DEEP SPACE....experience the music!Very nice.Nver heard of Kora before. Nice looking stuff.... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveI suspect the upsampling done in the DCS with its Ring DAC architecture produces significantly different results than most oversampling DACs.Upsampling is neither categorically good or bad ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Happiness is a warm glowLove the Quads!Very nice! posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
My humble apartment systemDefinitely look for a pair of solidly constructed stands.It should help the speakers deliver the sound quality that they are capable of.Until then, maybe try moving the speakers so ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
The insanity ends...?Glad to hear it! posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
The insanity ends...?Keep us posted!I heard mbl 111s set up quite optimally at United Home Audio in the DC metro area. The configuration applied there was similar to what Gallant Diva describes and what I have ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
The insanity ends...?Have you heard those mbl's set up well in a larger room with sgnificant open space behind and to the sides? It sounds nothing like most stereo systems using conventional design speakers placed near... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHmm, I think what he was indicating is that the Trios are not designed to work optimally with tube amps, including his, due to the impedance variation at various frequencies. The result would be le... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveChad,Ralph Karsten (Atmasphere) pointed out on the big horn thread going that Trios are designed to work best with SS amps in that the crossover implementation results in significant impeda... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's Systemno doubt large format tape produced with modern sota technoogy is the bomb for home audio sound quality. posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveChad,I would suspect that highly efficient speakers like yours would result in different amps sounding more different than they might sound otherwise. That's because I expect high sensitivi... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueFred,Unfortunately I have no clue regarding what makes one power cord better than another. I understand the concept of power conditioning and the need to be able to deliver clean po... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly Analogue" It's more important to get something really good and making it the best it can be than continually swapping brands and not doing the homework."Words of wisdom! posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveChad,I've come more and more to realize that there is no "best" anything in audio. Different pieces work best in different scenarios. An amp that sounds best with hard to drive Ap... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveChad,It doesn't surprise me that watts, current and damping factor are not the key ingredients to make the best soup with the Avantgardes. I found it encouraging thought that the Bel Cantos... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
TAD Atma-sphere TTWeights SoundsmithNice new room and nice photography to show it all off properly! There is something to be said for allocating "room to breathe" into a hifi setup! posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Timbre and articulationA larger room would be my next preferred tweak as well! It's not happening too soon though probably. posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Timbre and articulationThat's a very nice setup! posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveI like the halcro design from what I have read. It seems to have a unique approach to isolation of components which is something I can imagine squeezing extra performance out of an otherwise good a... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
My Walsh DreamTojelbo,That's a nice sounding setup. Could you post pictures of your system here sometime? I think a lot of people would like to see that! posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
My Walsh DreamDale,I see your system made the "Featured Virtual Systems" page here on A'gon in record time! Congrats on that! You are in good company there! posted almost 15 years ago | View comment | |
Wilson, Audio Research, Classe AyreI'm glad to see ARC coming out with new Class D amp products. ARCs grounding in tube gear seems to translate to their SS amps being designed to work particularly well with tube pre-amps from what I... posted almost 15 years ago | View comment | |
My Walsh Dream"a Bill LeGall tweaked pr. of 3XO"s"Tweaked how?Just curious. posted almost 15 years ago | View comment | |
My Walsh DreamHi Dale.Thanks so much for posting your system. Very cool! posted almost 15 years ago | View comment | |
Little Slice of HeavenRebbe,I know your busy guy, but when you get a chance, how about new pictures showing your new acquisitions?I ran into some technical issues with sending the recordings I had mentio... posted almost 15 years ago | View comment |