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| The best speaker you ever heard? Coming up to 14 odd years since it's first appearance and triggering a buzzillion posts since, isn't it time to lock down this old and tired thread ? | |
| solid state integrateds that will hold their value (1) As amply highlighted in the prior posts, the inescapable cold hard facts are that a 50% (+ or -) depreciation hit kicks in shortly after you bring that baby home..... Regardless of the brand. (2) The inescapable depreciation hit can be more. "... | |
| SACD... can you hear the difference? IMO a better comparison is to match up a quality XRCD against the SACD XRCD is the uncompressed hi-Rez "normal CD pressing" without the max 16/44 format first introduced for airplay.E.g. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms discs are issues in both SAC... | |
| Cables for the new pad REGA has white top quality OCC copper perfectly flat speaker cable that is ideal for flat runs under carpets or against baseboards. REGA FSC QUATTRO PROGoogle Ebay and Ebay UK ... Lots forcsale in both long run terminated Pairs and also U Pick 'em... | |
| Getting great stereo sound from multi channel sys. I bought the Audio Refinement Multi 3 three channel power amp and a matched Multi 2 two channel power amp (both used) to go with my Rega Osiris integrated amp (primary for 2 channel audio) . The Rega integrated has a full signal bypass for hookup ... | |
| Getting great stereo sound from multi channel sys. ZD542 nailed it.... Option 1 is strongly preferred if possible. The others are compromises. There isn't any multi-channel AVR ( or any receiver per se ....) out there that can match the 2 channel audio performance of hi-end quality build separates. | |
| How to Bi-wire speakers when using a subwoofer "....Depending on your gear, there may be another way to connect your sub that would actually offer benefits to your system..."OPTION-- Longer length RCA interconnects direct from your preamp outs plugged into your RCA inputs on your subwoofer.Tha... | |
| Inexpensive pair of bookshelf speakers. REGA R1 / RS1 ( used) will fit your budgetGoogle the reviews ...better still, go audition them.highly receomended | |
| Best subs for music under 1000$ Vandersteen 2WQ subwoofer (used). 3 driver, 300 watt subwooferGoogle the reviews, highly recommended. Sample extract from Audioreview"....This subwoofer is most notable for its ability to blend seamlessly with the main speakers....The addition of ... | |
| Best 3 channel amplifiers under $750? Audio Refinement Multi 3 .... Used125 watts X 3 @ 8 ohmsYBA designed, YBA parts, that is built like a tank with YBA superior performance that (used) will comfortably fit under your budget constraints.This was a >$2K amp new.Highly recommended..... | |
| JVC XRCD 24 from Hong Kong I've bought numerous XRCDs from Hong Kong with no issues nor complaints, mostly on EBay. | |
| Need to Downsize: Small Speaker Recommendation what is your speaker budget? Prefer new, used, or don't care?approx. room size in your new digs?cables remain the same also? if so, please identify. | |
| classical music source tough choicewhat I did: bought a REGA ISIS valve cdp that also has a direct USB input with handset full features that controls your hi-res file downloads stored on an external hard drive that get decoded through its hi-end internal DAC= best of bo... | |
| floor-stander speaker for "classical" +3 for either the Rega RS1 bookshelf models or RS3 floorstanders.Given the small room size, you may be great with just the bookshelves.I had the Totem Arros in a prior B system They can sound fine but only with a different amp with more "grunt".Ad... | |
| Outdoor Speakers As an FYI, I was introduced to a radical alternative to the usual outdoor speaker "wired-in" approach at an audio show.Check out the LIBRATONE website and their wireless speaker products available. The sound quality was surprisingly good, and beca... |