adamg
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| Esoteric X-05 or Wadia 860 Elberoth, absolutely agree - the ARC has a reputation as being a romantic sounding unit with the Esoteric being very accurate and detailed. Either way, both are excellent sounding players and each would provide sonic improvement over my current fr... | |
| Esoteric X-05 or Wadia 860 Thanks for the very informative replies thus far. Based on what I've seen here, the 860 really isn't a good solution due to the fact that the drive is discontinued, and that a superior model (581) was bested by the X-05. Another possibility is the... | |
| Musical full-range in the $3-4K range used? The Dynaudio Contour series (3.4 would be under your budget used) are excellent all-around musical speakers. In a properly set-up room, they will sound very rich and full with excellent frequency extension. After owning B&W speakers for severa... | |
| B+W DM603 S2 I had the DM603 S2 many years ago (my first and by by far most exciting hi-fi purchase). I found that a polite sounding amplifier such as Arcam will suit the somewhat bright aluminum dome tweeters. I used a Bryston 3B-ST which provided excellent d... | |
| Better speakers than Von Schweiker VR4jr under 3k Dynaudio Contour S3.4 | |
| BAT VK-5i preamp with Mcintosh amp I use a BAT VK-31SE with a MC402 with pleasing result. | |
| Personal Preamp Evolution. 1) Pre-amp stage of an Arcam Alpha 7R integrated 2) Musical Fidelity A308 3) BAT VK-31SE-looking at that list, those are 2 very large steps | |
| How to break in Shunyata Hydra 6 ? I didn't enjoy the sound of my system with the Hydra 6 prior to break-in. Requires at least 100 hours (as stated above) but it seemed like more according to my memory. Great product once broken in. | |
| McIntosh MC352 or MC402? I own and love the MC402s and could see myself keeping them for 10 years. Having said that, I'm suprised to see someone preferring them to the MC501s. I would assume that the mono's would have a number of sonic advantages. | |
| What is the best band ever? Velvet Undergound | |
| Dynaudio or B&W I found the Dyns to be more tolerable with bright, poorly recorded material than the B&Ws. Although the esotar and esotec soft dome tweeter is very revealing, it has a much more natural sound that the B&Ws metal dome tweeter. | |
| Dynaudio or B&W I recently owned a pair of B&W CDM 9 NTs (the predecessor of the 703s) and just purchased a pair of Dynaudio Contour S 3.4s. I should point out at that I have always been fairly displeased with the very lively metal dome tweeter in the CDM ser... | |
| Speakers: $3,000-$4,000 on Audiogon Thanks again for the helpful replies. Based partly on the information from this thread, I'm going to have a pair of Dyns this weekend. I was intending on waiting until December to purchase the new speakers but I decided to click on the "Wanted To ... | |
| Using bi-wire cables on non-biwirable speakers It seems as though I really should just purchase an inexpensive pair of speaker cables to hold me over until a proper replacement becomes available. | |
| Using bi-wire cables on non-biwirable speakers Thanks Jallen. Just to clarify - both banana's in the binding post? Is this possible? |