dkuipers
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| Please help with balanced interconnects! jcb--the Cary sounds great; leave me my feedback! deshapiro--I have the SCD-1. Look on the back of it. Make sure you have the switch set to balanced output. In one position it enables the single-ended RCA outputs, in the other position it enables ... | |
| Top Ten Tuners of all Time?? Mac MR78; timeless. Accuphase T100; musical. Onkyo T9090MkII; best performance/value tradeoff. Magnum MD108; best ever, price no object. For the record, I currently own the Magnum MD102, have owned other Magnums in the past, owned several Onkyos, ... | |
| need help on choosing right power cord! Since you specifically asked about the Resolution Audio CDP... The TG Audio power cord HSR-a I believe is the model number, it worked very well on the CD50 when I auditioned it. The Resolution Audio people recommend TG cords too, and they're very ... | |
| Best MC Cartridge $300.00 or less AT-OC9, Denon 103, especially 103D if you can find one. Both are competitive with carts over $1K IMO. | |
| Sell my B&K 4420 and buy a Belles 150a ? The Belles is a superb amp, a real giant killer. I had the Hot Rod version and it did not embarass itself at all in comparison to my other amps > $4K, in fact, I preferred it to a couple of well-known super amps. The non-Hot Rod Belles is an ev... | |
| Entry into tubes Used Jadis, ARC, or CJ integrated would meet your budget and sound terrific. Good resale value too if you change your mind later. The Manley and VTL integrateds I'd to this list, but as both are still relatively new models, they're a bit harder to... | |
| Cello, Rowland, Pass, OR Accuphase? craigza, If you like your 8Ti/HC's, you should try and get a chance to listen to the new Model 12 mono's. I have the Model 10 stereo, and I am very impressed with it, this from a longtime Rowland amp fan. I actually thought about getting a used Mo... | |
| Tubes & Audio Research Corp. Albert, If you have an account w/Svetlana, do you know what the deal is with the Svet 300Bs? I can't find them anywhere, and I've heard that Svet is no longer making them. It would be disappointing if this is true.... Svet won't take phone calls f... | |
| Best small 2-way floorstander? I just sold my Merlin VSM-SEs with Balanced Battery BAM. I'm getting the Kharma Ceramiques if that tells you anything. The Merlins are excellent hi-fi speakers. The Kharmas are superb music makers. If you can appreciate what I mean by those differ... | |
| good xlr cable Analysis Plus Copper-In XLRs. Warm and clear w/o the overt coloration of Transparent and MIT. Good stuff. | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Barber's Adagio for Strings was also used in the Platoon soundtrack from 1986. I would add to the list Albinoni's Adagio, the version from Gary Karr on King Super Analogue is superb and very melancholy. If that's your thing of course. I also like ... | |
| Is SACD really this lousy? 2 weeks is entirely too short to fairly evaluate the SCD-1. Assuming you bought new, you're just too impatient. The SCD-1 takes over 300 HOURS to break-in. Sorry, that's just the way it is. I speak from experience as I've owned the SCD-1 since Feb... | |
| Nirvana Interconnects and Speaker Cables Agreed about the Nirvana. I've found that all the nice, all-copper cables sound very musical and preferred to my ears. If you like Nirvana, you'll also like Cardas Golden Cross, Magnan Signature, BEL the Wire, Harmonic Tech cables, and yes, the An... | |
| Does it still pay to buy a $3k CD player Well, no need to visit you Carl, as I've had the Res CD50 here for an extended listen compared to my Sony SCD-1. Did the CD50 as an integrated player into a preamp and CD-direct into my amps balanced (Atma-Sphere M60 MkIIs). The CD50 is a very nic... | |
| Help-need dig. cable better than D-60 Marigo is much better than either the original Illuminati or the current Illuminations D-60. I have a length of the Marigo Apparition Reference 5.0 for sale here on audiogon with RCA connectors on both ends, you might want to check it out. |