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| High Quality Universal Player?? I confess I haven't read all the posts in this thread, but Oppo support is the best I've ever experienced for any product I own. That, coupled with the fine disc players they offer, would seem to make an Oppo 203 or 205 the obvious choice. | |
| Used Ayre amp market pricing The Parasound JC 1 monoblocks drive the KEF Reference speakers with a sense of neutral authority, with fine detail and imaging. The amps have sufficient current to extend LF to below 20 Hz. Pairing the JC 1 amp & JC 2 preamp is often said to... | |
| Used Ayre amp market pricing You'd be surprised how good the LS50s sound in the setup. I have a setup that uses KEF Reference 107/2s and 204/2C driven by 3 Parasound JC 1s. The stereo preamp in that setup is a JC 2 BP, surround processor a Bryston SP-3. Sources are vinyl t... | |
| Used Ayre amp market pricing I installed a K-5xeMP preamp yesterday that replaced a Cary Cinema 12 processor. I'm using a 30-year-old Proceed Amp 2 to drive a pair of KEF LS50s. Sources are an Oppo 105 and Sony HAP-Z1ES. All connections are balanced. The sound quality is ... | |
| Used Ayre amp market pricing "I have 2 V-5's in my system"How scrupulous are you in observing the recommended 3" clearance above the amp? I can see maybe less than 2" being available, so I wondered about installing one or two 6" exhaust fans in the side of the cabinet adjace... | |
| Used Ayre amp market pricing BTW, I think I found the answer to my OP. The market rate for an Ayre VX-5 seems to be around $4.5K, more than I want to spend for an amp in a secondary system. I'm trying to devise a plan for fitting a taller V-5xe in into my cabinet. The mark... | |
| Used Ayre amp market pricing hgeifman asks, "Are you saying that its 4.875 height is too tall for your space? If yes, what is the maximum height you need?"The slot is 8" high, so a height of 5" would provide the 3" ventilation Ayre recommends -- these amps are reported to ... | |
| Used Ayre amp market pricing re decluttering: A pair of 20-watt Cary 572 SE CAD monoblock tube amps do sit on either side of the equipment cabinet in the living room, but they are only about 8" wide, seem decorative, and sound surprisingly good driving the KEF LS50s. | |
| Used Ayre amp market pricing mgreen,Thanks for your insight. In an effort to declutter the living room, I sold a Parasound A 21 that was too tall to fit into the equipment cabinet so sat on the floor. Having three JC 1 monoblocks sitting on the floor of our music/HT room is... | |
| Used Ayre amp market pricing cedargrover: The V-5xe is listed in the AudioGon Blue Book, but too tall for my use. I think I saw a VX-5 Twenty listed at Audio Mart for $6400. I hope the VX-5 is less pricey -- presumably it's an older model.ebm: A little forbearance might b... | |
| Replacing Parasound p7, but with what? I agree with atmosphere's comments, but your A 21 would pair well with a Parasound JC 2 preamp. The used market seems to be around $2K. The JC 2 has been characterized as approaching an ideal strait wire with amplification.If you want to integra... | |
| First Watt with KEF LS50s I think I would use only the balanced input, perhaps with a Goldpoint to switch between an Oppo BDP 105 and Sony HAP-Z1ES, both of which sound better with balanced output. It would be nice to have an HDMI option, but HDMI seems a can of worms sma... | |
| First Watt with KEF LS50s If you mean a Halo Integrated amp, the answer is no. I've used both an A 21 and A23 to drive the LS50s, and much prefer the A 21, but it's too large for the cabinet I want to use so I sold it last night. Richard Schram tells me the sound with Ha... | |
| First Watt with KEF LS50s mapman, the Reno folks who sell First Watt concur that it's not a suitable pairing. (I think I got carried away by how well the pair of 20-watt Cary CAD 573 SE tube monoblocks sound with the LS50s.) I sold the Parasound A 21 last night and will u... | |
| Levinson 380S with sub There seems to be both balanced and single-ended outputs. I had hoped the single-ended output could be connected to a bass manager. |