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| Hansen King V2 / TAD M1 / YG Studio Reference . Heard King V2s in an Esoteric/ARC/BAT system when I bought my much less expensive Kharma's. Made mine sound dark and grainy and they don't seem that way at home! That system wasn't my idea of perfect but I'm sure in a sympathetic system they'd be ... | |
| Audiolab, Rowland integrated - nothing in between? I had an 8000LX and it was a pretty decent budget offering. I loved it for the time I had it and ran it with Mourdant Short and Dynaudio speakers. When it came time to upgrade it was quickly shown up as somewhat gray and limp compared to other mor... | |
| Where will my powercables be used best ? So many companies so many power supply implementations, the first post was spot on. A few years back I tried 3 various price point PCs into a CDP and pre/pwr combo in different combinations. Improving the PC to the pwr amp made little difference, ... | |
| Leben Owners: which speakers do you use? Edoit, I think you might struggle to get the SFs going with the 300 though the 600 might work. I ran a 300x with Grand Piano's for a short time and it really wasn't happening. Pleasant but lacking dynamics. A friend runs a 600 with Elector Amators... | |
| Speltz Anti-Cable VS VH Audio CHeLA spkr Cable Just been through a bit of a cables shake up myself. Been using Anti-cable XLR and speaker cables. A Teo liquid metal cable XLR interconnect re-ignited my interest in cables and does at great expense offer something more. They're slightly more tra... | |
| Solid state amp for Totem Model 1`s Having had experience of One Sig's a few years back and recently run Forests I'd highly recommend a look at the Muse range, Model 200 in my case. It drove the Forests beautifully and now that I'm running much higher end speakers the amp has been s... | |
| Kef 205/2 Do check phase if you can and haven't already, its a very easy error to make and the symptomns are as you describe. Did so myself a couple of weeks back when moving some kit. I switched back on and it all sounded pretty good but where was the bass... | |
| Totem vs Dynaudio I've had Dynaudio standmounts, heard Focus 110 and discussed the 140 with dealers, I also owned Forests. Of them all for me the Forests were the best balanced. The dealers suggested while a good speaker the bass wasn't as well intergrated in the 1... | |
| Tweaks for EMM CDSA SE ... ? Alot of interesting works been done by you guys. My CDSA has been fairly stock standard on a slung isolation stand for a good while. I've recently tried some Teo Liquid cables that have added a good step in the right direction but more in line wit... | |
| Ayon CD2 v The highend Cheers Mcondon thats an interesting result, I'll check out Dagogo. I run an EL CDSA but I'm interested in options with digital inputs and I've heard good things about the Ayon | |
| Musical Fidelity A5CR Pre Amp Upgrade from A3CR I ran an A5 pre pwr sometime back. I compared with Audiolab Q and the difference was night and day much much more transparent. The combination also bettered the A5 int by some margin. Not heard the A3. One thing that was a surprise I found that th... | |
| Avalon Acoustics vs Wilson Audio I haven't heard Wilson and Avalon extensively but one perspective I've noticed hasn't come up a great deal is Musical taste in the thread. I've heard Sashas , Maxx3 and various Avalon's except Eidolon's. At the money you're talking I think their i... | |
| amp for sonus faber concerto domus I ran quite a few amps with Concerto Grand Pianos. Musical Fidelity A5 pre/pwr were good, Chapter pre/pwr were exceptional though reliability and backup poor, Leben 300x not great, Muse Model 200 very good and finally Audio Analogue Verdi Settanta... | |
| Tweaks for EMM CDSA SE ... ? A good mains filter made a significant difference to mine.A friend swears by Acouctic Revive's Grounding Conditioner. I've not heard it yet hope to try one myself shortly. | |
| RevelStudio2 really special or I need to hear more I liked the studio2's when I briefly heard them in an unfamilliar system and room a little while back. Seemed clean, transparent and dynamic. If thats your bag I'd suggest also seaking out a Kharma audition. Other than the smallest they move more ... |