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| McIntosh MC252 vs. MC352 petronis88@aol.com, with the Levinson player going directly into the amp, I'd go for the Levinson amp as well. Levinson mates with Wilson very well. I've heard the 252 and 402 but never heard 352. They are pretty good amps, but I think Levinson wo... | |
| Live performance of Mahler's Symphony No.1 Rcprince, Leipzig Gewandhaus conducted by Riccardo Chailly was very good playin Mahler's 5th couple of weeks ago, but Chailly, he slows things down a bit. Enjoy the concert! Dohnanyi's was probably the most dynamic interpretation of Mahler's 1st s... | |
| Watt Puppy 7 with Pass X250.5? Khrys, dude, thanks for the dose of morning entertainment. This was a good one! | |
| Krell FPB Amps-biwiring Jc51373, I think there should basically be no difference unless you use different cables for bass and mid-hi then you may see some difference. Running good biwired cables from one set of binding posts should do just fine.If you consider changing y... | |
| Watt Puppy 7 with Pass X250.5? I've heard Wilsons and own an X250.5 amplifier. I think you will have an excellent combination of warmth, dynamic drive, detail and musicality along with natural rendition of instruments. Wilson speakers are extremely resolving and I think Pass wi... | |
| Comparing Virtual Dynamics and Tranparent Audio 10-12-05: Nsgarch.......IMO, power amps are the acid test for power cords. Or to put it a different way: If placing a particular power cord on the power amp doesn't improve the sonics of your system -- specifically: tighter bass, better center fil... | |
| Speaker Cable Suggestion If you get good ICs, the next thing to further improve the sound is to get a good power cord for your cd player. That will further reduce the glare and metallic qualities. Try Audience powerChord. For a good pair of ICs and this power cord you wil... | |
| Speaker Cable Suggestion Mglennyc, I went from M550i to M950i and don't recall dramatic difference. Not the same going from M950i to AZ Matrix RefII though, where the difference is very noticable.The soundstage just exploded with the AZ interconnects. And I still had the ... | |
| Speaker Cable Suggestion without knowing your budget it is hard to make a recommendation.But got to start somewhere.....here goes it.....beleive it or not, the Monster M2.4S bi-wire speaker cables are not bad at all. But if you want to step away from the Monster brand, co... | |
| MC402 vs FPB 300cx Jc51373, I think the MAC you had probably needed more break in.....just giving it a benefit of a doubt.I've heard the MC402 amp bunch of times and never really found the highs harsh, but did find the overall presentation uninvolving. There I compl... | |
| MC402 vs FPB 300cx Jc51373, should be an awesome amp.If you think you may consider a speaker upgrade in the future and if you like B&W sound, I think the new 803D will impress you. | |
| MC402 vs FPB 300cx I hear you man. That is my impression also. I've heard these amps with exact same speakers as I have. Good, but I always walked away. Never bought the amp.Ended up with Pass Labs X250.5 and love the way this thing sounds with my B&Ws. Very fin... | |
| bi wiring some speakers sound better biwired. Example: most of the B&Ws, some Vandersteen.For other speakers it may not matter. There are different types of bi-wire speaker cables. Shotgun bi-wire speaker cables - 2 separate runs to speakers, but termin... | |
| AR SP16 Question...... I've noticed that with ARC preamps as well. My speakers are 89db, so it is still noticable. It's the type of volume control ARC uses plus only 70 steps on SP16.I had the same issue with LS-15. Now with LS-25 it is better. Besides the gain is adjus... | |
| MC402 vs FPB 300cx Jc51373, go for Krell FPB. Don't MAKE yourself like this amp. If it's not for you, then that is it.Does your dealer have anything else aside from the MAC he can let you listen to? Classe, Pass, Audio Research, Levinson? |