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| the 4 ohm rating I feel the same way you do. I spend my time avoiding inefficiency - especially for speakers. I feel that inefficient speakers cannot reproduce all nuances of music. This has been my experience anyway. | |
| high ac voltage destrucive or not? In circuit design, a 50% voltage rating increase is typical so there is no problem with 128V. If your components get damaged by it, you know never to buy from those companies again.Also, upper-level Fluke meters ARE true RMS (beyond model number 7... | |
| 2nd system dedicated cdp: $500 Build quality a + Audio Refinement is actually YBA's "budget" line although Classe has some really nicely built CD players in their line up too. The CDP-1 is like a tank. | |
| best cdp for playing cdr's My Jolida JD100 plays everything - even the really scratched ones. My Sony C333ES lags way behind it in CD-R reading capability. Arthur | |
| Using 5751's in place of 12AX7's in a Luxman LX-33 From what I understand, the only difference is that the gain is lower for the 5751. However, I didn't notice this when I replaced my 12ax7s with 5751s in my Jolida CD player. Arthur | |
| Only three manufacturers? JM Lab Electra and Utopia lines can be added to the list as well. | |
| Do Kimber KCAG's sound bright???? KCAG + Bryston + Adcom will equal bright sound. I tried a few silver Kimbers and never cared for them in my system either. I have loved my MIT T2 cables most. | |
| Speakers for low power amps? I second the Omega loudspeakers. I had a pair of TS1s and they were really really cool. Super efficient and sound excellent but do realize they have bass limitations. | |
| CD players in $2K range with balanced output I agree with the McIntosh but if you want new only, they will be out of your price range. See if you can find a Classe CDp-10 - there should still be some new ones around although I think it is officially discontinued. Good luck! | |
| Players made in U.S.A.? I compared the Granite 650 and the Jolida JD100 back to back and bought the Jolida. They were rather similar but the Jolida had a more open and detailed sound which I thought gave a nicer presentation. I didn't get to hear the 657.However, the Jol... | |
| What about a product can irritate you? My biggest are too-coarse or too-fine volume controls and tempermental remotes. The sticker on the CD edges also get to me so I echo Edesilva on that one. | |
| Sleeper preamps: $500 new/used I don't care much for the PV10 although I like a lot of other CJ equipment. I think the McIntosh C712 is a much more enjoyable preamp. For about $600, the C712 is flat-out excellent. I did head-to-head comparisons with PV10, ARC LS3b, and Classe C... | |
| compare new McIntosh universal player with DV-50 My McIntosh dealer said that only early 205s and C2200s had problems. Other than that, they never get any back and the sell a lot. I think Dokter Doug simply has bad luck! Hope that changes eventually. | |
| High speed internet via electrical power lines I was waiting to see if there would be a post about this. I think it will make power regulators for our stereos a must. Filtering will become essential if this goes through. We shall see... | |
| what speakers for 4k or less new or used I really like my JM Lab 926s. They are efficient enough to never strain those amps and yet have bass that is about the best quality I have ever heard. They can be picky about associated equipment but, then again, any revealing speaker will be. How... |