bar81
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| Transparent Audio Power Cords I recently auditioned the Transparent PLMM and PLR in my system and frankly wasn't overly impressed. While they are not bad cables, I found that the PLR was outclassed in every facet of performance by the VH Audio Airsine power cord. Even the PLMM... | |
| New Denon Blu-ray players http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=882495&page=10 | |
| New Denon Blu-ray players The 2500 just hit the warehouses a day or so ago so unlikely. Note that it's just a transport and it does not use Realta for upconversion (or "improvement" of Blu-Ray if Denon is to be believed). The full fledged 3800 has been delayed to March and... | |
| Amplifiers for B&W 803D/802D I've found that Ayre amps sound great with B&W. You could get away with a V-5xe with the 803D but you'd really need the V-1xe or preferably, the MX-R, for the 802D (and they definitely don't hurt for the 803D). | |
| Size matters...need smaller speakers fyi, while the Dynaudios are nice (and sometimes very - see Sapphire and particularly the Temptations), they don't use Beryllium in their tweeters currently to my knowledge. | |
| YOUR Favorite Bookshelf/Monitor below $500 Era Design 4. I think they might be slightly over budget but used, well within budget. | |
| Size matters...need smaller speakers Sorry to hear it, I know that you like your speakers very much. I would suggest that you audition the Focal Micro Utopia Be (http://www.focal.tm.fr/catalogue-docs/FR/3/files/355.pdf); from what I heard of the Alto, I think you'll be quite impresse... | |
| WADIA IPOD QUESTION ??? If you use the analogue outs then the ipod's DAC is used. Otherwise, allegedly a pure digital stream is sent to an outboard dac of your choosing through the RCA S/PDIF. | |
| Ipod and quality sound The only way to get anything approaching quality on the ipod is to use wav and one of the newer units like the Wadia iTransport 170 to extract the digital stream and send it to an outboard dac. Even then, the best case scenario is a decent backgro... | |
| life without audio dealers With regard to recommendations, there's simply no point to a review if it's completely subjective and no recommendation is made. Recommendations (particularly best of listings) are an invaluable tool in assisting purchasers in whittling down avail... | |
| life without audio dealers To completely dismiss a demo at a dealer is an extremely narrow minded approach. While room interactions cannot be accounted for in such a demo, it's assumed that if you're buying a serious piece of kit you are also serious about the acoustics of ... | |
| B&W Signature Diamond : Anyboy heard them? I also got to listen to the Signature Diamonds fronted by the top end Classe gear and what I heard was quite impressive. The midrange was fantastic (although still not quite as transparent as the Focal Alto Utopia Be) and, as stated earlier, blend... | |
| Power Plant Premier vs. Hydra V-Ray Comparison The one major problem with the PPP and all PS Audio conditioners/regenerators is that they insist on using 15 layers of nickel on the outlets, which as we all know is horrid and causes an ear piercing shrill top end, particularly if your system is... | |
| For those who "sold" Dynaudio Evidence speakers Got a chance to listen to the Sapphires yesterday. Setup was a Simaudio Moon CDP, Parasound Pre, Parasound JC-1 monoblocks and Audioquest Mont Blanc cables all around. The Sapphire's had that top to bottom neutrality that I found so endearing from... | |
| Mark levinson 30.5 and 31.5 vs todays cd playerrs Wow, Levinson defense force mobilize! Levinson makes some good and some great products (for example, I feel that their 326S pre is something special which is why I own it) but that doesn't change the fact that many of their recent line of products... |