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| Amps and Preamps has standby, but should I turn them completely off? I turn off my preamp and cd player, but leave my mono amps on all the time. The reason is that keeping the amps on causes a small amount of current to go to the speakers and acts as a 'sealing current' to the connections. The mono amps do not run ... | |
| What has your audiophile experience taught you about yourself? It is hard to explain how much enjoyment I have had from this hobby. It has brought me closer to great music and it has been a fifty year journey that lives on. I am thankful to have had the opportunity and means to put together systems that have ... | |
| Your single favorite component Dunlavy speakers (have almost all of them) still remain the standard by which I judge all other contenders. | |
| Has there been any inexpensive item that enhanced your system's sound? There are quite a number of very effective tweaks. Of these, I believe the Schumann resonance devices have made the most dramatic positive improvement. | |
| Upgrade path I have a set of the Dunlavy SC-IVs along with about every other Dunlavy model that was ever made. Yes, going to larger Dunlavys will give you more bass foundation, but (loving clean deep bass as I do) I have still felt compelled to add subwoofers.... | |
| AUdio research ... good price? I've owned a lot of ARC gear through the years and all of it sounded really good. The only fault I could find was in demoing the next generation and making the comparison. I enjoyed my first ARC system as much as any of the later versions which co... | |
| Subwoofer It depends!!!! If the sub is quick/fast, as with the better sealed subs, then yes definitely. If the sub is sluggish, as with many ported subs, then the system can become a 'muddy mess'.Either way, however, it requires some patience and experime... | |
| Wilson Sasha 1 I have experimented through the years with adding high quality subs to systems that already seem to have sufficient bass. In most cases I found that not only does the bass improve, but there seems to be a 'lifting -of-the veil' so to speak in the ... | |
| Who are the most underground high-end companies Enlightened Audio Design (EAD), Dunlavy, SVS just to mention a few. | |
| Have you ever spoken with a designer or audio engineer Bill Johnson, Jeff Rowland, John Dunlavy and even Paul Klipsch; is that enough name dropping?? All with the same passion to bring the live event into your living room, but with very different ideas on how to make it happen. | |
| Best SACD/CD player The Marantz SA11-S3 is a very fine unit and has become my personal reference source. In another system I have a vintage Enlightened Audio Designs (EAD) Ultradisc 2000 which in combination with Jeff Rowland equipment is intoxicatingly beautiful. I ... | |
| Soliciting Upgrade Advice John Dunlavy passed away a few years ago and his company, which he had sold a couple of years before, regrettably went out of business. He left behind, however, a legacy of amazing speaker designs which have held up against the mega-$$$ speakers s... | |
| Soliciting Upgrade Advice The used Dunlavy speakers continue to be the 'greatest bargains in all of high-end audio'. For 5K the SC-V(s) are well within reach which can truly compete with the super-speakers you mentioned. | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Early on I did a 'cable shootout' with some loaner cables and was impressed with Audio Magic. Since then I have worked up through their food chain as great deals became available. Each time I went to a higher level the improvement was unarguably t... | |
| Does anyone else think this It's a big world and audio does not necessarily revolve around the U.S.A.. There will always be a niche for the ultimate in anything. Physics dictate that some aspects of audio reproduction must be of a certain size for it to function properly. I'... |