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| DEQX - TACT - QOL - Thoughts on these? I second Paulfolbrecht on DEQX HDP-4 unit as I have one. I tried TACT 2.2 XP which was very limited, no linear power supply, and buggy. Tried Accuphase xover, Marchand XM44, and even designed my own passive xovers. None of these even comes close t... | |
| Amp recommendations for Revel Salon2 I've experimented quite a bit with amplification of Salon 2s nd found that bi-amplification of these speakers to be absolutely essential. The problem is that while you can power the salon 2 with hefty Mark Levinson, Boulder, Krell, Pass Labs or an... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? I own Revel Salon 2 and they beat Dynaudio Evidence Tempation, Kharma Grand Midis, Coincident Total Reference, MBL 111E easily as I owned these speakers as well. Further, I directly compared it to YG Acoustics Anat Ref IIs my friend has(around $15... | |
| Other options than a D2v I second on Cinema 12 processor. I just took delivery of it on 12/9/11 and it blows away Krell HTS 7.1 that I had in both analog and digital sections. It is right up there with McIntosh MX150 and Meridian at less than half price. See my report in ... | |
| Suggestions for new AV Pre-Pro Malon's comments on Marantz beign better than Cary is BS. he does not have high end enough of associated equipment to discern the difference. I have very high end system and using Cary Cinema 12 that i just took delivery of 12/9/11 and it blows aw... | |
| YG Acoustics add in Stereophile I just listened to Anat Reference II Studio speakers at my close friend's home. He is the only dealer in California and he has sold 4 pairs of these this month and he has a pair for himself at his home. He is also part owner of Qsonix.My friend ha... | |
| On good sounding inductors As a matter of fact, there is. Try Mundorf copper, silver or silver/gold foil (air-core) inductors. Silver is quite a bit more expensive and they're available in 10AWG. see: http://www.hificollective.co.uk/components/mundorf_foilcoils.html | |
| Tubeaholics please advise I have such large stash of 6LF6 GE NOS tubes that Roger Modjeski graded and matched for my Counterpoint SA-4 amp. Back in 1988, I found out the tubes were being discontinued so I bought a stash of 250 tubes. | |
| Jungson JA88D anyone? I just purchased Jungson JA88D from fellow Agoner for bedroom system. When I received it, unlike above posts I was amazed at how nice it looks with mirror chrome finish and lighted meters which exudes high quality look. So, out of curiosity I comp... | |
| Sealed Subwoofer Recommendation Well, I ended up with a pair of JL Audio F113 subwoofers after trying all kinds of subwoofers. I am using TACT Audio 2.2XP to cross these subs to the main speakers with time alignment and room correction. I finally got what I'm looking for. A seam... | |
| Anyone else regenerating A/C? I had PS Audio Premiere Power Plant and there are still issues with loading on this power conditioner that causes heat generation and fan kicking in and the fan is loud. I had connected just 5 low power devices cd trasnport, dac, dish receiver, ba... | |
| Sealed Subwoofer Recommendation Wow, I havn't visited my own thread for a while since I've gone skiing vacation. Thanks everyone for the great posts. My friend also pointed out to me that two or stereo subs works much better than a single sub. The current issue of HiFi+ has a gr... | |
| Permanently sealing a vented subwoofer?? A properly designed sealed enclosure or acoustic suspension subwoofer will exhibit superior transient capabilities or known as faster group delay response. There are always trade offs and sealed enclosure type subwoofer requires more robust driver... | |
| Anyone owns the mbl 116? Hey Simonw, I had MBL111E speakers with Kubala Sosna speaker cables running on MBL9007 amplifiers but Tara Labs The One clearly to my ears sounded much better. Kubala Sosna was too laid back and polite where as Tara Labs The One opened up the soun... | |
| Bat VK-600M SE, or halcro dm-88 or MBL 9011 I have not heard BAT VK-600MSE and want to hear them. I have heard Halcro DM-88 compared to VTL Siegfried and thought Halcro sounded dry, analytical and totally unmusical. VTL Siegfried stomped all over Halcro. I own MBL9007 and this is the best s... |