daniel825

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Harbeth Compact 7s vs. Pioneer's $129 speakers
Bob,I went out and bought a pair of these today based on your review. I am using them in my bedroom. I have them hooked up to a Marantz PM7002 integrated amp, Marantz SA8004 CD player and a Rega P3 turntable.. The first couple hours of play I did ... 
HELP PICKING NEW TURNTABLE
Well I have had the New Rega RP3 for a week now. I ordered it with a custom plinth from Joel Sciley at AudioWood.com. Joel did a fantastic job on the plinth. it looks beautiful. He is a top notch guy to deal with. First class work and excellent wi... 
HELP PICKING NEW TURNTABLE
Thanks for all the input guys... Sounds like the Rega is the choice. 
HELP PICKING NEW TURNTABLE
Thanks for the responses so far... Has anybody had both of these tables? 
Headphone Amps
Thanks for all the input guys.... I have been reading the reviews on all the suggestions and they all come up good.I am going to be connecting the headphone out to a tube pre-amp.So the question is do I go with a tube or SS headphone amp?ThanksDan 
Headphone Amps
Thanks Guys,You have given me some research to do with the varied choices.Regards,Dan 
New blues CD that I love
Phaelon,Glad you liked it. I was able to see them live last weekend in a very small venue. . They were a heck of a good time. Everyone in the place was either standing or dancing all night long. Lots of fun...Regards,Dan 
New blues CD that I love
Htmailjbc,I love Buddy guy and have a lot of his music... I always go back to him... He is hard to beat..Regards,Dan 
Should Equalizers make a comeback?
I run two CD players through my main system. One of the Players runs through a Equalizer first. I put all high quality recordings through deck one and the lesser recordings through the second deck.Best of all worlds. 
Speakers for a desktop system
Forgot to mention my main cd player is a vincent audio tube player.. 
Speakers for a desktop system
The audioengine A5's came today. Out of the box they sounded just ok.. But then I remembered that my magnepan 1.6's sounded terrible out of the box so I let them play for a couple of hours while I went outside. When I came back I was just amazed. ... 
Speakers for a desktop system
Johhny,I just ordered the Audioengine a5... Should be here in 3 days.Going to look at the vincent sa-96 next. I have a vincent audio tube cd player that I am very happy with.Does anyone make a line preamp with usb that also has a DAC in it? So tha... 
Speakers for a desktop system
Johnnyb53..Sounds like a good idea.. What would you use for a tube line stage that won't take up to much room on the desk?Regards,Dan 
What speakers?
ChadI have not heard the VMPS but they look very interesting.I will check these out first.What amp do you like best with them... Given my taste in music.. Mostly easy listening jazz?Regards,Dan 
What speakers?
Thanks for all the input guys...Let's try this: What monitor speaker can be put within a foot from back wall and will give the best imaging? And depth? biggest soundstage? Anything do it all for under $2k used ?Regards,Dan