calanctus
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| Alternative to Avantgarde Uno? I heard both the Unos and the Solos at the dealer. No comparison at all: the Unos were far better. The Solos sounded closed-in, especially in the treble, and small compared to the Unos. The Solo is not in my opinion an alternative unless you are w... | |
| Amphion Loudspeakers I heard a pair of Xenons...they were a bit boxy sounding (last thing I would have expected, given the special cardioid radiation patterns that the manufacturer touts) and not all that impressive in the treble. Maybe it was the dealer's setup, but ... | |
| sony xa 777es how good? I've only had one high end player in my system--the sony XA777--but I like it a lot for redbook. Some audiophile friends have heard my system and they were also very impressed.FWIW not only TAS but also Stereophile rates it highly for redbook. | |
| Want to get excited about SACD again?? Ghostrider45, thanks for your answer. Here's hoping you are right. However, I remember the explanations about CDs: that they were 'bit-perfect' so would transfer sound perfectly right up until the DA converter. At least, this is what we believed u... | |
| Want to get excited about SACD again?? Is there any evidence that SACD players pick up bits from the CD layer when playing the SACD layer? Anyone have any links to articles discussing this? Obviously this could have very bad consequences for sound quality. | |
| Choosing a SACD player...please help The Sony sounds very good on Redbook and excellent on SACD...however if you buy it, you will be paying for multichannel. If you want no-compromise 2 channel SACD, consider the Sony SCD-1, bought used right on this site. | |
| Opinions on why this system is uninvolving How did your system sound BEFORE you upgraded? If it was also uninvolving it could be the room, but if not then something else has changed for the worse! | |
| Who has Vanderstein 5 speakers? The Vandersteen 5 is now a 'class 2' recommendation from TAS--meaning, very very good in their opinion. See the Oct issue. | |
| Headphone Amps One of the best online retailers of headphone amps is Headroom, at http://www.headphone.com .Headphone amps come in all types: SS, tube, cheap, expensive. Common starters include the META47, the aforementioned MG Head (said to be really excellent ... | |
| Dunlavy vs JM Lab Sdcampbell, when you say that the Dunlavy speakers are time- and phase-accurate while the JM Lab speakers are not, what does this mean? How can one hear the difference between speakers that are accurate in these ways and ones that are not? | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Steveallen, I'm with you. Prices are down, technology has progressed, and anyone who comes into the game with the idea of hanging onto *anything* 'for life' is shutting him/herself off from the progress that's happening all the time.That's not to ... |