Tube Lovers,
Please take note of the above equipment used by Mr. Coleman. The amp he is referring to is a Cary Integrated. I convinced Don at one point to try bi-ampping with a SS amp on the woofer section. He did and experimented with a NAD amp only to report that it made no worthwhile improvement - so he took the NAD back to the store.
Well, I had a hard time believing this. It turned out that I had an opportunity to go to his house in Hollywood last summer to hear for myself, as I was in LA for the debut of the NuForce S-9 at the LA Audio Society meeting. Don was kind enough to invite me to spend the night at his home before flying back the next day.
We listened most of the night and to my surprise, I had to agree. He didn't need another watt as the bass was tight, the signal was clean and detailed and he had all the volume he could use. This was all the more of a surprise to me as the room was a fairly large area in his walk-out basement. I guess that goes to show how much I know.
As a side note - and not that it's relevent to anything - but boy was that a nice evening. Don's wife is quite the gardener and their lawn was like a small section of a Disneyworld garden. Big banana trees and lush foliage all with perfect accent lighting. Then I spent some time on his rooftop patio, looking out at all the beautiful hillside homes all lit up. Man, I found out that night how "the other half" lives...and I sure could get use to that real fast!
-Bob
