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He’s renowned for his polish and nuance, as in his work with The Crusaders, Steely Dan’s best selling album, Aja, and a slew of smooth jazz CDs. A prodigious L.A. studio musician in the 1970s, Larry Carlton’s signature sound graced chart-toppers, including some by Herb Alpert, Quincy Jones...

For what it's worth, I just completed a review of the Lampizator Amber DAC Plus, which pits it against both the Hegel HD-12 DAC and the Abbingdon Music Research AMR DP-777 DAC/Preamp in comparisons and, as you'll read, it does quite well. What's more it only costs about $2,300 (you can purchase...

Happy New Year! The saying, what a difference a year makes is very apt here. My system has changed drastically from a year ago. In doing a makeover of my system, I auditioned the Lampizator Amber DAC, an amazing sounding piece that replaces the Lampizator levels 1, 2 and 3 DACs, wrote a...

With the reQuests sold, I now am the proud owner of a pair of Von Schweikert VR-5 HSE speakers. They have an incredible midrange, but are a little soft on the low end. So, I'm looking at subwoofers to add into my system around Christmas. One possibility is the Martin Logan Grotto. Anyone...

Greetings, DasBierChef, Wow, talk about a blast from the past! I attended Iowa State University from August 1979 to March 1981 studying architecture. My freshman year, I lived in the Towers and sophomore year, I lived in the top floor of Friley Hall. I sometimes hung out with wrestlers...

Hi Dave, WOW!!! That is one beautiful system! Sigh. I just finished installing some hardwood floors, so you know the drill -- money, money, money! One of the benefits, though, is that the sound system is more acoustic and lively sounding with the wood, as opposed to the old carpeting...

Greetings, I go by Escritor Juan on this page, and I live in Lake Zurich, Illinois. I have had a pair of Martin Logan reQuests for the last three years and, before that, a pair of Martin Logan Sequels for several years. An old, but re-capped Mark Levinson ML-9 amplifier does the workhorse...