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| Best DAC for 27" iMac Robin,Out of curiosity, at what resolution did you save your music? If you were to use uncompressed (WAV or AIFF) or at least Apple lossless, you will have peace of mind knowing that at least the source material is at full bit depth. It wouldn't m... | |
| MSB DAC IV or dCS Paganini I've owned the Paganini stack driven by an Esoteric rubidium clock as well as the Elgar Plus stack, the P03D03 etc. I would say that the Esoteric and dCS approach things differently and would not say that the Paganini is superior. The British unit... | |
| Best amp for Sonus Faber Amati Anniversario? If you want to enhance the rich tonal qualities of the speakers, I'd try tubes with sufficient power. However, as I did not have any tube amps on hand at the time I owned the SFAAs, I don't have a specific recommendation. I would imagine that Lamm... | |
| help on Soolos display for classical downloads Hi,I hope someone posts the answer. I have been considering the Sooloos and despite much searching have found little information in the way of how the unit handles classical music metadata. Your post confirms my fear. Meridian use All Music Guide ... | |
| Krell EVO-1, FPB-750MCX or EVO-900 HI,The Evo 1 have a little negative feedback (not zero). In any event, they are very nice, controlled bass, neutral sound (much more so than the FPB series). I owned a pair for a while but the heat, even in standby was scary enough to convince me ... | |
| Goldmund mimesis 9.5 and Wilson system 8 Hi,If you are in Japan, I'd look for used Goldmund that is local to you and set for 100V. From a Google search it seems there are a number of shops that carry Goldmund. As for models, I would look for a Telos series amp, perhaps with a lower watt ... | |
| Need more inputs in preamp, what to use? I'd play some discs through your Benchmark before deciding that you need to keep the the Sony hooked up just for its playback of SACD. It is possible that Redbook playback through your Benchmark will be good enough or superior to the Sony decoding... | |
| MBL 9008A / 9011 If you enjoy the general sonic presentation of the 9008, I would guess that the 9011 would be more of a good thing although depending on your typical listening volume, you may not hear a difference. Although I also own 101E (not Mk II) and auditio... | |
| New room, 12'x17' Why not use a drop down screen and keep your space? I would guess that you've taken some time and care to assemble your system in its current 17x25 space, which is a nicely sized room. This way you also don't duplicate your front speakers and you ... | |
| Just bought MBL 101D's and need advice I think the spikes are metric M10 thread. I have 101Es and will measure the spikes tomorrow and follow up. | |
| MBL Speaker Placement + 116F I'm familiar with and own the larger models, the 111E and the 101E. The key for great sound is to make sure that they are away from the front wall and also, ideally the side walls. In many traditional speaker setups, the speakers can be within a f... | |
| krell evolution one amps. Hi Piero,I have a pair running next to a Boulder 2060 on my MBL 101Es. The sound is very clear, great balanced bass without artificial slam, and tremendous transient speed, attack/decay and overall transparency. An outstanding amplifier in every r... | |
| MBL speakers What about the Rowland Continuum 500 integrated? You'd get the 501/PC1 plus the newer Concerto line stage in one chassis. I owned one and tried them driving MBL 111Es and the combo seemed to work fine. If you were to then you acquire an (SA)CD pla... | |
| Any top SACD player with PCM output on the market? You might try the Oppo BDP-83 which can output SACD as 24 bit 88.2 kHz on HDMI. It's not the pinnacle of transport engineering but it is a very good blu-ray player and will allow you to play SACD through your Scarlatti. You would need to use a con... | |
| Green Mountain Calypso Speakers vs Montana EPS -2 Hi,I'd recommend contacting Joe at JM Sound. He carries both speakers and knows them very well. He'll tell you straight up the strengths and weaknesses of both models. I have owned the Continuum 3s by GMA and they are very clear with nice taut bas... |