adamg
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| Lie you told your wife to buy equipment? I am thinking about upgrading my speaker cables. In order to justify my potential purchase, I told my wife that someone posted a wanted ad for my current speaker cables at $100 more than I paid for them. Can't turn it down. | |
| Kimber Monocle XL I will definitely look into the KS 3033 and the AQ Volcano. However, neither seem to come up too often on Audiogon. | |
| Sonus Faber Grand Piano Home to Dynaudio S3.4? I myself am looking to buy the Countours when the opportunity presents itself. They seem to be an incredible speaker for $3k used. | |
| Pass, Mac, or Anthem I have the 402 driving a pair of B&W CDM 9 NTs. I rarely require more than an indicated 40w on the meters to get high SPLs. Very seductive sounding amplifier. | |
| GIK Acoustic Treatments I decided to take the plunge and have my room completely treated with GIK products. 4 Tri-traps for the corners, 2 244 bass traps for the rear walls, and 3 242 acoustic panels for the ceiling and first reflection points. I ordered all of them with... | |
| Mcintosh or Classe Wireless, I bought the BAT since I wanted to introduce tubes into my system prior to owning the Mac Power amp. Ideally, I would prefer to have a Mac pre (ideally the one you own) to match with the 402, but I'm thinking a more pressing need would b... | |
| Mcintosh or Classe Fruff, you will be very happy with the MC402. It is the only component in my system which I intend to keep for several years. | |
| Speakers: $3,000-$4,000 on Audiogon Thanks for all the replies thus far. I included the Magnepans to add some diversity to my list but its very unlikely that I will go down that route due to the difficulty with placement and the risk of purchasing a type of speaker that I'm complete... | |
| Speakers: $3,000-$4,000 on Audiogon Thanks Jgiacalo. I need to apologize for posting this thread in the amps/pre-amps forum rather than the speakers forum. | |
| Best Power amps in $7000 range I have no experience with the Classe so I can't comment. However, I would be very suprised that anyone wouldn't be very pleased with the MC402. Very musical and engaging. If dynamics are important to you, than Pass may be the more appropriate choi... | |
| Best Power amps in $7000 range I went from an inexpensive, lower powered Bryston (3B-ST) to a moderately expensive, high powered Mac (MC402) so a comparison between the brands is unfair in my experience. Having said that, I did find the Bryston sound to be a little bright and s... | |
| mac 501 output power - hifi news June issue http://stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/804mcintosh/index5.htmlThe McIntosh's maximum output power depended on the output tap chosen and the load, but when the tap was matched to the load, the amplifier easily exceeded its specified 500W at our 1% T... | |
| MC402 vs. MC252 B&W 803S I use the 402 with a pair of B&W CDM 9 NT (a couple models below the 803 but with the same recommneded power) that has a sensitivity rating of 89 db/w. There is no reason why you would be using all 400 watts of the 402 unless you are seated 35... | |
| VK-42 se? BAT for synergy or PASS? I've heard a member had trouble with the gain of a VK-51SE with his pass x160.5. More specifically, setting the gain at 003 resulted in very high SPLs. | |
| Preamp help needed - max $ 2500 The BAT VK-31SE is a highly regarded tubed that can be found used in your range. |