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by Maz65
Sun Feb 07, 2016 12:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Amplification
Replies: 88
Views: 7720

Re: Amplification

Max, I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts!! No doubts :) ...following some personal considerations... Imho we should start from the facts, and the facts are the measures. Next we can go for the second step, i.e. everybody personal taste in music presentation. Keeping in mind IF you want to push the speak...
by Maz65
Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Amplification
Replies: 88
Views: 7720

Re: Amplification

Thanks all. Somewhere in my head I'd written off solid state amps as "not for me", but as so often happens I'm once again being proved wrong. I'm conscious though that this is the first "other" amp I've used with the new speakers, so I don't want to do anything too hasty. Still,...
by Maz65
Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Worthwhile links
Replies: 103
Views: 68681

Re: Worthwhile links

https://www.hifidiprinzio.it/en/

biggest italian physical hifi store, ships overseas
great sale clearance on new and used equipment until february 10th, 2016 for example ;-) , not safe for your wallet...
by Maz65
Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:30 am
Forum: General
Topic: This is THE great day :-)
Replies: 12
Views: 1537

Re: This is THE great day :-)

@Diapason yes it was a horrible period, impossible to find a good speaker position and full of doubts about amplifiers (especially after the poor experience I had with Magicos S3 in the same setup), and thinking insanely to buy back the SF Elipsas (the "Dulicchio" shop behind my house has ...
by Maz65
Sun Jan 17, 2016 10:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: This is THE great day :-)
Replies: 12
Views: 1537

Re: This is THE great day :-)

It's time to post some listening impressions... The comparison between my old speakers, Sonus Faber Elipsa Red, is hard to describe because for some aspects, starting from build phylosophy, these are in the opposite side. Two ways for obtaining great music at the end. Visual Impact. The Sophias look...
by Maz65
Sun Jan 17, 2016 6:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Help with Headphone Amps?
Replies: 16
Views: 1638

Re: Help with Headphone Amps?

Hi Derek, I owned the Marantz HD-DAC1 while waiting for my MSB, and I have to say all the best for this equipment, but only as a DAC connected to the fixed output, great price/quality ratio imho in musicality it beats the equivalent Teac or similar price range, and something different regard the &qu...
by Maz65
Sun Dec 27, 2015 9:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Happy Christmas
Replies: 8
Views: 871

Re: Happy Christmas

A very -late- Merry Christmas to all of you guys !
by Maz65
Wed Dec 16, 2015 9:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: This is THE great day :-)
Replies: 12
Views: 1537

Re: This is THE great day :-)

First of all, thanks everybody, I'm not died after listening Sophias ah ah : these are only the busy days before Christmas ;)
But I'm writing a post about my first impressions...
by Maz65
Sat Dec 12, 2015 6:31 pm
Forum: General
Topic: This is THE great day :-)
Replies: 12
Views: 1537

This is THE great day :-)

I wish to enjoy with you my next speakers after Simon's Elipsas :-) They arrived today..
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by Maz65
Fri Dec 11, 2015 11:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: Does anyone own Sonus Faber Elipsas?
Replies: 177
Views: 15694

Re: Does anyone own Sonus Faber Elipsas?

Both Sonus Faber and McInstosh are owned by the same parent company - Finer Sounds Yes, and I want to point out that in the same parent company there is also Audio Research that imho is not the best in absolute therms but is far better than Mc when coupling with Sonus Faber. But, because here the A...