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The Conrad Johnson Premier 350: Revisited
I am sitting right now listening to a 350 premier driving flagship KEFs. Amazing. My home system has constellation driving magico S5 speakers. I have bought and sold VAC statement 450, Hegel h300 etching but have kept my CJ Pr350. They broke the m... 
new product: Audience AU24 SE XLR ICcable
I own both RCA and XLR SE cables, upgrading from previous superbly performing E model. In both instances the improvement is easily noticed. Blacker background, better detail, more holographic. The existing goodness of the Audience cabling and cond... 
Comparisons -- low cost cable swing with big boys?
Nicely done. Just listened to new Miyajima Zero cartridge thru Cinemag SUT. Amazing. 
Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ?
For Magico S5, clearly to my ears the Constellation Centaur. 
World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above?
If the P20 is 90 percent of the P30 and is $2,900 it is the best value product I have heard of. 
World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above?
Peterayer, now that sounds like my ARC Ref 40!! The Pass XP-30 must be awesome. It sure is attractive looking gear. 
World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above?
Budt,The P30 has the absence of dry electronic sheen/overlay that i hear in many SS preamps. So a musical real liquid midrange and treble but bigger and more extended than most tube amps. Where it is a champion is throwing a nice expansive soundst... 
World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above?
Budt,The P30 has the absence of dry electronic sheen/overlay that i hear in many SS preamps. So a musical real liquid midrange and treble but bigger and more extended than most tube amps. Where it is a champion is throwing a nice expansive soundst... 
Magico Comparison
wow lots of words....how about retiring the keyboard and turn on the music. i'm listening to magico s5 plus constellation centaur and am hearing a beauty and delicacy beyond what i ever imagined was possible. 
Good bookshelf speaker?
CONGRATS Leinikca. Enjoy! 
Magico Comparison
I heard both speakers but in different systems with different room acoustics and different upstream components. I remember thinking the M5s were more listenable -- smoother with more body while the Q3 speakers were faster, more detailed, but one o... 
Good bookshelf speaker?
KEF LS50. I own Magico speakers and the LS50 monitors blew me away when I heard them...left the audio store with a pair. Lots of flagship technology built into this speaker. Only ported speakers I have heard that don't have the chuffing and bloat ... 
Magico S5 vs Tannoy Westminster Royal SE
Listening to my S5s driven by Constellation Centaur stereo amp, I am in heaven. 
World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above?
Listening to 450S thru ARC Ref40 preamp restored my faith in what the 450S is capable of to the point I am now going to figure out how to get better A\C in the listening room. Even thru the Hegel P30 i got a fuller taste of the 450S. some reason t... 
World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above?
Agisthos,Yes huge fan of Hegel...wanting to try H30 which could be a great summer amp. Hegel is punching so much higher above it's weight class. Refreshing to see a brand that makes a $7,500 preamp that competes with $20,000 preamps. I'm sure the ...