Recent content by isapell

As far as Chomsky is concerned, this guy is defintiely worth a listen. Some of the comments below the video are worth reading too.

Indeed, and especially in the case of Nemtsov, it was so close, as Jeltzin is said to have wanted him as his successor, but finally went for Putin because the Russian economy was struggling with low oil and gas prices at the time and he felt Putin would be better able to deal with a crisis...

This is a subject that was recently broached in a very good Austrian talkshow, as one or two of the experts thought it made good sense in view of the parlous state of drastically underfunded Austrian armed forces. However the general opinion seemed to be that Austria would be mad to give up the...

Interesting that you should say this, as I kind of thought the same to begin with because it is so revealing, but I find I am enjoying it more and more. Listening through the X16 is certainly the complete opposite of the vinyl experience IMHO. You don't happen to have heard the X26?

Only semi on topic, but as you appear to swap DACs more than just about anyone else on here(?!), I thought I should perhaps follow your recommendation and try the Chinese-made Gustard X16 and have found it to be a truly remarkable piece of kit - thank you! Crisp, clean and musical beyond what I...

Thanks for your comments - that's really helpful. As my 63s are late models, I am assuming from them that I was fortunate that they presumably only have a 2 pin IEC and that if they had had a 3 pin IEC connector, they would have blown up? It's also good to know that there is no possibility of...

I have recently bought a pair of immaculate Quad ESL-63s to complement my Yamaha A-S3000 amplifier and have been extremely pleased with the results. However, I recently came upon the following quote of a comment by the Australian reviewer Greg Borrowman on using electrostatics with the A-S3000...

Personally I would do the car drive and handle them myself, plus looking and maybe listening before paying.. Having driven down to Bavaria from Berlin to fetch a pair of speakers a couple of weeks ago (ca. 350km each way), I would second this. The roads were so clear that driving was a...

Very interesting, thanks! Looks like I’m going to have to find a way to give them a listen!

I am very interested in your views on the SBLs and the differences to the ATCs, as I have just reinstated mine with a view to selling them after 10 years in storage but, to my surprise, am finding them rather addictive. I am now using a Yamaha AS3000 amplifier and discovering that they sound...

I added a Teddy DAC to my Bluesound and am delighted with the results. There's certainly no question that it improved on the internal DAC. They go for around 500 second hand.

FWIW I have owned the Accuphase 406V and now have the Yamaha A S3000 and consider them both to be excellent. On balance, at least to these ears, the sound of the Yamaha is more detailed and generally engaging though, possibly because of its use of Mosfet transistors? The other thing I always...

Thanks for the tip! I'd never even heard of the Topping. It seems to be remarkably good value.

Are TeddyDACs still in production? They seem to all be out of stock at the moment, although the USB option is still available as a separate unit.

I saw that you were selling that and wished you lived a bit closer to Berlin!