kiwi_1282001
Responses from kiwi_1282001
| Cambridge Audio 840C vs Ayre CX-7e? I owned a Cambridge Audio 840C for a number of years and considered it to be something of a giant killer. In the finish I had to spend 5x more to find a player which was better. I think Zd542 has provided quite a balanced reply above though I woul... | |
| Interconnects that offer a mid-bass lift That sounds to me like an answer thanks Audiolabyrinth. Thanks for helping me navigate to the exit - or perhaps the centre! | |
| Any experience with Esoteric K-05? Thanks for the comments Denon 1. My K-03 demo unit has over 500 hours on the clock. What filter settings are you currently using? 4x oversampling and no filter seems the most open in my system - but I find the presentation tonally cool. Remarkable... | |
| Interconnects that offer a mid-bass lift Stringreenkiwi....you really shouldn't use cables as tone controls... get the proper components. LoL... I have been preaching the same for years - which is how I ended up with Nordost cables. However, there are instances where something (cable or... | |
| Interconnects that offer a mid-bass lift Hi Rrog. My current cables are Nordost Valhalla. These are fast and neutral. However, I am looking at a change in digital source and some of the products I am interested in are quite clinical having super treble extension and bottom end audio freq... | |
| Any experience with Esoteric K-05? Thanks Gordon and Mike. I have also read the commentary on AA including Mikes excellent overview. Looking for expanded input because the AA site seems to be a bit of fan club. Nothing wrong with that - but no product can be perfect for all systems... | |
| Any experience with Esoteric K-05? Thanks for the comment Audiooracle. What player would you suggest? | |
| Any experience with Esoteric K-05? Thanks for the comments Zd542 and Ritmo.I like the look of the Esoteric players - particularly the K-05. The K-01 and K-03 look like they have eaten too many steak pies :-)Still, it is sound quality that counts and I will be auditioning. | |
| Best Sounding CD / SACD player under 15K Hi Milpai,I have heard the Esoteric K-05 but not in my own system - so it is not possible to arrive at any meaningful comparison. From what I heard (at an audio show) the K-05 seemed competent but of course I was listening to it as part of an unfa... | |
| Raidho D1 audition Thanks for the write up Nvp.The listening environment sounds far from ideal, particularly your observations about room size, speaker positioning and the proximity to other loudspeakers. I think it is saying something to come away impressed under s... | |
| Magico V2 vs. Q1 Hi Mariv26,I think you have missed my point, which was I wasn't happy with the Q1 review, either in terms of MC's listening environment or some of the measurements made. I was being a bit sarcastic about the Magico / Raidho comparison. Clearly the... | |
| Magico V2 vs. Q1 Colloms wrote a review on the Raidho C-1.0 sometime back. In that review he also discussed efficiency, noise and frequency response. Suggest you dig that out. | |
| Diamond drivers Dracule1 I think the new diamond mid/bass driver is ground breaking. No one else has done what Raidho has with diamond. But I will hold off on judgement of the sound until I hear the D1. Ground breaking indeed and a complete sonic treat. I have t... | |
| Magico V2 vs. Q1 Colloms Review of the Q1 certainly makes for interesting reading. There seems to be little evidence of acoustic controls (bass traps / absorption / diffusion etc) in Colloms listening room and I can't help but feel this would influence the observa... | |
| Nordost Valhalla Power Cords Interesting Bo1972. I am not saying you are wrong and piano recordings unlike small live events are at the mercy of recording engineers - but we clearly have different realities because having a 9ft concert grand piano fit into the image size of t... |