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| Amplifier Recommendation for B&W Nautilis 804 Jeff, don't know if you're still amplifier shopping, but I just started feeding my N803's with a c-j MF2500A. Absolutely stunning results. We are immensely pleased because it does *exactly* what you said you wanted: musical bass with slam *and* co... | |
| Floorstanders on wood floor, help UPDATE: since the previous post we've upgraded our power amp from a fifteen-year-old SAE A205 to a new c-j MF2500A.The changes were manifold, huge and bloody (financially anyway). The point of mentioning this here is that this upgrade fixed the pr... | |
| Personal amp evolution Shortest list of the bunch ...Sherwood 60wpc receiver, 1972-72Stolen from my dorm room over Xmas breakHope they're still listening to it, it would serve them right!Sansui 80 wpc receiver, 1973-74Bose 901's needed the extra power!Phase Linear 400, ... | |
| Amplifier Recommendation for B&W Nautilis 804 I agree with others that bass on your N804's will always be limited. :( Still, a bigger amp or biamping can't hurt.I drive N803's with an (ancient) SAE s/s amp. 200wpc into 8 ohms rising to 300wpc into 4. The old thing has ample dynamics and virtu... | |
| $250 used speaker cables for warm system Snipes,If you decide not to go DIY consider Nordost. Their cables seem to work well in a wide range of systems. They are fast, transparent and will not exaggerate warmth in any system. (OTOH, I've heard some Audioquest models called "dark" or "war... | |
| LCD vs. PlasmaTV's Cheap one for $5K? Which make/model or size? We bought our tiny 43" Samsung DLP for about $3K. Once you wean yourself off TV's overly vibrant colors and artificial sharpness, it's easy to appreciate the filmlike/lifelike PQ the DLP sets can provid... | |
| Arcam FMJ CD23T, M.F. A3.2 CD, Rega Jupiter ????? My advice is pretty useless, since I've only heard one of your choices, but here it is anyway:) Buy the Arcam now if you can, they won't be around much longer. We wouldn't give ours away at gunpoint. Here's what we like about the Arcam:- nearly ev... | |
| LCD vs. PlasmaTV's Caution: There is a strong possibility that Panasonic is withdrawing their 52" DLP from the market for reliability reasons. Do a search at avsforum.com if you want/need details. | |
| Floorstanders on wood floor, help Great, thanks for the tips. | |
| Floorstanders on wood floor, help Jsawhitlock,Unfortunately, there's little I can do about speaker placement. They're centered on the TV, about 10-12" farther into the room. Any position change causes audible differences in image or soundstage. We've put a lot of listening time in... | |
| Floorstanders on wood floor, help Holy wow and flutter! Thanks for all the ideas everybody.Seems like there's a concensus to spike or float the N803's above lots of mass, possibly with an absorbing layer beneath that. Maybe I can use those Sorbothane hemispheres after all, if they... | |
| Floorstanders on wood floor, help Thanks, Fp.I've always had trouble getting my head around bearing devices beneath speakers. I understand how they could isolate the cabinet from the floor and reduce boominess. Shouldn't they also free the cabinet to move backward whenever the con... | |
| LCD vs. PlasmaTV's It depends on your uses of course. No TV is perfect for everything.That said, you might also look into DLP RPTV's. We have a Samsung and love it. | |
| HELP I need alot of audio advice.... Very few DVD players are tolerable for CD playback, and even fewer are actually good. The handful of *really* good ones cost well north of $2K. Unless you're prepared to spend that, get a separate CDP for sure.I'm not really familiar enough with t... | |
| Where does one place AQ sorbogel feet? Enthusiasm? Excitement?? Just for music??? Shame on you! Nobody else here would stoop to that level.The first piece I happened to listen to on our new speakers was Beethoven's 6th. Couldn't get through the 5th movement without tears. Didn't even t... |