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| Audiolab 8200CDQ Thanks, Donjr. Your very informative posts have me thinking that I should reconsider the CDQ! | |
| Audiolab 8200CDQ I'm interested in your experience with the CDQ, Donjr. I just about went for one, but finally decided against it because the pfm threads suggested that updates were ongoing, which sounded like it might be a hassle. (I didn't like what I heard abou... | |
| Audiolab 8200CDQ There are a series of threads on the CDQ on Pink Fish Media to which John Westlake has contributed. His postings suggest that the CDQ is substantially better than his previous work. | |
| New to computer audio and simple question.... Nope, Squeezebox has only coax and optical outs. | |
| Audiolab 8200CD & CDQ You could check out the Audiolab threads on Pink Fish Media. They go into great detail about the latest developments and revision, and John Westlake contributes. | |
| Smallish floorstander that sounds good placed just Rega R3s or RS3s are often recommended for near-wall placement. I had R1s, which were great. The RS3s have side-firing woofers, which can point either in or out, so they either need nothing between them (for inward-firing placement) or some space ... | |
| Musical cd plyer under 1k I'd second Naim (CD5, CD5i, CD5x) -- with the caveat that they don't do 3-D imaging. Very natural and organic sounding players, though. | |
| Totem Rainmaker vs Dynaudio Excite 12 shelf spks? I had Dynaudio Excite X12s for awhile. They're excellent speakers, very smooth with good bass extension. I finally suspected, though, that they would have done better with more power (despite being easy to drive for Dyns). They never really seemed... | |
| Favorite poorly-recorded albums I was just listening to Todd Rundgren, too. Maybe I'm just drawn to badly recorded albums?Interesting comment about Springsteen. I'm always mystified by big differences in recording quality between an artist's albums. Beck is my prime example. Sea... | |
| Help with new old Snell Type Js Br3098's info is excellent. They're great speakers, and a terrific bargain. Well worth refoaming -- and that's what you want to do; the drivers are matched pairs, and shouldn't need replacing. This website provides useful Snell info: http://www.sn... | |
| Help with options under $1500 I don't have an specific suggestions (other than that I think the Brio is excellent), but checking out the Budget Minded systems posted here might be useful. The most important thing, ime, is to find speakers you like. It's impossible to do that w... | |
| Best integrated for $500? Looking at the current listings in your price range, there are a bunch of nice integrateds for sale, among them: Myryad T-40, Arcam 8r, Rega Brio 3, Linn Majik-I, and (if you need only one input) Virtue TWO.2. (I don't know any of the sellers.) Of... | |
| High end speakers without bi-wiring? Dynaudio. | |
| Naim Nait 5i-2 for Totem Sttaf I haven't heard the combination, but Totem speakers are highly thought of by many on the Naim forum, and the Sttafs are said to be among the easiest Totems to drive. The Nait 5i/5i-2 is a very capable integrated. If you are attracted to the Naim p... | |
| Budget system around 1K A Rega Brio 3 would be a great option. It's a great little amp, and, while I haven't heard the phono stage myself, it's supposed to be excellent. Speakers are a personal choice, of course, but many people swear by all-Rega systems as excellent val... |