dhoff01
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| Mcintosh MC500 or Accuphase P800 Regarding Left Eye's comments, I went from a McIntosh ss amp to Accuphase, and found the result to be quite the opposite. To be fair, though, I have one of their Class A amps. I've never heard one of their A/B amps. | |
| Navigating Mac Mini with I mac I use my iPad to control my headless mac mini with a VNC app. Works like a charm. | |
| dac or sacd? Good choice. Enjoy. | |
| dac or sacd? AddWadia 781i Marantz SA-15s2 Luxman D-5 | |
| accuphase compare to mcintosh I wasn't comparing anything to the A50, and the MC202 is as close to a match to the A20 as you're going to see. Remember, Accuphase is grossly marked up here in the US. The A20 was built in 1995 and listed for approximately 320000 yen, which is ar... | |
| accuphase compare to mcintosh I switched from McIntosh to Accuphase after I did some side-by-side comparison between my MC202 and my friend's A20. The MC202 is rated at 200 wpc (smallest model with autoformers), and the A20 is rated at 20 into 8 ohms and 40 into 4 ohms.I was s... | |
| Dedicated SACD players with digital inputs? I was not aware of the MPS-5. Looks like a great unit, but $15K is out of my ballpark. I'm hoping for something used between $3 and $5k.Right now 306 and SA50 probably rank 1/2, with the MCD 500 a close 3rd..Any other suggestions in this price range? | |
| Dedicated SACD players with digital inputs? +$20k is a little steep for me... | |
| Dedicated SACD players with digital inputs? Interesting. A quick check to their website shows that even Marantz's description of the SA-15s2 lacks any mention of a digital input, yet a picture of the back panel clearly shows one. I wonder if it offers much improvement over my Benchmark. You... | |
| Dedicated SACD players with digital inputs? Thanks Mhedges. I thought about Marantz, but I think only their lower end SACD model has digital inputs (SA8004). None of their reference series have them as of yet, and I doubt the 8004's DACs will be that much of an improvement over my Benchmark... | |
| who makes auto biasing tube amps w/200 wpc I've been heavily considering it as well (the 402au is also on my short list). Keep us up-to-date on where you come out, as I have a similar interest in upgrading from my current gear. | |
| who makes auto biasing tube amps w/200 wpc Moscode 401HR. 200 wpc + auto biasing. I'm sure you can get one used in your price range. | |
| What can you tell me about Focus Audio? As an update, I've logged just over 200 hours on the FAs, and I must admit that the change has been rather dramatic. As I mentioned above, there was a bit of harshness on the upper frequencies when I first started listening to them. The highs now ... | |
| What can you tell me about Focus Audio? Mbump - I'm more than happy to. I've only put about 30 hours on them so far, but I was impressed with them out of the box. Voicing is spectacular, the bass is fast and punchy, but the highs are a little harsh at the moment. It uses a scanspeak rev... | |
| What can you tell me about Focus Audio? Thanks Trelja. I can't tell you how frustrating it was trying to find the right pair for me... |