see that @pani was so fickle in dumping the Art 9 after being so enthusiastic. I'm using a Lundahl LL1941 SUT on 1:32 setting with my Art 9 - which gives a 46ohm reflected resistance to the cart... | |
| Harbeth speakers vs Audionote 02-17-15: Larryi .The Harbeths have a tighter, more accurate bass response and deliver a reasonably detailed and lively sound while being on the warmer side compared to many current speaker designs. My only big "issue" with the sound is that ther... | |
| as if the KL Audio Ultra Sonic was not enough 01-23-15: MofimadnessI've seen this personally in action. It works really well. Wish I had the funds to buy it.Me too. That's getting close to $7K including the actual cleaner.I think my next cleaner will be something like the Utrasonic Records V8... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Ddraudt, for my part I didn't mean to convey negativity (not sure if CalvinJ is taking aim at me?) - I'm genuinely interested in the principles at work here. Hopefully if there is some 'breakthrough' involved with the HF cables, there will be a wa... |