amfibius
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| Power cord for Cary 805AE? Tran, what are you trying to achieve with the power cords? I have found that you get far more benefit from tube rolling than power cords. | |
| Any feed back on McIntosh C2300 va Cary Audio slp0 I have an SLP-05, and I love mine. What do you want to know about it? Only one minor irritation - the remote control is a cheap card remote, and the remote eye is buried too deep in the chassis. This means you have to beam almost dead on before th... | |
| Proac+Cary and Accuphase or Esoteric CD Oferk you are quite right, the major downside of the original Cary CD-306 was the transport. Mine had two annoyances - it would intermittently eat a disc - I had to fish the disc out with some bent wire. The other problem is that the tray sometime... | |
| Proac+Cary and Accuphase or Esoteric CD Oferk, I have the SLP-05 and CAD-211. In my previous system I ran these with the ProAc D38. I can tell you right now that this is a beautiful combination and is sure to make you very happy. I am using a Cary CD-306 SACD player, which IMO is a very... | |
| Playback Designs MPS-5 CD/SACD Player Dave thank you for your feedback. I just realized that you have been posting on AA as well and I have devoured that thread (and Mike Lavigne's thread) with a LOT of interest. For you to say that it equals your TT is high praise indeed. I am intere... | |
| Playback Designs MPS-5 CD/SACD Player Dave, your review has gotten me intrigued. How close do you think this player gets to your turntable? | |
| Best system used for $10,000 for classical music Gonglee if those are your priorities I would suggest you go down the Proac or Dynaudio line. | |
| Headphones vs loudspeakers Headphones are more transparent for a number of reasons. 1. No need to deal with room issues - no reflections, suckouts, etc. 2. No need to solve coherence and phase issues with large multi-driver speakers. 3. No crossover in the way - therefore s... | |
| Oxymoron: High powered tube amps that stay cool No such thing i'm afraid. If you want the tube sound, you could consider a hybrid. | |
| Best system used for $10,000 for classical music Well Gonglee I am not going to come up with a recommendation for equipment, but rather a suggestion you look at the wider picture. Ask yourself what you want to achieve, and then look for the type of system that will achieve it for you. To decide ... | |
| Proac D38, Wilson Sophia II, Avalon Ascendant??? Chetiar it might be because Proac and Wilson sound is quite different :) I have not heard the Sophias, but I have heard a couple of Wilson W/P's. The bass hits you like a fist in the chest, with clean, natural and extended midrange and highs. Proa... | |
| Audiophile systems of awe. I listened to a B&W Nautilus 800 (the snail) system a couple of weeks ago which rewrote my book on hi-fi and forced me to ditch a number of prejudices. First to go was my anti-B&W bias. They have never done anything for me until I heard th... | |
| Proac D38, Wilson Sophia II, Avalon Ascendant??? Chetiar I used to own Proac D38's and I would agree with Zeeshanb's comments. Compared to the smaller Proacs, the D38's are more dynamic and sound less constrained. The lower registers have the most improvement, but how much you get depends on how... | |
| Avantgarde Uno's and duo's Pedrillo, the above two responses have summed it up well. The main problem with Avantgardes is that they do not sound good unless you sit a fair distance away from them - this is because the drivers are spaced so far apart. Sit any closer than 3m ... | |
| Is my room big enough for ProAc D38's Greetings Chetiar, I had to convert all your measurements to meters before I understood how large your room is! I used to have D38's, and my room is slightly bigger than yours (5m x 8m x 2.5m). It worked beautifully in this room, but you need to h... |