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| Remotes: Who needs 'em? They were profiling a family with five children living in Ohio. The father of the children drove a Ford Excursion while his wife drove a Ford Expedition It was the marketing of the 90s that convinced people those large vehicles were "necessaryIt's... | |
| Remotes: Who needs 'em? it is very impressive you took time to count the number of buttons on that remote.and even if it has 156 or 256 buttons, why would you want to fiddle with this remote while listening? You say you want to relax while listening. Don't you just use t... | |
| Coleman Hawkins encounters Ben Webster long There are musicians that shock you with their technical abilities. Coltrane falls into a rare category of being able to do that and be very musical and expressive at the same time.Another one of my favorites, sort of like Luis Armstrong of saxopho... | |
| "Budget" pre tube with SS power amp since you live in Europe, the thing I suggest you do is try a preamp within your budget with a name that sells easily, in case you will not be satisfied and will want to try another preamp. Go used. Find something like an Audio Research, BAT, Soni... | |
| Audio Research Source - CD3 mkII, CD5 Mtdking, it seems that you've had a bad experience with CD7 and the technical problems you encountered with the unit had big impact on your decision making. I can not really imagine what Modwright transporter should sound like to be better than CD... | |
| Help troubleshooting McCormack separates? this has to be really frustrating for you. you did a good job describing what's going, but I haven't heard of different pieces coming down with the same syndrome. Also what's puzzling is when you bring the stuff to your friend's house, it does the... | |
| Help troubleshooting McCormack separates? is it buzzing or humming? it is unclear from both of your posts what exactly the problem is.You may have something as simple as a ground loop. have you tried cheater plugs or ground loop isolator? do you have a cable tv near your system or on the ... | |
| Anti-Cable IC's search the archives. this subject has been discussed extensively | |
| CDPs for full orchestra 05-31-08: Pacific_island_audioThis may not be the answer you were hoping for, but CD players have little effect on soundstange, imaging, or rendering the complexities of orchestral music. For the qualities you are seeking, the recording is the mos... | |
| CDPs for full orchestra My Audio Research CD3MkII cd player does really good on classical music. I also have a nice collection of 19th and 20th century classical. Of course it depends on the recording, but where the recording is right, CD3MkII delivers the goods. I liste... | |
| newbie, disappointed, curious.. get used to it. there are no commitments, unless something was sold at an auction and even then it means very little.we are talking used audio gear. I know how it feels, but this is perfectly normal. it was actually nice of him to let you know. | |
| Downsizing from Audio Research REF110 to 100.2 I would recommend you try a solid state amp, such as Classe CA-2200, McIntosh MC402 or Pass Labs X250.5 or X350.5 or McCormack DNA-500.I think any one of these amplifiers will be a good fit. Besides, any one of these should be a good match with th... | |
| B&W speakers and SF lower end what's the rest of your system? what amplifier? | |
| Does anyone out there NOT hear a difference in CD if you're going to spend $1600, spend it on a used DAC. use your Elite as a transport. Or even buy a cheap DVD player and use that as a transport. Bel Canto DAC3 is awesome and can be had for around that much used. Besides, you also get multiple d... | |
| Downsizing from Audio Research REF110 to 100.2 Jglpubli, first, let's take it a bit further. Few more questions:1) is the REF3 broken in? Do you at least have 500 hours of playing time on the unit?2) REF110 - how many hours? Broken in or not? Should have at least 500 hours and even more to be ... |