Linda Ronstadt!

Good topic. Hmmm, let me see...

Wilson Duette loudspeaker
Totem Arro loudspeaker (boy, this one would be a reviewer's and editor's nightmare)
Marantz 8001 and 5001 disc players
Cambridge Audio's Azur line
Jolida's 1501 integrated
Rogue's Cronus integrated (Stereophile staff should be flogged repeatedly for not reviewing this amp)
Qinpu's amps
Chord Carnival wire

Well, that's a start off the top of my head.

VanAlstine Stuff, UltraHybrid EC pre amp, Ultra DAC, Ultra Phase inverter, OmegaStar EX in Hafler chassis,
Legacy HELIX speaker
Marantz PMD570 CF recorder

The stock and Underwood HiFi modded Jolida JD 100 cd player and the new Jolida JD 1000 100 watt/ch EL34 based amp. With the new front glass it looks remarkable...for those of us will not ever own Mac gear.

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VanAlstine Stuff, UltraHybrid EC pre amp, Ultra DAC, Ultra Phase inverter, OmegaStar EX in Hafler chassis,
Legacy HELIX speaker
Marantz PMD570 CF recorder

Hmmm, you want a review so you can see how they actually sound?

Hey, if it's validation ya need, then, great.

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I'll just go with "more gear," and leave the details to them.

Well assuming what the world really needs is another review of a $20,000+ speaker system ... which seems entirely reasonable to me! ... these babies are something special:

JAS Audio Plato-Reference loudspeakers

That's the actualy system I've been fortunate to have heard them in a number of time powered by the pictured MacIntosh 501 monoblocks; oh, I have also once heard them insulted by that horrid Bryston 4BSST (also shown) but I'm not holding that against the speakers!

Actually there are a few equipment i wonder why Stereophile did not review,such as Cary Audio 306/200 and Primare pre30.
I believe each one in its price range made quite a stir when they came out.I am not saying they were/are the best but neveretheless,a hi-fi mag should review them.

Roksan Caspian M series Preamp
Roksan Caspian M Series Monobolcks
Audionet ART CD player Ver 2 or G2
PMC Ib1 speakers,
I wonder why Sterophile never reviewd Roksan products

Legacy Helix, ultimate ultimate...$45K+ last check needs 3 amps per side along with it's own built in 750W for the low end Some OmegaStar EX at 1200+ RMS W each 6 of em cooooool, need some more AC lines hooked up

I would like to see a HSU sub reviewed. Perhaps to fill out the lacking recommended components subwoofer section.

Data from some of that Italian electronics that Sam raves about. Pathos and Unision. Would like to buy, but need to see some test data to back up the subjective info.

The sound is in the SPEAKERS not the piece of wire. Only got to see a HELIX, never heard em some years back at Legacy when they where in Pa. They knew the crowd I was in ain't be spending that kind of money, heard everything else though. Legacy had an open house. If I save my bottle caps, one day just maybe Helix time. StereoPhile really should get a pair and do a review, if it's a step up from WHISPER, they have to be incredible beyond incredible. Gettin' better all the time. So ya think I should spend thou$and$ on some wire or save thou$and$ and put it towards $peaker$. Have you seen this month's AQ ad in Absolute Sound, full page back looks like they have developed a new model, should be called HocusPocus...no voltage, just a big cumbersome thing at the end, I'm sure it really sounds better, and it has ARROWS to show the way. I'm sure my systen just ain't resolving enough to discern the difference, I know. How come if I change teh power cord on my computer, it doesn't do anything any better, gee, it has an interchangeable connector, isn't that why they put it on there? Amazing how teh BS has grown up around wire, and how because they put a removable power cord on devices, it is meant to be so you can "upgrade" your power cord, that is NOT the design concept for IEC removable connectors. But since AUDIO seems to morph into nonsense, some marketeers managed to convince people that's why. My printer has a removable cord, should I upgrade? I think they have interchangeable cords on mass produced consumer products to they can supply the required cord to the place it's being sold, after they set jumpers or switches for teh region, so there is no need to have a cord hard wired and make it more difficult to have products meet differet power requiremnts around the world, with so many differetn cord caps types. IEC didn't pertain to teh sound of a power cord, but audio nonsense comes through again. Take a design and adapt it to marketing nonsense. May the MAPINGO Disc be with you. What color Sharpie do i need to fix the laser errors on a Blu-Ray? Where has the green pen engineers gone?

silvertone,

At the risk of sounding a little mean spirited I almost hope for a drought in bottle caps that would prevent DUP from getting his beloved (!!!but never heard!!!) 45k speakers ... it's just the thought of him wiring them up with zip cord gives me the shivers!

