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| Need recommendation for new CD/SACD player Are you seeking 2-channel SACD playback only or multi-channel as well? | |
| So whats your favorite music themed movie? Shine (though the soundtrack Disc lacks the reason to be of the movie)The Committments (best movie soundtrack I own)Eddie and the Cruisers (haven't seen in years, but loved this movie in college for its music) | |
| the differences between sacd players There are a lot of issues to consider, in my mind with the SACD players. Of course, SACD was initially meant to be a multi-channel audio only playback medium. Yet many of the best SACD players only offer two channel playback as a stand alone playe... | |
| SS quality pre-amp with HT bypass-suggestions? I too would go with the Capri. It is a very good preamp and a bargain of a price. It is not as good as an Aesthetix Calypso and I personally would take the ARC Reference 3 over it. But it was/is good enough that I was able to move down from the Ca... | |
| Anyone heard of JVC Victor SX-500 speakers? Typically the Victor line is associated with the JVC better equipment, at least in the case of their Headphones. I have a pair of Victor HD 1000 headphones available only in Japan that compete with some of the best headphones available at any price. | |
| DAC not working You report that the Sony has a toslink optical output but that you hooked up the Sony to a DAC using a RCA cable.Either your Sony has a SPDIF/Coaxial digital output (and not just the toslink as you stated) or you have hooked up your analog output ... | |
| Jazz Piano Trio / Spanish Guitar For the Guitar, check out the LAGQ - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Personally, I like the Flamenco excitement. The LAGQ is definately more subdued than the Flamenco.Also, check out a great CD by Nils Lofgren - Live Acoustic. He is/was a guitarist fo... | |
| Should I go to a Benchmark DAC1 pre in my system? Be cautious about what the magazines report - if one believes what they report everything is close to the best and certainly much better than many much more expensive items!Is the Benchmark in the same league as the DCS? I seriously doubt it, but ... | |
| Comparisons from these brands While you did not specify the component type, I am assuming you are referencing digital components (CDP and/or DACs).Audio Aero (Capitole and up) is a beautiful sounding CD player. By beautiful, I mean lush, tubey and some say analog sounding. I o... | |
| From Novice - Krell 350Mcx vs Kav-2250 Yeah know, a lot of people say the FPB Series stereo amps are actually better than the mono amps. Have you listened and compared the differences between the mono and the stereo amps? Please understand, I have never personally compared the two (mon... | |
| Wadia 581SE versus Esoteric UX-3Pi There is a cracked soder (or is it solder) on the board and I need to find which soder is cracked and have it re-done. At least this is my understanding. Wanna buy it? Great deal, just came back from France with new tubes and completely gone over ... | |
| best of both worlds can u get a musical multi amp? I also owned the Dreadnaught II as well as other multi-channel amps from Conrad Johnson and Krell. I can tell you that emphatically none of these could compare to a large number of equally priced and even lower priced two channel amps in terms of ... | |
| Wadia 581SE versus Esoteric UX-3Pi Goatwuss said it accurately. In the past couple of months I have had the following digital components through my system/my room/my purchases: Resolution Audio Opus 21 with GNSC mods, EMM Labs CDSE/DAC6, Esoteric X-03-SE and arriving tomorrow a DCS... | |
| From Novice - Krell 350Mcx vs Kav-2250 You are talking about two completely different levels of performance. The KAV - Krell Audio Video is just that, a blending of audio performance (to a lesser degree) with video systems. This series is by no means Krells best efforts in pursuit of s... | |
| Pairing of the 2 Sprink, I like your attitude. I owned a B&K 570 S2 which is a bit different that your Ref 5 S2 preamp and also a bit different than the B&K straight amps. This being recognized I found the 507 S2 to be bright (yes, and I don't use that ter... |