twoleftears
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| Classe closes Montreal operations Whatever holding company that actually owns B&W bought Classe a number of years ago. Quite obviously with the goal of providing a single audio purchasing experience from source to speaker. I date their gradual decline from them. Before, Cla... | |
| Devor - KEF - Vienna Acoustic – Wilson? Just to expand on that point: I first heard the Liszt's driven by the solid-state 60W integrated from Ayre. And they sounded great. They sounded better, needless to say, when we moved up to the more powerful and much more expensive AX-5. Now as... | |
| Devor - KEF - Vienna Acoustic – Wilson? To my mind the VA Lizst's were right down the middle. They didn't sound forward or recessed, tipped up or bassed down. Heard them in a medium-sized room. They certainly didn't overwhelm (volume control) but there was clearly a lot of oomph left... | |
| Is it possible to buy a decent tube amplifier in the $2000-3000 range? Rogue Cronus Magnum II if you want integrated, otherwise look for a Stereo 100 if you just want power. | |
| Do I have to spend $4000 plus to get a better sounding speaker than GET model 7 ? The only way you're going to know is by auditioning, in person, one of the Golden Ear models against a very different speaker. One of your preferred makes, or something broadly similar.Different strokes for different folks. I heard the GE 2's ag... | |
| what speakers to buy Personally, I hew to the likes of ProAc, Vienna Acoustics, Spendor, Silverline, and similar. Having a better sense of your priorities, you should look at Vanderstein Treo CTs. John Ruttan, Audio Connection, is an expert on both ProAcs and Vander... | |
| Devor - KEF - Vienna Acoustic – Wilson? I've only heard the Liszt. Superb speakers! Demo'd with Ayre electronics. First, to prove a point, he powered them with the AX-7 60W integrated. Sounded greater. Then moved on to the AX-5, and you could definitely hear the difference. But th... | |
| what speakers to buy Look at ProAc. Some good deals used. Most models are two-ways, yet lack nothing in bass. | |
| Does it get any better? What's better? More of all the qualities you currently appreciate? How much better? 2%, 5%, 10%, 20%? To make a significant *improvement*--rather than, as you say, just a difference--be prepared to spend 3x, 4x, 5x the total cost of your curren... | |
| Rogue Audio two new integrateds Great or Same old? Try the CMII at home if you can. I heard it with Harbeths (and B&W, Paradigm, Sonus Faber), and liked it so much I bought one. It makes my PMC's really sing. The Ayre AX-7 was sent to the secondary system. Less impressed with the Sphinx; t... | |
| Choices narrowed Rogue RP-1 and Primaluna Prologue Premium Preamps For made in the US, excellent after-sale service, and pleasant telephone conversations with the manufacturers (very chatty, in fact), go with Rogue. You won't regret it. | |
| Mohican vs BCD-3 You'll find quite a number of very happy BCD-3 owners over on AudioCircle. There are several threads dedicated to it. James Tanner argues that mating the specific drive/output to the specific DAC has benefits over separate boxes. Perhaps the Mo... | |
| Classical fans, I need advice Easing into Mahler.I recommend starting with #1. If not that, #4. Or 1 and 4 more or less concurrently.If you like emotional, late-Romantic music, move on to the slow movements in ## 5, 6 and 9.After that, I'd say it's time to tackle #2.Now you'... | |
| KT150's in Rogue Cronus Magnum ii So far only Genalex Gold Lion 12au7's and 12ax7's, much recommended by Jim McShane. I'm going to get a NOS 12au7 for the pre-amp position, but have been dithering over which brand to go with (Mullard, Brimar, Amperex) and which supplier (McShane,... | |
| KT150's in Rogue Cronus Magnum ii This is rather OT, but I recently dropped in some Genalex Gold Lion KT88s, and when I get round to it I'll be going back to the Tung-Sol KT120s. Not a night a day difference, to my ears. 88s perhaps a little more liquid/forgiving, but lost some ... |