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Tidal Speakers owners
Ciro71, I was in a very similar situation few days ago, considering a replacement to my current W/P 8. Magico Q3, Wilson Sasha, Vandy 7, Consensus Conspiracy, and certainly Tidal . . .
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Top Ten Speakers of All Time?
Tidal Sunray ( never heard T1 yet
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ozy's system
Ozy, Congret on your new system, I saw a pair of VAC amp, are they Statement 450 instead of 450S
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Power Cords Snake Oil ??
If you could not tell the difference among PCs, and call them " snake oil" , and just leave it out of your option. I had Shunyata, Tara Labs, Nordost, BMI PCs in my . . .
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Best Bike to ride before a good listening session
I don't know how to comment what's the "best" bike, I have one Independent Fabrication XS road bike, Cherrywood tube, all top components, weight less than 6 kg including . . .
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Best live album you've ever heard?
Friday Night in San Fransisco Live by Paco De Lucia, John McLaughin, and Al Di Meola, best live instrumental CD
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as good as i'll ever need!!
Calloway, did you post the video clip of Tidal Contriva Diacera SE on YouTube? I would like to know the piece of music you played in the video clip
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What Solid State PreAmp?
Pass Labs XP-20 should be in the list
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accuphase compare to mcintosh
Audiozen, what amp you would recommend for Ayre KX-R
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Tidal electronics...
Anyone compared Tidal Presencio to FM Acoustic FM 266
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Any one here heard the Bmi Oceanic Statement?
Mazinga1, I have two Oceanic Statement PC in my system for 3 months, mt rest of PC are Tara Labs The Cobalt. Even Cobalt can't compete with Oceanic Sataement in detail. And my . . .
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Power Cord Revelation
my friend brought his Lessloss filter PC to compare my Tara Labs Cobalt PC last week. I was surprised by the performance of Lessloss for its value. Lessloss is a well balanced PC . . .
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Tidal speakers... particulary Tidal Sunray
Ozy, I listened a pair of Sunray in Taiwan, with lpx active crossover, exactly like yours. The owner took it to other audiophile's house for A/B test against Cello Grand Master. . .
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Pass amps + Power Cords ??
I have Tara Labs Cobalt PC on my XP-20 Preamp, it does make obvious difference even X-20 is two-box design, in every aspect of sonic performance, compares to the orginal Shynyata . . .
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Has anyone heard FM Acoustics
Bvdiman, greeting here from another Tidalist . I went to audition FMA today in a dealer near me. Pre : 255, Phono: 222, Amp: 801A and 611. Speaker : JBL 66000. All FMA cables . . .
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Most expensive Audio disapoinment?
My friend's Marten Coltrane Prime, 70k price tag, Maybe the system is not right, not the speaker itself? But my friend does not want to hear it anymore after he listened Tidal . . .
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Thiel CS 3.7 vs Tidal Piano Cera
Zood, I don't think XA30.5 is sufficient for Contriva Diacera, I own SE version
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Ayre MR-X monoblocks - how good are they??
Charles, why my MX-R get RED light when I connect them to my KX-R with Ayrelink
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Feedback on new Ayre MX-R Monoblocks
I have MX-R and KX-R in my system, in the beginning, I felt the difference between KX-R pre and my precious owned Pass XP-20 immediately, but I did not feel the same way to MX-R. . . .
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Built in budget beater
Tmsorosk, have you tried MX-R in your system
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Swiss amps
Newly, have you audition all of them? For me, I think Soulution is overpriced, FMA are not
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Hansen Emperor vs......
Bvdiman, I find your answer here, very proper to me. And my experience for Hansen + Soulution combo + DCS throughout, errrr, not my cup of tea at all
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Boulder monoblocks
FM Acoustics 1811
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Tidal have you heard them? Are they your favs?
My friend came to listen my Contriva Diacera SE yesterday, he said your speaker has no silky treble, you may need to use silver cable to improve it. Three hours later, he came . . .
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Getting there slowly
Max, Sunray is formidable, excellent choice! If you wanted to add more weight and body without sacrificing details, try Tara Labs IC, PC, & SC, which are currently serving my . . .
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VAC 440 Statement mono blocks, any opinions
Dev, I am particularly like to know the difference between CAT JL3 MKII and VAC Statement 450? The final two candidates in my list
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Amp and Pre to match Wilson W/P 8 and others
Daisiu, I currently have the "cheaper" choice with my W/P 8, Pass XP-20 & X350.5, And the new Ayre KX-R & MX-R is on the way to be the replacement of PASS electronics, . . .
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Ayre KX-R or Krell 202 with Martin Logans
Guildocorona, could you describe what combination when you hear KX-R, I have KX-R and MX-R in my system, paired with Tidal speakers, nothing I find they are forward and trebly, in . . .
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From Marten Coltrane to Avalon Isis, Hansen King??
Maxx1973, ""I've got and assume the the ceramic drivers of the Marten, Kharma and Avalon sound roughly the same""", No, I just audit my friend's Coltrane . . .
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15A or 20A Power Cord
Bjbcab, have you replaced all fuses in MX-R with Hifi Tune fuses? If yes, can you describe the differences, thanks
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Ayre XK-R vs Pass Lab XP-20?
Haha, thanks for correction, I searched, but no one directly compared KX-R and XP-20
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Pass vs. Edge
Guidocorona, I had X350 and X350.5 in my system before, the difference between them may also refer to X250 and X250.5, I suppose. X350.5 has more extension on treble and bass, . . .
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Less Loss Blackbodies your experience?
I have the same Tidal speaker as yours. And I tried BB today, I am not sure BB is well run-in or not, BB is excellent in several aspects, like micro contrast, 3d image, bass, etc. . .
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Consensus Audio heaven
Firebird, have you compared Tidal speakers? Same ceramic units, There is no distributor of both in my country, I am thinking to buy blindly either Tidal Contriva SE or Consensus . . .
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Gryphon Colosseum- How good?
Rlapporte and Ozy, thanks for your input, could you tell me the speed of Colosseum? I love lighting fast power amp
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Ayre KX-R and Pass Labs X 20 comparison ?
Terry, I had XP-20 before and using KX-R currently. KX-R has better sound stage, better conference, sonically, I think XP-20 is nearly on par with KX-R
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Good, non-jewelery connector for TeslaPlex outlet?
Kenk, I am currently use Furutech GTX-D(R) inlet with my Synergistic Research PowerCell 10SE II , what's your finding of Teslaplex differs from GTX-D(R
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Shunyata Hydra 8 vs Audio Excel. World Power Wing
I have Hydra 8 II in my system, too. I tried two different power cords with it, they sounds quite different. So it might be not fair to say A is better than B if you have not try. . .
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