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| Thoughts on the best "budget" amp/preamp combo? A Naim Nait 5 Integrated (used at about $1000) mated with a pair of good, efficient monitor speakers is worth considering. Leave the money for good speaker cables or good interconnects between CD and amp. | |
| CD Players $1,000 - $1,500 US - any info on Talk? Arcam FMJ CD23T ($1200 used), the Rega Jupiter ($1000 used)or the Jolida 100 ($650 used) should be on your list. The Jolida 100 is noticeably better than the Rega Planet 2000, the Rega Jupiter is slightly better than the Jolida and the Arcam FMJ 2... | |
| AH Tjoeb vs. Reja Planet 2000 vs. YBA ??? Consider the Jolida 100 at about $650 used also. In my A/B test, it was much better than the Rega Planet 2000. Get a pair of good interconnect like the Kimber Hero and you will enjoy the music. | |
| Which Amp will make the802N sing If your 802Ns are new, let it break in with 200 hours of playing music before you do any real auditioning of new pieces at home. Use the XLO CD with the burn-in track to accelerate the process.If your 802Ns are not new, start upgrading a piece at ... | |
| Speakers that sing Used Wilson Watt Puppy 5.1 or 6 or 7 can be bought for under $10K. They are neutral, efficient, dynamic and "accurate", quite a bit better than the B&W Nautilus 803, 802, or 801. | |
| Which amp is best to drive Magneplanar 1.6's? Bryston 7B-ST at about $2600 used. Friend of mine uses it with his MG 1.6 with great success. Clean, rhythmic and articulated bass with tautness. | |
| Good Amp for Spica TC-60 speakers under $1000 The Creek 5350SE integrated sounds very good at a modest price of $900 used. | |
| Magnepan 1.6 and Moscode 600s If this is the Moscode 600 that was first released around 1985, it will NOT handle the MG 1.6s as per my experience. Around 1985, I heard a pair of Apogee Duettas (low impedance and high current demand similar to the MG 1.6s) driven by a Moscode 6... | |
| Which speaker is best for my Krell amp? Pair of used Wilson Watt 3 Puppy 2 will be really great and could be the last speakers you need to buy. They sell used about $4200 in excellent condition. Also, consider the Von Schweikert VR-4 for about $1500 used, which could fit your "best bang... | |
| goodbye to vinyl. . . . grr ------ longish rant Classical music lovers do not have any better luck getting music on vinyl either. Yes, vinyl sounds much better than CD or SACD. I only retain a turntable and a phono stage to listen to the 300 classical records I bought in the early 1980s. Once a... | |
| Speaker Cables for Paradigm ref 100 V2 MIT T2 or MH-750 may highlight the brightness of the speakers too much. Use the Transparent Music Wave Plus speaker cables (about $300 in 12 feet length) that have a fuller bass and midrange, plus more musicality than the MIT. Also, replacing the ... | |
| Recommendations for Balanced Interconnect... Transparent Balanced Music Link Super XL. | |
| Which Speaker cable works best with Levinson gear? Transparent MusicWave Super MM or Ultra MM speaker cables matches Mark Levinson amps quite well. I use a pair of MusicWave Super XL from my ML 331 to a pair of Wilson Watt 3 Puppy 2. | |
| Virtual Dynamics Power Three? Tremendous improvements over stock cable in transparency, noise floor, dynamic contrast, midrange body and detail when the Power 3 is used on my Mark Levinson 331 power amp. One of the best upgrade values I encountered.Order direct from Virtual Dy... | |
| BAT VK-200, Plinius SA100 MK3, or Levinson 27.5? What speakers and source components do you use? You need to match the candidate amp with the efficiency and characteristic of the speakers. For example, I had a pair of Dynaudio Contour 1.8 speakers and the BAT VK-200 was not powerful enough to dr... |