I throughly enjoyed reading, last night, a Great piece by Laurence Borden in the March 2005 Issue of Stereophile - "Truth vs Beauty"

He was comparing a belt drive CD transport vs a conventional CD transport. He also spoke about a comparision between Wilson & Sonus Faber speakers.

Similar analogies could be drawn in Solid State vs Tubes... etc.

I recall more than 30 years ago, I heard the B&W 801 AND the KEF 105 ( both in their 1st avtaars ). At that time these were Both Statement speakers, amongst the best that the market had to offer.

Aloha,

Just saw the update about the hi-fi portion of CES moving from the Alexis Park to the Venetian.

Gotta say, the rooms at the Venetian (see the main page update pic) are great for a hi-fi party.

The lower part of the room can be sound, the upper, business.

The building is solid and the floors and walls are first rate. (I've stayed there... ...)

From Geoff Dyer's "But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz":

"If you love jazz you have to love Ben. You could like jazz and not like Ornette, maybe not like Duke even, but it's impossible to love jazz and not love Ben."

I really think this is true.

I want to biamp my speakers. My pre-amp only has one pair of line output terminals. Can I just use a simple Y-splitter cable to split the signal between the two amps, or will that degrade the signal?

I am on a tight budget buying a house etc. My wife "loves" the look of the Dynaudio Contours S3.4s, and I love the sound. However,that in itself will eat up a majority of my two channel audio budget (listening room 15ft w 12ft d 9ft h). I need descent amplification to last me a year or so until I upgrade.

My choices:
1. I have an old Adcom 5400II amp. What used preamp from Audiogon should I match with it? Or should I chunk it for better sound?