dpac996
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| Best Preamp = No Preamp? GOOD vacuum tube preamps seem to be common with a truly captivating, inviting sound.I think we all seem to agree on that, more or less. | |
| Soldering 101 for Audiophiles my advice cwoldon is for you to buy a decent 25-45 watt iron practice on some leaded resistors and if you feel you got the hang of it tackle your tweeters.If you don't feel comfortable then pay someone to do it.Audiophile connection? now THAT is f... | |
| Best String Cheese Incident CD to start with..... Tough to find:Live at Charlottesville, I think 1999, as recorded by Trax. A great show and an even better recording direct off the soundboard.Easy to find:Round the Wheel, 1998 excellent | |
| Best Preamp = No Preamp? Jmaldonadoever hear the term synergy...?My take on the "high end sound " is the result YOU come to love after much hardware experience....synergy comes to mind...so be it if you call one component dry and and others compensating...Jmaldonado whate... | |
| Best Preamp = No Preamp? I totally agree with Undertow and Grannyring. That too has been my experience with passive and straight-into-the-amp sources...something is always missing and that something has ALWAYS translated (for me) into a flat, dry, and smaller sound than g... | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? Stay away from folks suggesting they left the ride :) | |
| Best CD sound: Marantz SA8001 or Rega Apollo? 4estThat is plain poo poo. The NAD M5 SACD outs sounded better than my Squeezebox driving a late model Benchmark DAC1. Not to my ears alone but the the DAC 1s owner as well as another dudes. On redbook it was much closer and would really require d... | |
| Best CD sound: Marantz SA8001 or Rega Apollo? Daltonlanny,I don't know why but very few people have anything to say about the 8001. I posted something about the 8001 about a year ago...again it was very very little (i'll just assume not many have it).ANyway I bought one last September I think... | |
| Help with Integrated Amp Choice Kfester,I have had the NAD M3 for several weeks now, and I am impressed with this amp's character. I have dynaudio s3.4s; the M3 drives the 4 ohm nominal current hungry dyns with great control and ease. I recently took a path, or I should say a di... | |
| Best player for Poorly Recorded redbook CDs? "your'e prob right Audphile1"He is exactly right, which is why the Merry Go Round is such a FUN and long lasting ride. | |
| What songs do you never get tired of? "Blue Sky" - Allman Brothers"Fool in the Rain" - Led Zeppelin"Red House" - as sung/played by Hendrix...just a few | |
| One's trash is someone else's treasure "Eventually after aging, GOD drinks us up, and Mrs GOD gets pissed because GOD is DRUNK AGAIN"In the words of Homer Simpson:"...hmmm Alcohol: The Cause of, and Solution to, all our problems "Relax! Bottoms Up. | |
| One's trash is someone else's treasure "Anyway, dragging some dude over the coals for a deal ANYONE OF YOU WOULD DO (privately!!) because he said it publicly, is total DooDoo"Judging from the sheer magnitude of lowballers out there...I agree one hundred million % | |
| Best integrated for rock music under $1,500? "but surely there's something that would perform like an NAD but is better built? " That would be the Master's Series componentsThey are like nothing before from NAD. | |
| Am I going crazy or? PbbYou could easily replace "Some of the stuff I read in this thread is pure nonsense" with Most of the stuff I read on this entire website is pure nonsense-YMMV |