garyagostini

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Ryan 610,Sonus Faber Veneer 2.0 & Fritz Carbon
jafant Im using some home made silver interconnects Ive had for a while and 9 gauge speaker cabling which Ive had good luck with. made by Rouge (not rogue audio) basically carne wire in a nice jacket. 
Killer Floor Standing Speakers under $4000 for Rock?
I had the 14s2 which has 10 less watts but pretty much the same and It was at its best when played high, very distortion free at all levels but if you find a speaker with less efficient drivers and it doesn't give you that bass slam, use it as a p... 
Gravitas NB 1 monitors
Thats APL Gravitas NB-1 from Bulgaria 
Comparing new Nova300 vs Marantz PM14S3
The nova 125 sounded good but I didn't care to listen to it for longer periods. I owned the 15s2 also It was a very quiet & clean sounding amp with huge power reserves,the capacitors are quite large in this amp and it performed best when you p... 
Paint for Merlin Vsm Mme speakers
Mainaly information about my speakers and tube amps. But he will be stocking some paint soon and I can get the info on the paint then. Also the paint can be pricey. 
Paint for Merlin Vsm Mme speakers
Thanks for the info Rich was very helpful. 
Speaker cables for paradigm studios
I haven't tried the headphones on the cronus magnum yet but the phono stage is excellent I preferred it over the mcintosh c-34 and the marantz reference which I had. The phono stage is upgraded in the magnum 2 so it should be even nicer. 
Speaker cables for paradigm studios
Im using rogue audio 9 gauge bi-wires  to connect my paradigms v2s to my rouge cronus magnumn with good success. Paradigms seem to like heavy gauge wire in my experience with all the paradigms I had.  The rogue audio speaker cables are are a diffe... 
I'm ready to pull the trigger on some new speakers.looking for some last minute advice
Which ever speaker you choose make sure you have a good return policy in place. Speakers tend to sound different at home then compared to the store. Sometimes better sometimes horrible. Another post mentioned the Ryans ,That will probably be my ne... 
Paradigm Reference Studio 100v2. anybody listening?
Thanks,  I used rogue audio 9 gauge cables I bought from eBay. Its actually a Bi wire cable with the separate wires totaling 9 and I put them both on the same post. But 10 gauge normal speaker wire works fine. For me there is noticeable difference... 
Paradigm Reference Studio 100v2. anybody listening?
Ive had a few different paradigm speakers they all seem to benefit from heavier gauge wire .I use 9 awg It seems to sound a little cleaner and deeper. Im looking into a pair of 100 v-1s. Do you know of any minor or major differences between the  1... 
best bookshelf speakers for < $2000?
I had the studio 10 V5s.  To bright and no bass extension. I ended up with the Ascend Sierra 1s. Terrific detailed highs with no fatiguing like the studios 10s. The bass extends low and is clean and deep. NO SUB NEEDED AT ALL.  The looks and build... 
New reference Marantz compared to McIntosh
I had the marantz pm 15s2 integrated amp(very nice) Then I picked up a mc2100 hooked it up to the marantz and used the marantz as a pre amp.(nicer) Then I picked up a c-34 and replaced the marantz.(much nicer)  The marantz sounded cleaner at highe...