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| Mahler's Resurrection, Gilbert Kaplan/VPO recordin I bought SACD of this recording two weeks ago. I like it, recroding and performance are both good, very rare! To me, this is one of few that can make audiophile and music lover happy. This is the only SACD Mahler I like in terms of performance so ... | |
| SACD - Dying already? How much do your reasonable good transport and DAC cost? I have seen many try to beat up $500 SONY SACD player by several K red book player. It is not a fair fight. Dollar to dollar, give it a chance! | |
| CAT SL MKIII vs ARC SP 11 or 10 Buy gear to enjoy the music! Not to tell which recording is better or worse. That's engineer's boss' job! We are music lover aren't we? | |
| audio research sp-10 The low gain of a line stage is usually for low volume listening or if you have a super high gain power amp. I think some people in old days needed it when taping. The high gain should be the "normal" setting. If you care to retube your SP10 power... | |
| Has MAS done it again ? I got mine, one XLR and the other RCA. They are not broken in yet, so I would only give some first impressions. To me, good matching is more important than a sigle good component. I have MAS silver and they work better with tube amp less so with S... | |
| Best Transport for under a $1000 For used, Accuphase DP-80(L). It is maybe a little old now, that's why you can find at low price. Mine lost its remote and too expensive to order a new one($200). To get a remoted transport, I try several sub 1K transports. Still prefer this old A... | |
| Has MAS done it again ? Let us know after you try it on CD or table. I order on pair last week, not received it yet. I am waiting too. | |
| Sonic Frontiers Power 2 or ARC VT-100 MKII??? Avguygeorge,If you want to throw AR away, give it to me. Thanks! | |
| Have experience with the MAS GRAY interconnect? I like it very much on ARC tube gears. For all ss gear, you may have to mix it with CARDAS or .... A great performance at such a low price. Try very hard, you may find some others better in certain area, but you might need 10x$$ to convince your e... | |
| Wilson Benesch ARC vs. Dynaudio Contour 1.3SE I saw ARC one and thought it looks and sounds very nice. But I hate their website's pictures. They takes some pictures but none of them shows good view of the speaker. Like trying to hide an ugly speaker, which is actually decent looking (I will r... | |
| Revel Studio vs. JM Lab Micro BE Again, I recommend room treatment first. It is possible Studio is too powerful in a room with bass issue. Or your room could be too much echo for the revealing Studio. When you hear a 4K system in dealer's place and more impressed, the difference ... | |
| BAT or ARC Follow up your ears and soul. Even BAT has a roll-off on top end and volume dependant if you trust stereophile's measurement. I bet none of equippment is perfect, and choose whatever you like. A upgrade of $1500 then changing your speaker and amp?... | |
| Interconnect to tame bright sounding CDP If your room is acoustically bright, you should look for room treatment. Cardas is usually more laid-back and good for bright system. | |
| ARC LS-5MKIII or ARC LS-25MKII Hi, I had LS-15 before and thought the mid sounds better after infi-cap upgrade, and remember to put in SIEMENS tubes(try bugle boy if you want warm sound LS15). The bass is not as full and musical as LS5. BAT 30SE's bass is not as loud but a good... | |
| ARC LS-5MKIII or ARC LS-25MKII My experience is with 30SE not 31SE, sorry for the error. BAT is a very good preamp, in several ways it is better than LS5. Bass is better control, I think, that's why John hear better image across spectrum on the demo. Overall it is more transpar... |