dodgealum
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| Compact 7ES-3 I haven't heard the Silverline's but the Harbeth C7 is a true classic and one of the finest speakers ever made. It took me 2 years to find something that retained the beautiful midrange, coherence and musicality of the Harbeth but with more and be... | |
| Dumb Multiroom Question Thanks folks. I'm going to recommend a good quality integrated going through the switching box. I appreciate the info. | |
| Daedalus Rrsclyde: Pop back after you have them broken in and let us know what you think. | |
| Daedalus My experience confirmed what Lou has told you about break in--they just kept getting better over the first 20-30 hours and then at around 100 hours the midrange just opened up right before my ears. My DA-1.1's sounded great right out of the box bu... | |
| Esoteric X-03SE: Balanced or Single-Ended Out? Thanks folks. I ordered up a set of balanced IC's and we will see how they compare with the singled ended version of the same cables (Empirical Design ED-422's). | |
| Vandersteen with? I will probably catch it from the Vandy crowd on this but I'm just not a big fan of their speakers below the Quatro level. The Quatro and the 5A's are nice speakers and a good value for the money--the 5A is one of my favorites. But below that leve... | |
| Need help in search of Living Voice sound Tvad beat me to it--as I was reading your post the Daedalus speakers stuck out like a......perfect choice. FWIW, I've heard every speaker on your list, including the Cremona's, except for the Master Contemporaries and the Volent's. Given your resp... | |
| Daedalus Gotcha! The bookshelf and plant are there for "decorative purposes"--I never really thought of them as having any sonic benefit but I suppose they do help to some degree. Thanks for clarifying and absolutely no offense taken regarding any of your ... | |
| Daedalus Marco:I agree fully with both your observations. My house is modest and there is no extra room that could become a dedicated listening area. Perhaps this is making lemonade out of lemons but I don't think I'd go the dedicated room route even if I ... | |
| Daedalus Tvad: I'll give it my best. In my experience speakers have to do a number of things really well to totally "disappear". First, they have to be tonally correct. At one point I owned a pair of Spendor S-100's. A friend came over on day who had not h... | |
| Rega 300 switch Question Correct--it is the antiskate, which operates magnetically. | |
| High Current Monoblocks Jax--thanks for the link. I get so "glazy" when I read these things. Yikes, maybe I'm not cut out for this hobby! Not to speak for Lou but my impression is that his current (pardon the pun) favorite amp for the Daedalus line is the Modwright, whil... | |
| High Current Monoblocks Thanks everyone. Jax--I have spoken with Lou a number of times about amp matching for my DA-1.1's. As you say, he really likes the new Modwright and he is also a fan of the Clayton's and the Parasound JC-1's. The problem is that none of these amps... | |
| Daedalus I can confirm what Lou is saying here--when I went from the original DA-1's to the new DA-1.1's among the many improvements I noticed was a decided increase in speed, dynamics and openness. Though I had not changed amplifiers (or anything else in ... | |
| Tables That Feature Bearing Friction So I see that there are a number of tables that exploit this design principle in one way or another. Can anyone comment on the issue of bearing noise? Also, most of these tables are large and heavy. I'm using a wall mount shelf and therefore requi... |