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| Searching for CD/DVD Player with volume control It's upscaling of DVD is crap. It's also highly unlikely that its two channel would best the 983. What you're paying for is the Blu-Ray capability. Add to that the fact that it doesn't internally decode any of the advanced audio codecs and it's a ... | |
| Searching for CD/DVD Player with volume control Concur. Oppo is really the only option and the 983 looks to be a good one all around in audio and video. | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre With regard to the Coherence, this is what Hi-Fi+ had to say in the context of a review of the Ayre MX-R:"It’s a shame that Roland have already used (sullied?) the Coherence moniker, because it could have been coined for these amps." | |
| Emm Labs SE combo versus Wadia 581-SE Shunyata and VH Audio Airsine also work well. | |
| Next upgrade, DartZeel or Ayre Nobody is learning anything from your posts other than you seem to be hell bent on trashing Ayre when you have zero credibility with the product. Take your own advice. | |
| Paradigm Signature S8 V2 review People who think Beryllium sounds "shrill", "harsh" or "bright" are doing something wrong. With regard to the Be Focals, the Beryllium tweeter and W midrange are extremely open. | |
| glossary of audio file terms for newbies This may be a good start:http://audiophilewiki.org/index.php/wiki/Special:Titles | |
| whats a good older hdcd cd player? Used Arcam FMJ23; it's a classic. | |
| Next upgrade, DartZeel or Ayre Just stop. Glad you're happy; move on. | |
| Avalon Indra vs Revel Studio2 vs Focal 1037BE Yes, eventually. | |
| Ayre MR-X monoblocks - how good are they?? "On balance, the strengths of the MX-Rs are so glaringly obvious, and their weaknesses relative to any tube amp that I've yet heard have been so minimized, that I simply have no reason to look elsewhere."Wait until you try the KX-R preamp. You hav... | |
| Avalon Indra vs Revel Studio2 vs Focal 1037BE Haven't heard the Indra, but at that price range you really should try the Focal Alto Utopia Be - imo a very healthy level above the excellent Studio2 (great integration and solid bass) and the Focal 1037Be (superior midrange and tweeter). If you ... | |
| is my room small for a pair of B&W 802's The room you mention is a tight squeeze for the 802D. If the room is treated properly you should be able to squeeze them in. They need power and lots of it to control the bass which is quite overwhelming to begin with. Personally I was very happy ... | |
| Ayre MR-X monoblocks - how good are they?? I'm not quite sure how comparing the Ayre combo at a dealer versus your home system with completely different components qualifies you to make any determination one way or another. It would have been much more useful if you waited for an in-home a... | |
| Ayre MR-X monoblocks - how good are they?? At least get the name right, it's MX-R. In any case, it's as good as Charles says it is. |