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| SS Amp for natural vocals I would agree with Pass and would recommend them hands down for price performance, but another is Dartzeel. The Dartzeel is outstanding all around and has become either the daily tube amp alternative, to save on tubes, or an all out replacement fo... | |
| Bi-wired vs Single Termination What length of speaker cable do you need? There is a pair of Jena Labs Symphony cables on Audiogon, 6ft biwire that are outstanding cables. I am not the seller but really like what these cables offer. What is the rest of your system? Solid state, ... | |
| All time favorite speaker cables I have auditioned a number of cables including Nordost, Cardas, Coincident, JPS, Audience, Tara Labs, Acoustic Zen, Audioquest, Transparent, Siltech and a number of others. Many of these cables do certain things well and have strengths that match ... | |
| Amp switcher for 2chnl to HT? I would highly recommend either the Cary SLP2002, which is a tubed preamp with HT bypass or to use a BAT unit such as the VK300X integrated, or one of their preamps that can set unity gain. I currently use the VK50SE and set one input to have a fi... | |
| Stealth Dream AC powerchord I have been auditioning the Stealth Dream AC cord against an Elrod EPS 3S, and the Jena Labs One for use on my BAT VK50SE pre-amp. One thing that I noticed right away was that I had to increase the volume on the preamp when the Dream cord was put ... | |
| Extreme Midrange Bloom I have the BAT VKD5SE with SuperPak and the VK50SE. I have never found the BAT house sound to be "tubey". I think in many cases it can be a simple matter of tweaking power cords and cabling. The BAT tube gear has always provided me with a sense of... | |
| Multichannel Amp suggestions The only model I have ever really liked for two channel is the BAT VK6200 which can be configured from 2 channels up to 6. It is a very large unit however and with 6 channels becomes pricey and heavy. I prefer the Anthem lineup for pre/pro and amp... | |
| Kharma Mini or Avalon Eidolon diamond I have listened to both of these speakers and although the Kharma has a very inviting midrange that can make listening enjoying for a long time, the diamonds are truly amazing speakers that I have yet to hear bettered. The diamonds can reach deep ... | |
| Cary SLP 2002 or Joule LA 100 Mk III or?w/PassX250 I used my SLP2002 with a Pass X250 and it worked quite nicely. Actually I liked the match so well that I sold the X250 and bought a pair of X600s. I use a pair of Russian type3 6H23 tubes in the Cary and it is superb. It is also nice that it has a... | |
| Parasound - Pass Labs - VTL - Krell Amp Selection I own the X600s and have compared them to both nice SS amps and tube amps. I went with the Pass X600s for a few reasons:1. I feel the X600s meet in the middle having stellar highs and solid bass with a natural midrange making them very easy to enj... | |
| Good tube preamp w/ HT bypass I have the Anthem AVM20 for HT and a Cary SLP2002 tubed preamp for 2 channel. The Cary has a HT bypass and with the right tubes, the Cary preamp is an absolute steal used. I have compared it to the Bat VK30 and it stomps all over it. It is a littl... | |
| Best female vocals on CD If you have not heard her yet you need to give her new CD a listen - Renee Olstead. She is 14 and plays the teenage daughter on "Still Standing" The CD is excellent and her voice is quite incredible. You will not believe she is only 14!! | |
| Two versions of Audio Aero Prima 24/192 cdp? They also added Balanced(XLR) outputs to the second version. I love mine and for the price it is very hard to beat, if not impossible. Maybe a used BAT VKD5SE would be another alternative as well, which is a player I have always wanted to try in m... | |
| Underwood Mod to Denon 5900 Tombowlus, have you received the modded 5900 yet? I am very interested in going this route and would be interested in your opinion. | |
| Anyone heard the new paradigm signature series? Don't worry Mr. hosehead, I will agree with you for a couple of reasons. 1. Bookshelf speakers (good ones) really can amaze people because of their size and ability to simply disappear from the room. It is harder for a large speaker to do this, ho... |