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| What do you think about this statement Good and bad are opposite sides of the same coin! It comes down to taste and system matching! A Naim system does certain things very well and doesn't do other things. So it depends on what your friend finds pleasing! A Naim system has propulsive b... | |
| Mono blocks are better or Stereo power amp? It all depends on the amp there have been great stereo amplifiers and crappy monos and vice versa. In theory a mono block will be better but it is not necessarily so!As per Audio Feil's comment quite frankly my Hurricane's outperformed a $11,000.0... | |
| Stereophile - MF Supercharger article-add 550W/ch. You guys didn't get the point this is a marketing scam! You are trading transparency for power. Putting one amplifier in series with another is not a great idea, hence even Carver stopped with it.If you want the control of solid state with the mus... | |
| Stereophile - MF Supercharger article-add 550W/ch. What they are doing is an old Carver trick. If you remember the original Carver Cube amplifier ads they were selling a connection box which you connected your speaker cables to and then it converted the output into a low voltage connection bridge ... | |
| Is my Esoteric DV-50S a keeper? Sorry to be the vote of no confidence, but I have never been in love with the DV 50, superb build quality but way too sterile for my ears. The Esoteric's are way too hifi sounding. Not enough musical ebb and flow for me.Personally I would look at ... | |
| Looking for a dealer ... Greg7 your request is a scary one. As TKP has stated the idea of getting demos for nothing and then presumably buying on the gon for less is what it sounds like you are trying to do.It costs a fortune to run a business like this and dealers deserv... | |
| Watt/Puppies with SET or push-pull??? Most set amps would not give you the drive or sheer amounts of power that will show off the WP capabilities. The WP will work great with push pull amplifiers, and I used to sell the package that Tpsonic mentioned and it was really good. However th... | |
| B&W 802D's w/Krell??? The B&W Krell match is good, dynamic with strong bass punch. The only thing to look out for is the Krell stuff is a tad lean sounding. Cable matching is important. | |
| New Processor - HDMI Switching??? There is no video processing in the Arcam, only upconversion to HDMI, the signal passes through that is all. The video circuitry in the Arcam is quite good so you need not worry about any degradation.I have found the Audioquest line of HDMI cables... | |
| Not Another NuForce thread...... yes you can easily upgrade the 9 to either a 9V2 or the 9SE V2 | |
| What is new with the Memory Player? Raquel, I think your points are well taken. Here is how I would comment on the whole garage based thinking.I would say that that almost all of the smaller companies are one to 10 person operations, and almost all of the larger more established com... | |
| Small Floor Stander or Monitor For Large Room No monitors for a room of that size, even with crossed over to a good sub the blend is difficult.A good imaging floor standing speaker would perform much better and be easy to integrate with a subwoofer for even more low end Great imaging floor st... | |
| New monoblocs for Maxx II, which ones A very unique amplifier you might really like is the Butler Monad which is a 100Watt Hybrid Class A transistor amplifier with a a 300b in the output stage as a coupling device, they are hard to find but are unlike any other amplifier on the planet. | |
| Why no love for Integra's? Much of the Integra stuff is only marginally better than the standard Onkyo gear, which sounds okay.Now Integra does have some good pieces, the BAT designed amp and the higher end pre/pro with Apogee DACs.Now if this is the unit I am thinking of i... | |
| Memory Player vs Dedicated PC-TopUSB Conv and DAC Thanks for the "nice" comment Kana. The Memory Player will be successful on its own merits, with or without me. You also don't know me, my abilities, knowledge, or history and incidentally I am willing to bet I know a bit more about high end audio... |