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| Which speakers excel at low volume? Anything that resolved low-level detail. Crossover-less speakers help in this regard and poor crossovers and poor passive parts (XO, terminals, wiring, etc) kill this. The result is having to listen at "louder than live" volume to compensate. Grea... | |
| DVD-A vs. SACD No search function? Of course there is. Either click on the "Forums" link on the top of this page, or use this link http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl . Search away!Except for a lack of new classical music records vinyl should trump both SACD... | |
| Amplifier suggestions to drive a pair of NHT 3.3 Classe, based on the fact that User510 at the Analog Dept runs their small integrated with his NHT 2.9s. | |
| Can you have too many tubes? Never. Can you have the wrong tubed equipment? Sure. The wrong synergy? Sure. But too many tubes? Nope. | |
| Best Used $1,200 Table Arm Combo? if you want bass slam, you want a Scout. | |
| Best Cd Player under $100,000 Nah. Still won't beat analog. | |
| How's the quality of the HDCD's from China/Ebay Most of the China sellers work as follows:They set up an auction for a CD or DVD. You buy it. They go down the street and buy it at a store for $2 or less, and mail it to you, pocketing the rest as profit. Yeah, these $2 CDs and DVDs are usually h... | |
| Need Help With a Bright System If you must use these speakers (which are the problem, IMO) trade the gear for lush tube gear, like Cary, or maybe contact Kevin Deal @ Upscale Audio and see what he says. Your speakers are too ruthless in the presence range (guessing 2-6khz). Usi... | |
| What sonic characteristics matter the most? timbres. It has to sound like the instrument that is being reproduced, in a natural sounding, effortless way. That allows me (At least for me) to suspend disbelief. I can forgive everything else if this is done right. This is why I gravitate towar... | |
| Folks with large collections..... Apparently Viridian has not heard the 50khz Soundstream recordings that Telarc did in the late '70s and early '80s! Else he could be qualifying his comment to at least exclude those from the swine. | |
| Listening habits three times a week, 90 mins ea., 60-72dB SPL. I listen to my headphone rig and check the A'gon and AA forums MUCH MORE often than I listen to music on the big rig. | |
| What's your favorite Audiophile label, and why? Telarc. Nice assortment of new classical records and good digital (some also available on LP) recordings from 80s and 90s. I also believe they are a local (to me) Cleveland, OH outfit. The preservation of sound quality evident in the records is nice. | |
| Best Complete HomeTheater USED for $5000.00 I'd say it's so close that is doesn't matter. Once you experience a 92 or 120 inch front projection system a 50 or 60 inch TV suddenly seems as small as a 19 inch. Front projection is such a better HT experience, that even 65 inches isn't enough. ... | |
| Stereophile review- Fisher 500 C Ahh. But I sure the "iron" and build quality of items like this Fisher 500C far surpass what you could get in equivalent gear today for the same bucks. I'd rather have a vintage tube amp than any used SS amp from today - for the same price. Hands ... | |
| Best Complete HomeTheater USED for $5000.00 I would use a DLP front projector under $1.5k, like the Infocus 4805 or Optoma H31. Get a 92" 16:9 DaLite HighPower manual pulldown screen for $200, a panavise ceiling mount for $20 (for the PJ), and forget the Plasma, unless you want to watch "te... |