bobgates
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| Digital Amps vs Solid State Amps Levchappy - I think the new Wyred 4 Sound 1000 watt per channel amps would give your old Levinson some real competition. | |
| Pangea power cords Well I have decided to further break in the Pangea AC-9 on the power strip that the transport and dac are plugged into before eventually trying it again on the power amp. After two days I am really liking what I am hearing; in addition to an incre... | |
| Pangea power cords I tryed the Pangea AC-9 power cord on my B&K Reference 125.2 power amp and found that the mids and top end sounded dull compared to the Emotiva power cord. I have since switched back to the Emotiva. | |
| Transport for Cambridge DacMagic J135 - I used the Onkyo by itself for quite awhile and then picked up a Musical Fidelity V-Dac after reading about it in Stereophile. The improvement was pretty apparent; the soundstaging was one thing that really improved; instruments were better... | |
| Best Match for Dynaudio Contour S3.4? Believe it or not my little Qinpu A-1.0X sounds extremely good driving my Dynaudio Contour S3.4 speakers. Also have a Musical Fidelity A3.5 and Onkyo A-9555 which both sound quite nice with this speaker. | |
| logical steps up from DacMagic? You may want to check out the YBA dac mentioned in the June issue of Stereophile. They liked it overall better than the DacMagic. | |
| MSB DAC IV or dCS Paganini I've listened to both dacs. I would go with the MSB. | |
| Has anyone tried the Shunyata Diamondback PC? I tryed the Diamondback; it's an OK power cord for the money. You might want to try the Emotiva power cord; I think it will surprise you. | |
| Basic Preamp - suggestions? Go for a used B&K PT3. Awesome preamp! | |
| Matching preamp for b&k st 202 I just purchased a B&K PT3 series II preamp here on Audiogon and have been extremely impressed with it. | |
| Best digital interconnect under 300 used I personally like the Purist Audio Design Musaeus. | |
| Best preamp for $1000 or less with remote The B&K PT3 series 2 preamp that I just purchased on Audiogon a short time ago for $300 is really a nice sounding unit; can be completely operated from the remote and mates up very well with the XPA-2 (also has a built in tuner). | |
| Best preamp for $1000 or less with remote Tzh21y - I heard the Pass a few years ago and thought it was a bit on the dry side; overall very nice though. | |
| Best preamp for $1000 or less with remote Soix - I've been using a Musical Fidelity A308 for a few months now and just picked up a B&K PT3 series 2. Both are nice but looking for something with a bit more air, detail and transparency. Maybe the Bel Canto mentioned by Timrhu would be a... | |
| Best preamp for $1000 or less with remote I should have mentioned that I'm kind of wanting to stick with a solid state preamp mainly because it will be left on continuously. |