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| Downsizing from VPI HW-19 I recently purchased an EAT (European Audio Team) C Major that came with an Ortofon Quintet Blue MC cartridge, arm, record clamp and dust cover. This set up was only 2500 (but was originally 3500). The tone arm is phenomenal and seemingly worth ... | |
| Integrated and DAC vs Integrated with built in DAC I recently designed and sold a system around the Dynaudio Exite speakers with a Peachtree Audio I-Nova with excellent results. With the separate DAC, you would not be able to select different Digital sources via remote (in most cases). It is also ... | |
| Vote for best US made solid state amp I love the Bel Canto line. This was originally a tube based manufacturer and their solid state amps sound stellar! | |
| Your best 2-channel system for 6000$ total Speakers: Sonus Faber Concerto Domus (list:3450) 1600+shipor Opera Seconda (list: 3500) 1700 + shipElectronics: Cary Audio Design CAI-1 (list: 2000) 840+ shipSource: Oppo BDP-95 999AC: Richard Gray RGPC400 Pro (list: 900) 440 + shipCables: Nordost... | |
| Looking for low-watt tube amp suggestions. I own a Unison Research Preludio which uses (1) KT88 per channel for 14 watts. Great looking and sounding integrated with remote. It's expensive but worth every penny. Beautiful Italian made Hi-fi. | |
| Best power match with Sonus Extrema ? The Bel Canto REF 500 MkII are really nice. They sound similar to tubes but are class D. Very cool running and musical. Also Ayre electronics sound nice. I recently matched the Bel Canto with the Cremona M with excellent results. | |
| KRELL for SONUS FABER CREMONA M I would look at a Musical Fidelity Integrated amp. There is a new A1008 on Audiogon that also has a built in DAC and a separate power supply. (very cool) I am personally a fan of tube based gear, but after hearing this amp, I realize that there is... | |
| CD/SACD Player Recommendation Consider a used Denon DVD-5910. They were $3500 new and are available for around 650 used. The Denon DVD-3910 is also very nice and can be had for a song (around 400). It's last list price was 1500 new and was just discontinued. I'm not sure about... | |
| seeking 55 inch LED TV matte Screen, 2011 model The LG models are superb. The LW5600 has everything including 3D in a 120hz model and the LW6500 adds the 240hz processing. The best feature on these is the localized dimming from the back lit LED panels (opposed to edge lit panels). All plasmas h... | |
| Help fellow AV designers Thanks for the responses. The walls are Tan in color and are real diamond finish plaster. They could probably go high up in budget (unlike how they originally went with an Onkyo receiver and flush mounts). They don't want to make more holes in the... | |
| Why is 2 Channel better than multi-channel? Kr4, Are you saying that you don't beleive that multi channel systems as for popularity dwarf the sale of (2) channel systems? Do you not believe that electronics dealers (especially the ones that most people frequent), mainly promote multi channe... | |
| Why is 2 Channel better than multi-channel? As a dealer that almost uniquely, currently and continuously designs and sells (2) channel systems, I had to contribute to this forum. I have a lengthy list of clients that bought a (2) channel system from me that can attest to the superior attrib... | |
| power amp questions for the B&W 805d In the case of "power", the question about how much should be replaced with how good of watts can you get for your budget. There are powerful amplifiers that have nothing musical about them. So, power alone would be a poor guide. Try to get electr... | |
| Best way to spend $2k on a used Turntable & Arm? I will look at those. It is more than I thought I wanted to spend, but I appreciate the suggestion. The VPI tables seem to be universally liked. There are other lower models on Audiogon that seem to be good buys if I can't swing the Aries 1. | |
| Best way to spend $2k on a used Turntable & Arm? Any Thoughts on the Roksan Radius 5 w/ NIMA arm & Corus Black cart.? ($3410.00 retail) |