Recent content by earlxtr

nopiano When I describe the differences in sound, I'm using relative terms between Bryston and PMC. Also remember that I heard these wired up to two different systems in different rooms so that could also account for some of the differences. Some of the sweetness of the PMC could be from the...

Being in the market to spend silly amounts of money to make someone else rich, I decided to check for some new speakers today. Just for a bit of background. I have been into into somewhat decent audio equipment from my first Meridian amp back in 1982. Recently I have been on an upgrade path and...

erwincHow would you describe the sound difference between the x14 and the Rubicon 2? I'm expecting the Dali to be more lean and not as sweet as the Dyns, a little closer to the ATC sound? Do you prefer your PMC 21 to either of them? What would you purchase if you were starting over?

First let me say that I am a huge dynaudio fan. The x12 gems have gotten better with every upgrade I have made to my system. The combination of Metrum Octave with the Bryston amp (3bSST2) makes the Dyns sound heavenly...but the question I have is, are there other levels of heaven I can get to...

im using the digital inputs on the DAC2 Pre for all my other sources, like tv, Bluray, ps3, computer etc. plus it's 40% ($2000 vs $5000) of the Bryston pre that has the same functionality while delivering similar performance IMO. So a bargin if you ask me:)))))

BENCHMARK DAC2 PRE Today I compared the BENCHMARK DAC2 PRE to the Metrum Octave, This isn't a highly scientific study because I believe if there aren't enough blatant differences to hear a difference then I'll just call it a tie. Both DACs are feed by the Sqeezebox Touch, the Benchmark by...

The latest CD BY Dara McLean arrived in the mail today and I couldn't wait to hear it. Rather then rip it to my normal collection I did something I had not done in a very long time (if ever). I popped it into my LG Blu Ray player for a quick listen. What a disappointment!!! The recording sounded...

Rick, I am still very interested in the new curved ATC SCM 11. My benchmark pre should be here in a week or so then I will be ready for an in home demo of the 11's. With Christmas and most of January on vacation, it may be February before I can demo the them:( Our only ATC dealer here in Canada...

OMG, What a shock!!! Today I auditioned the PMC Twenty 24 speakers in a dealers audio room and had quite an unexpected result. Just to step back for a moment, my system consists of a Metrum Octive DAC, feeding my HK 990 as the preamp (Soon to be Benchmark DAC2 HGC), into a Bryston 3B SST2, and...

Rick, your statement I quoted about the SMC 19 doesn't sound too far off in my opinion, but I have not had the luxury of auditioning too many speakers. I take it you have listened to a lot of speakers? I kind of threw your comment out there to see if I could generate some opposing opinions but I...

Thank you all for your comments!!! Well, I guess the focus 160 are off the list due to the size of my room. To bad because I love the sound of the Dyns. For those that don't like the X12 top end, are you trying to drive them with an arc welder??? ha ha. Dyns are revered for there smooth, rich...

Thank you for your reply's. I read a statement by a seemingly well versed forum member that the ATC SMC 19 are the best sounding speakers he has ever heard regardless of price. If that's true, then that makes my choice easy:))))) Do the rest of you concure with that assessment? Thank you.

I'm so happy with the X12 that I can not imagine a speaker sounding better but that is exactly what I thought before upgrading my HK990 to a Bryston 3B SST2 and was completely wrong. Besides the great sound produced by the Dyns, they never have any glare nor do they irritate my ears, and I want...

I believe you!!! Tube like sound is addictive! just the thought of giving up the HK for a different sound has caused me distress. I own a Mesa Boogie guitar amp that is all tube so I know sweet tube sound:):):) Yes, the HK990 does produce that sweet tube like sound, which is hard to give up...

So the question is whether the Onkyo is a sacrifice??? I read one forum where the user said it sounded fantastic...as good at $10k Preamps he had heard...but I don't believe everything I read :))))