dekay
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| Tube sound: Pre-amp vs. amp? Depending on how high end your CD Player is you may try an inexpensive tube buffer stage in between you player and amplifier. Musical Fidelity makes one for $200.00 (much less used) that does this trick but may slow the tempo somewhat per recent r... | |
| Power of amp. Listen to a 2 to 5 watt SET amp on efficiant speakers or a cheap Monarchy class "A" low watt amp on normal efficiancy monitors and you will get a good answer to your question. There are no set rules, which adds to both the fun and the frustration ... | |
| CD and Speakers for a Jolida 302? Pops: I always forget about the Acoustic Energy Aegis One's when people ask about speakers because they are so inexpensive ($300.00) retail. They are good little speakers. I have heard them with a Jolida, the 500 model can't remember the exact num... | |
| Single-ended amps with Martin Logans Eldragon: You would love talking to my wife who is the "bookie", she says that we have your suggestions and that they are good ones. On a hifi note kind of: I read two series of detecitive/crime adventure novels one in which the detective was a bo... | |
| CAL SIGMA II upgrade 24/96? I was going to switch to the Delta/Sigma combo maily due to their size and tried the new 24/96 on my CAL Ikon MkII. It had more detail, dynamics and better defined LF's but it did something to the midrange that I did not like. Since vocals are imp... | |
| Top Ten Speakers of All Time? Readymix: Are the newer bi-wirable versions not as good? How do they differ in sound? I keep checking them out on EBay (right now there is a new in the box Spendor version) but am only familiar with the old Rogers single wire version which I owned... | |
| Single-ended amps with Martin Logans Hi Eldragon: I collect mainly Haitian Art as well as some work by Xavier Cugat who was a painter as well as a bandleader, but also anything that both of us like and can afford. We ran out of wall space years ago but I kept buying out of habit. I h... | |
| Top Ten Speakers of All Time? Senator or Congressman Benson from the state of Texas. Remember when he nailed Dan Quail for his JFK remark? Also the LS3/5a BBC moniters. | |
| CD and Speakers for a Jolida 302? Hi Pops: I have a pair of Castle Isis speakers that would be a good match. Retail was $550-$650 depending on finish. They are discontinued but may still be around at a very good price. Their replacement is called the Richmond at $500 list. They ar... | |
| Relief? The New Digital Players Mf claims that the output/input of all their equipment is matched for this purpose. Though I do not know if they are talking inter species - X vs A. I have looked at the A line but cannot stand the appearance. Gold and stainless steel together loo... | |
| integrated tube amp for $1000.00 clams The Musical Fidelity X-LPS phono stage is on sale at Audio Advisor for $199.95 new. It is an updated version of the X-LP that was well reviewed. I would hope that it is at least as good. | |
| Single-ended amps with Martin Logans SF: Carl said that his Bottleheads are on back order which may sway me to the preassembled Decware. I already have the purchase of a SET preapproved with my better half "just stop talking about the dammed thing and buy it". Plus I just sold a pain... | |
| Single-ended amps with Martin Logans SF: Check out bottlehead.com also if you have not been there. These seems to be the two cheap SET camps that divide the States at this time (will it never end). From what I gather at the SET forum at Audio Asylum (which is like studying the Torah)... | |
| Relief? The New Digital Players I guess that I stopped auditioning to soon with the Arcam players, they did have the model 9 in stock. The 8SE had more detail than my CAL and almost as much bass, it just did not sound as musical. I do not know how to desrcibe what it missed that... | |
| Relief? The New Digital Players Hi Sedond: I have a bare bones system. A Musical Fidelity X-A1 integrated now with the X-A50 mono blocks on order in Canada that should arrive in a couple of weeks to bi-amp a pair of Castle Isis moniters. The player is a CAL Icon MkII with vibrop... |