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| Rotel RMB-1575 a good match for B&W CM10's? I wouldn't get the RMB-1575 as it is a class D amplifier. Rotel is very well known and very good for their analog amplifiers (class AB amps). I would highly recommend the big RMB-1585 amp. It is a spectacular amp especially for the money. Rotel cl... | |
| MA9000 VS MA8900 I've heard great things about Pass integrated amps or their amps in general. I've never heard any Pass gears before as we do not have any Pass dealer in my area but I'll be psyched to be able to hear one some day.I would also highly consider the f... | |
| Marantz PM8006 vs NAD C375BEE @Tuckerba,I would highly recommend the following integrated amps :* Rotel RA-1592 ($2500). Rated 200 wpc @ 8 ohms and is stable down to 3 ohms.* Parasound Halo Integrated ($2500).* Musical Fidelity M5i ($2k). These integrated amps will perform and... | |
| Anthem A5 enough to drive B&W 804D3 fronts and HTM1D3 Center? Well.....if you like the way your Parasound A31 amp sounds you should stick with it and don't worry about hissing and it isn't audible from your listening position anyways....I wouldn't worry about it. A better AC power line product will help lowe... | |
| Anthem A5 enough to drive B&W 804D3 fronts and HTM1D3 Center? I would think that the Parasound Halo A31 would be a better power amp than the Anthem A5. Re the hiss you heard from 2 feet away IMO there might have been something else in the signal path somewhere in your audio chain eg your preamp, kind of inte... | |
| Amp recommendations Yup. For your speakers I wouldn't skimp on electronics (amp, preamp, source components, cables etc) otherwise you will be left disappointed. McIntosh is well known to have good synergy with the ML. Doesn't mean that you should not look into other ... | |
| DCS Vivaldi stacks vs Esoteric Grandioso G1, D1, P1 stacks audiotroy, thanks for the advises. I don't have any T&A dealer in my area. We only have dealer for Dan D'Agostino, Ayre, MSB , Audio Research, Linn, Naim, Classe, McIntosh, Musical Fidelity, Devialet, Rega, Arcam, NAD, Rotel among others. We d... | |
| Oppo UDP - 205 I wonder how the modwright modded Oppo 205 would sound or perform against the Ayre players. Just curious. Cause I've heard from a lot of people that a heavily modded modwright Oppo 105 is substantially better than a stock Oppo 105. | |
| mcintosh home theater pre-amp tuners. McIntosh MX132, MX121, MX122 aren't that good for two-channel listening to music. You will have to step up to its top of line HT preamp processor such as the MX160, MX151, MX150 to achieve great quality stereo listening to music to match with your... | |
| mcintosh home theater pre-amp tuners. McIntosh MX132, MX121, MX122 aren't that good for two-channel listening to music. You will have to step up to its top of line HT preamp processor such as the MX160, MX151, MX150 to achieve great quality stereo listening to music to match with your... | |
| $10K-15K short list? dhanks, In your price range I would also consider the Wilson Audio Sabrina compact floorstanders ($16k/pair new) as well as Vandersteen and Vienna Acoustics. Or the Sonus Faber Olympica line or higher. And the new B&W 803 D3 ($17k/pair new) wo... | |
| DCS Vivaldi stacks vs Esoteric Grandioso G1, D1, P1 stacks folkfreak, thanks for the info. I realized there are only couple Esoteric Grandioso dealers in the US because the Grandioso line is quite a bit more expensive than other Esoteric lines or series. I live in Seattle, WA. I might have to contact them... | |
| DCS Vivaldi stacks vs Esoteric Grandioso G1, D1, P1 stacks Thanks for the invite Mike. I will have to find sometime to go visit you and have a listen to your awesome system. Those DarTZeel monoblock amps are something. I've read outstanding review of them on Stereophile. Michael Fremer of Stereophile clai... | |
| DCS Vivaldi stacks vs Esoteric Grandioso G1, D1, P1 stacks mikelavigne,Thanks for the link. Sure your MSB DAC looks very analog visually. Awesome setup. Those speakers are huge. My dealer here carries MSB but they never had the MSB products on display or available for loan. Otherwise I would have asked th... | |
| DCS Vivaldi stacks vs Esoteric Grandioso G1, D1, P1 stacks folkfreak, thanks for the response.That's exactly what I'm trying to find out to see if I like the Esoteric Grandioso stacks better in my system or will have better synergy with my own system. However, the DCS Vivaldi stacks have great synergy wit... |