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Zu Omen or Tekton Lore Sukihock, Eric does prefer to do business over the phone. He's a busy guy and doesn't have a chance to sit in front of the computer often. I have a pair of the OB4.5s. Zman and . . .	909
Most achingly-beautiful music Elgar's Cello concerto played by Jacqueline du Pré... ...or Bach's 5th Suite for Cello. Something about solo cello that is brooding, haunting, and ultimately moving	634
SET bliss I love this system. I always have since it was posted. Such wonderful synergy, I'm sure with the Coincident components. This is surely one of the few systems on the 'gon that I . . .	521
Reached My Goal Congrats on the new house! I've always loved this system, can't wait to see the new room. Evan	152
Audio Altar Zman, It seems that you're very close to the Lores. Are you listening in an equilateral triangle? I'm curious because I've been playing with a lot of positioning and can't seem to. . .	118
SET sound without a lot of money I am a Vienna owner and I'm not convinced you could drive the Beethoven's with such low wattage and more importantly low current. The advertised efficiency is a bit of a fib as . . .	41
The Music Room Great system! I just got a pair of Hibachi monos from a fellow audiogon user and they are simply amazing! I have them paired with Vienna Acoustics and they are musical, strong, and. . .	31
LED vs Plasma, 60" vs 65" Akg_ca: I would suggest getting an ISF certified calibrator. THX is a rather ridiculous specification as it's also a label that any manufacturer can throw on a product if it's even. . .	30
USB to SPDIF Converters If anyone is still interested in this thread, I can say that the M2Tech was a huge improvement in sound from PC optical out to DAC. After living with the HiFace for a year, I . . .	26
Floorstanders for small room 10x10ft I'm with Vedder and the previous poster in support of Tekton. The M-Lore, Oriel-10, or Lore would fit that situation and give you in-room response well into the 30Hz range. They're. . .	18
USB reclocker pecking order? I think the first question you would have to ask yourself is "How much am I willing to spend?" Relative to the cost of your source material, preamp, amplifier, and . . .	16
which output setting sounds best? Most of the posters are correct, but I take exception to Cerrot's position. Upon inspection of your virtual systems, I can see that in your eyes and budget, the HRT may seem ". . .	14
Ways to Reduce Atmospheric Noise The noise generated by appliances such as a compressor in a refrigerator or the spray nozzle of a dishwasher resides well above the bass regions, and good old absorption and . . .	10
Oversampling rate in J River Dmm53, To better analyze your results, could you tell me what output method you're using in Media Center? As a rule of thumb, the DSPs in Media center should only be used if you'. . .	10
Active/Passive Bass Correction Dilema Kijanki, Thanks for the response! I'm pretty set on having a stereo pair of subwoofers, but I do need to look deeper into on-board room correction... Evan	9
Tekton Kat's Meow I haven't heard the Kats Meow, but I have owned a pair of Eric's OB4.5 Open baffle/omni speakers for about four months. I can truly attest to the accuracy of his claims, as well as. . .	9
my system has 25 bmi with 7% body fat Wow. Stunning room and stunning system. Great simplicity! Do you have any issues with room acoustics	8
Need Help with Vintage console player - New to LPs Rich, My table actually looks to be identical to the one in your link. The console is different, but the table appears to have all of the same features. I will get in touch with . . .	7
Preamp "Snap, Crackle, Pop" I should also mention that there is a tremendous amount of hissing and feedback at times as well. I hope someone has input, I'm just not certain which route to go. New tubes? . . .	7
Preamp repeatedly blows fuses Th fuse I replaced was the line fuse. after a thorough inspection, I couldn't locate any other fuses on the unit. Keep in mind, this is an ASUSA product, not an Antique Sound Labs . . .	6
Hd not recognized on dac...iTunes, pc, USB problem I'll first address the format question: No, you can't play FLAC on iTunes, and since you are using a PC, there is no free solution for converting FLAC to ALAC (m4a). I used . . .	6
Anyone have experience with new Jolida power amp? I have had the pleasure of working 50 yards from the Jolida factory and United Home Audio store for the past couple years. I just auditioned both the 1501 and 502. Jerred Dunkerson. . .	5
What a shame Oh. My. God. Here's me hoping they are knock-offs... Why would they put such an expensive loudspeaker in a hotel lobby? Does not compute	3
budget system...would like opinions Great system! Compact and focused in prupose; very nice. I don't think you'll need to step down to another DAC, the PSA unit is a solid choice. I think you would be best served by . . .	1