Why? 12ga zip cord, works just fine. What should be used? SoundKing, cheap, flexible, never oxidizes, gooood stuff, went crazy and got 2 rolls of 10ga. Taht will be my "tweak"....I'll assume it ain't gonna make no difference.

Going by what the FOCUS and Whispers sound like, they can only be terrific. It's all in the family. go to the LegacyAudio website, see his write up on speaker wires. Under Whisper PDF the instruction manual....proper guage, it's all fine. I met bill d. at a local distributor, cool dude, knows his stuff, learn a lot from a speaker guru. Just like ya learn a lot about other wires from amp/preamp/etc designers and gurus of electronics..AVA, namely. Maybe that's why, AVA has rubbed off on me, I'm educated about reality based designs and foo foo dust items, I can separate the two. I think anyone who purchases $45K speakers may be real personal service...they might even BRING WIRES? biggest problem with my purchasing them.....I'm about $44.K SHORT on the required fee. Even with all the money I save on WIRE. The SPECS are also on the Legacy web page, pretty IMPRESSIVE!!!! Super efficient, capable of incredible SPL's. My kind of speaker. About as gonna be in my house as an Audi RS6 in my driveway, pipe dreams

PipeDreams, even more EXPENSIVE lotsa RIBBONS over $100K...That's why it's called PIPEDREAM

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Why? 12ga zip cord, works just fine. What should be used? SoundKing, cheap, flexible, never oxidizes, gooood stuff, went crazy and got 2 rolls of 10ga. Taht will be my "tweak"....I'll assume it ain't gonna make no difference.

Just make sure that you use the correct polarity. The conductor with the molding strip MUST be on the return side of the connection or the sound will be shit. From your experience which sounds better. Zip cord with the clear insulation or the brown stuff? I think that the clear stuff might leak out more of the higher frequencys in the light range but then on the plus side they have one conductor silver colored and the other copper, a definite plus. If only they made brown zip with silver and copper colored conductors.

RE the Audio Research LS26...FYI:

The Audio Research LS26 is an amazing product; I have been using it since May and I have never heard anything better.

There are certainly products I have NOT heard, but I know that it sounds a LOT better than the LS16 Mark II that it replaced, which was a lot better than the LS2B that IT replaced (which was rated Class A in Stereophile for some time...), and it sounds better than some competitive units that cost over $10K. I also think it sounds exactly the same as the AR Reference 3, and has far better features and flexibility than the Reference 3 (and costs a bit less).

It has made my system sound SO good that I really doubt whether I will ever find a significantly better preamp; I think it is here to stay.

I think that Stereophile should be reviewing more interconnects, speaker cable, power cords, and power conditioners.

Thanks for the review of the Klipsch LaScala speaker. That was the first speaker that I tried to build as a teenager. Nice starter project, yes? No idea of the physical layout, no concept about drivers and crossovers. Next tried to build a Belle Klipsch. Would love to see measurement data from J.A. on the Klipsch.

You mean they won't improve on it, end of the line LS26. What happens when they introduce LS27 or 28? you mean components are not gonna improve? Come on, you know that's not possible. REF 1, REF2, REF 3, REF? FOUR when? And then you know you should be looking into a better AC line cord, with that level of components, certainly the line cord is no good from the factory.

I'd love to see a review of the Marantz SA-8001 & SA-15...a dual review would be ideal.

You also need to review the Modwright SWL 9.0 SE or better yet the soon to be released SWLP 9.0 Signature. Dan has more than 5 dealer so he meets your criteria.

Von Schweikert Speakers. Preferably the VR4sr and the VR4jr.
Would not mind seeing a retrospective of the original VR4.

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Von Schweikert Speakers. Preferably the VR4sr and the VR4jr.

We actually had a pair of VR4SRs in for review last year, but I aborted the review after AvS informed us that the speaker was no longer in production, due to Audax discontinuing its midrange unit.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile