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| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 I think the best analogy is Pizza, because it is an "upgradeble" dish. Say you love Pizza quatro stagioni. So you find this Pizzeria Danielo which has stellar online reviews and four Zagat stars to boot. Of course, on a first visit you order the $... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 I'm with mr Tennis on this one. He is not necessarily buying the "mod". He is in the market for a tube player and has a budget of $3,500. So you look at the contenders in this space and a modded sony is one of them. He is not interested in a $1,50... | |
| Kef 205/2 Primare, Have you done direct A/B comparison between PS audio power products and Shuyata? I have no experience with the latter, but to me PS audio are the only power products that did anything for me (I had Furman Reference and Stealth conditioner... | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? After seeing tonights show I think that anyone claiming Jakob has no talent has foreever qualified him/herself as a moronic tonedeaf idiot, that has no business going anywhere near an audio system or live musical performance.I'm sure our friend sc... | |
| To mod or not to mod a Sony SCD1 Case in point of modding economics. You buy a a "build like a tank" $1500 SCD-1 and do $3000 worth of mods. Your $4500 modded player now has a resale value of $2500. Alternatively, you can buy a used "build like a tank" Emm labs CDSA se for $5000.... | |
| What`s your fave Audiophile Chill Out recording? Check out the "Favourite ECM Titles" thread. All audiophile recordings and lots of "chill out" music. This would be chilling out of herbal tea sipping variety though.Chilling out of the "coming down after a night of clubbing" variety calls for an ... | |
| To mod or not to mod a Sony SCD1 I used to be a big time modder, but moved away from it completely and here is why. The econmoics don't work. You will take a hit of 75% on most any mod - i.e. you spend $1000 bucks on a mod and you loose $750 when you resell the modded piece. If y... | |
| Would adding a Dac improve the sound for my setup? Without the benefits of having heard any of your components, a do know from personal experience that upgrading your DAC is one of the best bang for the buck moves you can make, so you would probably get a big boost out of a new $1,000 DAC. Another... | |
| Stillpoint component stand with Verity Parsifals Decided to forgo the stands and just ordered 8 x Stillpoints Ulta Aluminum. Let's see of good things will happen to my speakers. | |
| Aesthetix Calypso or Pass Labs Preamp Guys, thanks for all the input. I ended up getting an XP-10. I have yet to find anyone that has anything negative to say about this amp, while the Calypso appears to have both die hard fans and detractors. I should have my XP-10 in a week or so. E... | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? Few observations:First: Agree getting rid of Simon was a blessing. Show was always too much about the jury to my liking and the balanced has shifted to focus on the contestants. Second: Tyler strikes me as a genuinly nice guy, and J-Lo is surprisi... | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? If he pulls the same vocal stunts singing yellow submarine on Beatles night, you'll be proven right.... Until such moment I say he was just emotionally connecting with the lyrics of the song and spilling his guts on the stage.Of course the posterc... | |
| In-walls for 6 & 7 I picked up a pair of in wall paradigms SA-35 (MSRP 1600) for 700 brand new on ebay and could not be happier. Drive them with bel canto S300 (also from ebay). These integrate with a very high end 2 channel system, a very good center channel and a ... | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? First, let me say that this was the best performance I have seen on Idol in ten years (second was Fantasia Barrino's Summertime). Second, Schipo / samual, you could not be more wrong. Obviously, the lyrics had a deep personal meaning to this kid. ... | |
| B&W 802 and Stillpoints Marc777, did you put the ulta's on hard flooring or carpet? I am considering trying them, but wonder how this would work on carpet direct. Would it be an option to put a maple board underneath - or even een maple board with spikes? any thoughts? |