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| Mcintosh vs Parasound The Mcintosh stuff is very nice! Not finicky, does not need hours of break in. As Aball says, looks good too. Give it a listen. It's probably close to your YBA sound but better and trust me it will move a ton of air. | |
| Argh Too Many Choices Can you demo any of your choices? That usually whittles down the options pretty quick, or at least gives you a better sense of what you like and don't like. | |
| Mcintosh MA6900 sounds better than separates I had the MA6900 and now have the C2200 and MC2102 tube separates. The MA6900 is very good, but there was no doubting the superiority of the C2200/MC2102 in A/B comparisons. The difference could be in using tubes, but to my ears the separates were... | |
| Mark Levinson 390S or Resolution Audio Opus 21 Blueball, Are you referrring to the HiFi News July review of the RA Opus 21 system? If so, they loved it. They admit it's not for everyone because of it's single system configuration and both components show their best when used together, but they... | |
| Audionote Soro SE, or cheaper single-ended? The Oto is said to be better than the Soro, and it's cheaper. But it has less power. My experience has been that both Audio Note products and the people who sell it, service it or whatever are all top notch. | |
| What are your favorite monitors? Freaked him out? That could be good or bad depending on your interpretation of getting freaked out ; ) | |
| How do I let go...the “D” word I see how your system might get cozy in your new space. If it was me I would downgrade. I would see it as a chance to try some new things and see what a small system can do (plus I don't like clutter). There are some really nice small components o... | |
| HE 2004 West Cancelled due the worker lockout Albertporter, where are your Colorado pics? I read somewhere you would be posted them under show coverage in Audiogon? I'd love to see them. What's going on in SF is not good for trade shows, but it's also not good for anyone. I think it represent... | |
| ML CDP vs Audionote DAC 3.1x signature + Transport The Audio Note gear is very nice! I've not heard the ML digital gear myself, but from what I've read about their CDPs when researching them is that they will offer more detail. But the one time I demo'ed a ML amp/preamp if that's detailed then tha... | |
| Audiogon Newsletter I haven't seen one yet. Perhaps it's in beta for now? | |
| Narrowing down to JM Reynaud or VMPS...Help I would look into the Trentes or the Evo 3s (basically a floor standing version of the Trentes). I can tell you that Bill Frissell sounds spectacular on the Trentes! | |
| Narrowing down to JM Reynaud or VMPS...Help I can tell you about the JMR Trentes. They are excellent speakers! I use them with the JMR Magic Stands. But you may prefer floorstanders for a larger room, plus IME floorstanders have better WAF than monitors because the stands usually look kinda... | |
| Recommendations for a variable out c/d player.... Resolution Audio Opus 21 at $3500. | |
| Mcintosh MA 6900 integrated vs Mcintosh separates? The separates are better than the MA6900 but the MA6900 is a great unit itself! I've had the MA6900 and now have the C2102 and C2200 and love it! The tube pair is more natural sounding than the MA6900, but more money, more stuff, and more heat. TA... | |
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