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| To upgrade cd player?? The slippery slope? I'll try the Philips 963SA. Has excellent cd sound with upsample, multichannel SACD and top DVD performance for just $360. Look for reviews at Head-fi, Audio-asylum, as are plenty of folks beliveing its the best deal in digital now. | |
| Philips 1000 vs 963 for 2 channel. Which one ? The sacd 1000 is much heavy, due to a thick bottom metal plate and the torroidal power supply, but that is it's only perceived advantage built quality wise. The 963's face plate looks nicer, with cool blue leds and not so el cheapo buttons[hard to... | |
| The truth about interconnects - can you handle it? Bluefin, our audio memory for detailed musical presentation is very short, same as memorising a phone number for 10-20s in order to call someone in our phonebook. Unless yours imediate recall memory is truly exceptional, after 3 mo from listening ... | |
| The truth about interconnects - can you handle it? This topic looks very interesting. I have been lurking on Audiogon for about a year, learning a lot about hi-fi and enjoying one of the most elevated web site on the net...I don't want to convince anybody other then me if expensive cables are wort... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? get two large cotton balls and fix them behind your ears with some tape, so the angle between head and the ear pavilion will increase. As a cheper alternative, put your hands in extension to the ear pavilions. with both methods you'll experience d... | |
| Dynaudio Contour 1.3SE brightness? I have a pair of Dynaudio 1.3 MK II and Musical Fidelity A3 cdp/A300 integrated amp, analysis plus oval 9 cables. The speakers did sound bright when new. Their initial location, in a room with high celing and hardwood floors did not helped either.... | |
| sacd vs xrcd Jpharris, are you sure that the whole XRCD catalog is on sale? On their site, was mentioned just a 'back catalog sale'[??] and there are only few listed options...I tried to order from the big list and I got no deals...usualy I avoid music direct ... | |
| sacd vs xrcd thanks every body for their input. I did not have the chance to listen to the same recording on the same rig in XRCD and SACD format-anybody had that experience?-[ there are some available from FIM as exemple] but all my XRCDs seem to be superior ... | |
| entry level power solutions Thanks for the tips. What do you think about those 50 bucks or so PCs? My wife had some problems to understand why a speaker cable costs a couple of hundreds, with PCs will be even harder to negotiate... | |
| suggestions for speakers thanks every body for their input. I don't have where to listen to proacs or meadowowlarks...Would you buy without? What do you think about b&w-like 805 nautilus compared to above suggestions? [ I have a b&w dealer around] | |
| please help a rookie Thanks again for the input. I considered the tubes somehow too exotic for a beginner but it looks like I must at least take a listen to some...I like B&W, but I am aware that are many other nice alternatives.[ so far I just listened to B&W... | |
| please help a rookie Thanks everybody for the very interesting answers. To be onest,I did some research but way too little listening in the high-end demo room, partially because I am living in a rural area[ SC], without many dealers around...For folks like me, yours a... |