celtic66
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| Budget floorstanders under $500 ? The Mission M72 is a much better speaker in regards to your observations of bass. I took a pair and Frankenstein-ed them with Auricaps, Audioquest Type 6 wire and rope caulked all of the corners and they were monsters considering I only paid $200 ... | |
| Schematics for PSB crossovers ? I've upgraded 15 pairs of box speakers and never had a dud. Just take the pics AND hand draw a wiring diagram of the wiring and caps. DO ONLY ONE SPEAKER AT A TIME and then test it for operation. Use silver solder, decent speaker wire and don't sp... | |
| American-made integrated tube amplifiers Decware from Illinois I believe was not mentioned. | |
| Benchmark DAC Benchmark is fairly detailed, but a decent NOS dac will smoke it for overall musicality delivering better vocals, acoustic piano while matching its detail. Head to Head with an Audiosector/Audio Zone for example it's no contest. | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? My Sugden compared to many other fine A/B amps I've owned is much quicker, open with very solid bass. Vocals and acoustic piano and bass are particularly well delivered. | |
| Seeking opinions of C.Crane FM Reflect Antenna Great unidirectional antenna. Beats my Fanfare in that way. And for around $25, it's a no-brainer. | |
| Parasound CBD 2000 Transport A DAC with the Pacific Microsonics chip will decode the disc as HDCD. The transport I owned had quite a bit of Black Gate work and power section modification which really opened it up. Best transport by far I've ever heard. Now resides in a system... | |
| How to reduce power supply noise. I've defeated all of the grounding plugs in my power cables with great results. | |
| which is your favorite inexpensive stereo system? Used Arcam Solo Mini ($650), Mission 72M speakers ($200), the balance for speaker cables, stands, Reflect FM antenna and microbrew. Solo Mini sounds noticably better with the hood up. Remove the casing and it's more open sounding. Weird, huh? | |
| Parasound CBD 2000 Transport I've owned a highly modified version of this as transport only. It was wonderful, yet did not play burned CDs consistently. Will play HDCD as a Redbook disc unless used only as a transport into a DAC with the HDCD chip. Never cleaned the lens. Any... | |
| Rega P25. Getting radio signals thru interconnects That's an option you usually have to pay extra for. | |
| Best CD Soundtrack "Master and Commander". Any MA recording. | |
| Best solid state amp under 1k A Sugden (always Class A) was listed on the 'gon for $900. That will definitely get you there. Smooth midrange, solid controlled bass and really really quick on attack. Maybe not with tube bloom, but really decent. | |
| BNC to RCA adaptor I asked about the BNC and several stated that an adaptor would work well and not degrade the signal. They all liked the BNC connectors. The rhodium is perhaps not the best. Thanks for suggestion. | |
| Luxman L 505 U Integrated Amplifier Agree with previous responses. Buy here or Canada. Also, I've listened to all of the MAC gear at Magnolia HiFi and must say.....I just don't get it. For that kind of money....very curious. Stick with the Luxman, I've owned several of their pieces ... |