duane
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| CD-ROM Transport It is compressed sounding and thin but it works. | |
| MMF-5: Cartridge upgrade or new table I'm not as up on tables as i used to be but I think u\you will get a bigger bang for buck upgrading your cartridge and maybe arm over a new one in the price range you are talking about. (unless you come across a used Basis for $700.) LOL.At this l... | |
| Theory about Cary amps and their reviewers Hello again. My experience was within the industry when I was hired by a couple of manufacturers to set up and "tweak" their systems for C.E.S. (At that time in Chicago.) While I was there I wondered around to see old friends and say hi to a few c... | |
| marantz 9600 Line conditioners can hurt the sound by starving equipment of either the amount of power needed or the speed in which the power is needed. (most noticable on amps) I have always noticed Panamax shrinking the sound stage and making bass sound mecha... | |
| Theory about Cary amps and their reviewers Hello Again. My experience with Cary was in the early to mid 90's so if they have improved that is better for everyone and High End audio in general. I am open minded. | |
| marantz 9600 Hello, Sounds good. That Projector is great. I would stay away from Panamax. They hurt the sound and they don't pay anything if you get hit by lightning. The Audio store I work at turned in 8 claims for customers and they didn't pay any of them.I ... | |
| Changed circ.breaker-vocals became shouty:why? Eldarford, there are rip offs and steals at every price. There are $800 amps that sound better than $2000 amps and $20,000 amps that are 10 times better than $10,000 amps.You can't find a new amp for $300 that is any good because there is a minimu... | |
| Definitive BP7000SC vs. Paradyme signature S8 Sorry to completely disagree but Foster 9 likes the DEF Techs because his amp is awesome, not the speakers. I have heard both and he hasn't and to say that there are no better speakers out there is like thinking there is no better sports car than ... | |
| Changed circ.breaker-vocals became shouty:why? Hello Again. You said nothing about the Panamax in line before. Take that piece of ?&$# out of the system. I am a Panamax dealer and that thing doesn't belong on anything above a $400 theater in a box. That is cutting the sound quality of your... | |
| Definitive BP7000SC vs. Paradyme signature S8 My store doesn't carry either one but the Paradigm speakers are better. They are far less colored and don't exaggerate boomy bass and sizzly highs. You will also be able to own them longer without getting tired of them. Also look at Vienna Acousti... | |
| Thor- TPA-150- any thoughts Their Pre-amp is one of the top 3 in the world but their amps are very weak. They are distant sounding and compressed and won't drive hardly anything. I can't call them slow as much as lacking in any dynamic contrast. If you play Metallica on them... | |
| solution for "popping sound" from tube amp? It is your tube. Small chance a capacitor but very small. I would call some brokers in the back of Stereophile for a replacement as Sonic Frontiers doesn't sell the nicer tubes. | |
| Integrated amp for Gallo Reference 3 The Plinius 9200 is the star in your line up. It will smash the Krell in every way. It will also be richer and have less grain than the Musical Fidelity. Another great one is the Classe 150 (new model is not worth the money) and the Arcam FMJ. The... | |
| Universal player replacement for Cary 303/100 In short yes. I am an Onkyo and Marantz dealer and they still don't play CD's that well. If you can, keep 2 transports, if you can't, check out the Arcam DVD players (any of them.) They have a strong influence from DCS. | |
| Request for insight/opinion The Elite is rather smooth and rich for a Japanese receiver and is probably the best match you could have found at its price. Elite's are designed by Meridian. If the Elite bi-passes all A/D and D/A conversion in "Direct" mode then for the dollar ... |