drewfidelity
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| Anyone familiar with "White Stripes" ??? Not a bad band, but way overhyped by the "hipster indie rock" critics. The band sounds like a watered down version of the flaming lips, a great indie rock band. I am not sure about the brother/sister part, though. I was told that they are ex-husba... | |
| Best Amp for under 10K? All of these are excellent recommendations. I want to include the Sim Audio Moon W5 amplifier to this list. It is a great amplifier and would cost half of what your considering spending. I am not sure if any of the suggested amplifiers are that mu... | |
| Power Amps and Power Conditioners, Do you plug in? Thank you all for your responses. The only reason why I am plugging the amplifier into the Monster HTS2000 is because it is the only place that I can plug it into due to the inflexibility of the power cord. It just so happened that I thought I hea... | |
| Problems with proposed transactions? I have completed quite a few transactions over the past year and have had very few problems with the merchandise recieved, the merchandise sent, or the payment either way. I have a system that I follow that works for me. I think that most of us ha... | |
| Running CD-Player Directly from Amp I agree with Clueless about there being many variables that will determine compatibility and sound quality. My personal opinion is that all source components benefit more sonically from what an active preamplifier offers than they benefit from wha... | |
| Brute power cheap?? Adcom Vs. Rotel vs. NAD The Aragon 8008BB cannot be beat at its current price point for the power and musicality it can offer Maggies. Their is a new model coming out and dealers are selling new Aragon 8008BB amplifiers in the 1600 dollar range. This amplifier was a barg... | |
| BAT VK-200 vs Classe amps in general? I have owned a BAT VK-200 and a Classe CA-150 and I liked them both. They both had very good qualities. In my opinion the BAT VK-200 was the more musical of the two. That is not to say that the Classe was not musical, it is to say that the BAT was... | |
| Best Dac you ever heard The best DAC that I ever heard was a Wadia 861. It seemed so real. | |
| Are You Content With Your System? I am not sure that my ultimate goal is to be satisfied with my system. I am sorry to say that if I ever did find sonic nirvana I would eventually screw it up by changing something. I am very content with this being my only obsessive vice. If I did... | |
| Audiogon Ethics The foundation of our community is built on trust. We are lucky in that our hobby is limited in so far as the high end audio community is limited. Having had the opportunity to participate I have found, as most of us have, that my 9/10 is another ... | |
| How many of us have worked in audio stores? I worked for Harvey Electronics in Paramus, NJ from 93-95. We carried quality midfi and some High End audio/video products. The manager of that store before right before I was hired was Jeff Joseph of Joseph Audio. I really enjoyed selling systems... | |
| Which direction would you go? HI Mike, A speaker that may work for you would be one of the ProAc Response speakers, I would assume that a used pair of 2.5's would go between 2k and 2.5k. A very musical speaker that is easy on the ears and goes down below 30Hz. Very simple to d... | |
| A pass Labs X250 amp worth a divorce? As others have mentioned your upgrade path should begin with your source. I would suggest the Cary 303/200. It replaced a Classe DAC1/CDT1/Digital Lens digital rig and, IMHO, is a better source. I think that you will find, as I have, that many peo... | |
| What's it worth if you sold it today? Your system is worth whatever someone in this free market is willing to pay for it. I love this website because it is a great example of how the free market economy works. This free market constantly corrects itself due to the fact that equilibriu... | |
| Is there any such thing as a high end receiver? Two companies that used to produce really decent sounding receivers were NAD and Rotel. The NAD receiver were entire entry level separates placed in a single box. The problem with most receivers is that each of the separate sections share a common... |