cundare2
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| Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K mofojo: >No digital sources needed because you play nothing digital or you have a good DAC? The latter. And in generaly, I try to stay away from internal DACs bundled into other components. | |
| Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K Thanks, dweller. I hope to take a look at those BAT models tonight. And Plinius, for that matter. I'm finding that bel Canto's E1X integrated may be another contender. So far, Ayre's EX-8 (can't they come up with more distinct model names?) lo... | |
| Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K One new candidate is Ayre Acoustics's Series 8 line. The new VX-8 power amp just got a great review in Stereophile, although the corresponding preamp may not be a great fit. However, the updated EX-8 2.0 integrated looks pretty close to a perfect... | |
| Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K Oh boy -- woke up this morning to find all these reeplies! Thanks, everybody!! Hope I don't miss anybody: Jimmy: I'm up in the air re: Benchmark. I hear so many good things about both models, but I still wonder: At that price point, could they... | |
| Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K deadhead1000: You're the second person to tell me that Luxman Class A complements Harbeths C7 & 30.x models well. Art Dudley recommended Harbeth when I was forced to sell my Quad ESL & Quad II Class A monoblocks. He mentioned that, in hi... | |
| Is there a way to switch one set of speakers between two sound systems? The deeper I get into this, the more it seems as though it’s not a good idea. While some people are giving me some very good suggestions, just as many are telling me (here & elsewhere) that a switch box is to be avoided at all costs. So maybe... | |
| Is there a way to switch one set of speakers between two sound systems? deep+333: I see that Luxman also made what appears to be a stripped-down version with remote (the AS-50R) that is selling "new" for $300-350. | |
| Is there a way to switch one set of speakers between two sound systems? gpgr4blu: That’s an interesting suggestion. But I think that there would be interaction between the output stages (and the cables) in most cases, even if one amp was powered down. I see Beresford also made a similar device. I guess they’re out th... | |
| Is there a way to switch one set of speakers between two sound systems? I see that Adcom & Van Alstine also made switching boxes -- all discontinued now, of course! -- but it's possible that some of them switch speakers, not amps. | |
| Is there a way to switch one set of speakers between two sound systems? deep+333: Well, that sounds like an option. I saw a lot of $50-150 switching boxes on Amazon, etc., but obviously that's not what I was looking for. I'll take a look at the Luxman and if I buy one and it does degrade the sound, $500 isn't the en... | |
| ARC VSi75SE v. MF Nu-Vista 800 arafiq: Great feedback, exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. Re: the C7 v. the 30.1, those two models are very similar, identical drivers & ports (admittedly arranged differently), similar cabinets, impedance curves, etc. The 30.1 is no... | |
| ARC VSi75SE v. MF Nu-Vista 800 classicalreflections: So you're saying that the biasing procedure is much simpler on the VSi than on the i/50? You don't have to open up the chassis, clamp probes onto a resistor, etc.? | |
| ARC VSi75SE v. MF Nu-Vista 800 arafiq: I’ve spoken to others who found the 25wpc Pass gear more than adequate for mid-sized Harbeths, but again, the devil is in the details. Can you give us an idea of the size of your room, listening levels, etc. when you found the INT-25 to be... | |
| ARC VSi75SE v. MF Nu-Vista 800 erik: My understanding (and anyone with more currrent knowledge, please correct me) is that MF came up with a new variation on the old RCA nuvistors. Supposedly, it discontinued the Nu-Vista 600 & 800 because of parts-availability issues -- b... | |
| Benchmark or McIntosh.... SEVEN 21-inch subs? OK, here’s my tenuously related old-audiophile anecdote. When I was a kid in the early 70s, some friends dragged me to an attic bedroom in an old hippie house to smoke weed with two older Haitian guys that I didn’t know. The r... |