abecollins
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| Buy a hi-end CD player/transport now? I debated this issue myself last summer and went with a quality redbook-only CD player. I can play all of my existing titles and have thousands more to choose from. And the sound is outstanding! I found that many people who have high-end SACD play... | |
| My first amp purchase My vote goes for a used Classe CA-200 or CA-300 amp but in your price range (used) there are many to choose from. As for amps becoming obsolete in 5 years, don't count on it. Amps haven't changed all that much in the past decade especially compare... | |
| Adcom - A Good Value?? Auctions risky?? For the money, I would seriously consider a used Classe CA-100. You can find this outstanding amp selling typically for around $550 - $700. In fact there are a few up on Audiogon for sale right now. They are available in black or silver. I owned a... | |
| Magnum or Fanfare Tuner. Which Sounds the Best? I'm leaning toward the Fanfare FT-1A for a couple reasons. I listened to the Magnum FT-101A and it sounds very good but I was a bit annoyed by the 100% analog tuning because I channel hop between commercials. I like the fact that the Fanfare has m... | |
| FM antennae recommendations please? This thread is a bit stale but I thought I would toss in my two cents worth. Since multipath seems to be your main problem I don't think a vertical whip style antenna will do much to fix that problem. I could be wrong but it seems to me that you w... | |
| Attention Conrad Johnson Premier 11A owners I'm currently using Thiel CS 1.5s with my Premier 11a and would love to try the new 1.6 or perhaps something a bit larger. The Thiel CS 1.5s mate very well with the Premier 11a but I'm searching for something just a little more robust. I have a fe... | |
| Where do you sit? My purple and black leather sofa.......or on the floor leaning back against the sofa..... or sometimes I sit in a "near field" position right in between the two speakers. It's almost like wearing headphones but there's nothing uncomfortable rubbin... | |
| Where R U????? Littleton Colorado. 15-miles sw of The Mile High City. Home of the Denver Broncos, Colorado Avalanche, The Rockies, and that other team that dribbles. We start at 5000-ft and go up higher from there. The air is thin, my head is light, and golf bal... | |
| AC polarity Whose new electrical codes, I wonder? Sounds kind of silly. Maybe we should change the plumbing code to require that a shower head be placed no higher than 3 feet from the bottom of the tub because of the remote possibility that some fool will get... | |
| Best audio racks Best Audio Racks: Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears? | |
| ARC tubes I bought a set of Sovtek 6922 tubes from ARC two months ago and although they are reasonably decent, my ARC LS16 still doesn't sound as good as I would like. As more experienced tube users have suggested, my next step will be to try some NOS tubes... | |
| Advise on used 1k to 1.5k pre-amp I owned a GFP-750 and it is indeed an outstanding preamp.... But it didn't seem to "separate" the instruments as well as my Audio Research LS16 tube preamp. In comparison, the GFP-750 sounded a little "cluttered" and bright. I know you're not inte... | |
| How are tubes to be purchased in general? I'm not familiar with the biasing process for Rogue amps but some amps have a bias trimpot PER TUBE (CJ) which makes tube matching less critical. My ARC VT100 MKII amp had just one bias trimpot PER FOUR tubes. In this case tube matching is more im... | |
| 200w/ch stereo amps: best 1 for under 2000 used? I've owned the CA-100, CA-200, and still have the CA-300. For the money, build quality, and sound, I think Classe is a class act all the way. CA-200 ~$1500, CA-300 ~$2100. | |
| Which SET amp to buy? Since this thread is starting to lean toward the importance of speaker selection, I'd be curious to know if anyone has tried the larger Soliloquy speakers like the model 5.3 or 6.3? Are these somewhat "colored" and in what way, or are they fairly ... |