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| New monoblocs for Maxx II, which ones I do not have the Maxx II's but have heard them at a local dealer being driven by VTL S-400 tube amps and the sound was terrific. I have Watt Puppy 7's and previously owned a pair of Sophias. Since there is what I would term a Wilson "house sound"... | |
| Best sounding LP nobody else has ever heard of... If you are looking for good pop recordings and good music, try Marty Jones Used Guitars and Any Kind of Lie. Both of these are on A&M Records, which almost always have good sonics, unlike most other pop recordings. | |
| Born to Run: Why the Poor Sound Quality? I am not sure I am buying the claim that Springsteen wanted the album to sound gritty or whatever. My take is that, like most of the pop records of that era, record companies were encountering greatly increasing costs due to the artists' fighting ... | |
| Sub Choice I had a REL Storm III and now have a JL Audio F113, so they are close to the B3 and F112. I use my sub to augment Wilson WP7's, so I only run them up to 30 Hz, mainly to pressurize the room. That being said, the F113 is much more powerful and has ... | |
| HIGH output MC verses High MC??? There recently was a thread on the same subject. Everything else being the same, a low output MC cartridge will resolve more detail because the lower-mass coil is mounted to the cantilever rather than the higher mass magnet. Since there is less ma... | |
| Which Solid State Amplifier is Making you Happy? Guidocorona, their names shall ever be anonymous. What difference does it make? Let us just say they are some of the biggest names in audio. Just use your imagination. | |
| What equipment or event thrust you into the hobby? I would attribute my audiophile sickness to at least 2 events I can remember. First, when I had just graduated from high school I visited the apartment of a co-worker who had a Lafayette radio receiver and some Epicure speakers. They were of cours... | |
| Best place to demo small room setup in LA/SD metro Yep, I would second the Brooks Berdan recommendation. I heard a relatively inexpensive VTL amp driving some Wilson Sophias in a relatively small room there and the sound was mesmerizing. | |
| How are VTL's power amp ? I heard a VTL ST-150 driving a pair of Wilson Sophias at my dealer's and the sound was fabulous. I could hear pinpoint imaging of instruments, even separation of a bass guitar and bass drum on the direct-to-disc LP that was playing. I also heard s... | |
| Which Solid State Amplifier is Making you Happy? Essence Emerald Amps, both an Essence II Stereo and Emerald III Reference Monoblocks. I have heard dozens of amps in my system and once I heard these I stopped looking for the Holy Grail of amps. I sold every other SS and tube amp I had. | |
| Channel Imbalance...HELP Have you tried using a Radio Shack or other SPL meter to measure the sound out of one speaker or the other? Do you have a mono switch to see if the sound comes from the center of the space between your speakers? Sometimes with analog I get the sou... | |
| Trouble with my Rel Storm III I thought my Storm III amplifier was going bad and talked to Immedia, the REL importer, who were going to send a box and instructions for returning the amplifier. It turned out to be something else, but I would recommend talking to Immedia and see... | |
| A More Forward Sound Stage/ Cables the answer? It has been my experience that electronic components affect sonics much more than cables. Cables do have some effect, but if you are looking for a significant change in a more forward and immediate soundstage, I would look to component(s) changes.... | |
| Good SS Designers and their lesser known designs Dale Pitcher, formerly of Essence and now of Intuitive Design. The first time I heard Essence SS amps I immediately sold all my tube and other SS amps and quit looking for the holy grail of audio. His carbon nanotube cables were recently reviewed ... | |
| Review: Mosaic Chimera Speaker cable I am aiming to attend RMAF, hopefully, if business doesn't get in the way. It sounds like a good place to hear a lot of equipment without the crowds of The Home Entertainment and CES. |