ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| Looking for straight talk on Focal Sopra No 2 speakers I've been enjoy my Sopra No2's now for nearly three years (got one of the first pairs to hit our shores). I have been changing out this, upgrading that, but with my current setup, no desire to do any more of that.I have nothing but good things to... | |
| MAC Autoformers? Wow! Lots of opinions here!In my case, my McIntosh MC452 pairs really well with my Focal Sopra No2 speakers, I can listen to them for many hours without fatigue. I enjoy this combination very much, very much the only thing I really care about. | |
| MAC Autoformers? " The only negative with Mac autoformers is in doubling the amplifier cost and weight"So true! I had to get help from my neighbor to get the carton from my car into the house, get the beast unboxed, unbolted from the plywood base, and lifted up ... | |
| MAC Autoformers? I'm by no means an engineer, but very much appreciate the technical descriptions of why some amplifiers are designed with autoformers.One comment about McIntosh owning the patent. The patent on that invention expired long ago. I think the more v... | |
| Focal Sopra 2 thoughts? I got my Sopra No2's about three years ago, when the first shipment to the U.S. arrived from France. My "man cave" is a 24 x 26 x8 room, with a carpeted concrete form. I drive them with a McIntosh MC452 (450 wpc) amp, when I'm really playing mus... | |
| McIntosh MC152 vs MC162 I would agree with the others who recommend the MC152. Not only does it have the autoformers, it have both single ended and XLR inputs, more up to date circuitry (I believe the new generation output transistors), and would most-likely have much l... | |
| NAD Preamp I owned and loved NAD equipment for several years, but nearly each and every piece needed service, some in warranty, some just beyond. | |
| Using Two Subwoofers with Two 2-Channel Amplifiers. My vote would be "yes" to using two sub woofers.In my previous setup I had a "Y" cable to combine the left and right preamp outputs into a single feed to the sub. That worked well.But with my latest setup, which is much higher end, my dealer and ... | |
| DAC Selection I have enjoyed a PS Audio DirectStream DAC just a few weeks after it was introduced and though I've swapped out this-than-and-the-other component in my system over the last 4-5 years, the PS Audio is "a keeper".Besides having great sound quality, ... | |
| Magico A3 vs. Focal Kanta 2 I have had the Focal Sopra No2's since they first came out, driving them with a C2500/MC452 and am absolutely smitten by the way they sound. I listen to mostly classical, some rock & roll, some jazz, some world music, and find the Focal's don... | |
| Can someone explain to me why : Accupahse Equipment is that expensive ? What is anything "worth"? Probably what people are willing to pay for it. It almost sounds silly to say that, but if you look at the resale values for lots of items on Audiogon, most other brands depreciate much faster than Accuphase and McIntosh. | |
| The 10 Best-Sounding Concert Halls in the World My wife and I have enjoyed concerts in #1, #2 and #3 on the list from that article, and concur. We took a quick weekend trip to Boston, heard Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Boston Symphony Orchestra with the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto played at the ... | |
| I've got the Summertime Blues. Power conditioner necessary? My system has all digital sources, and I've found that the better the quality the AC power is, the DACs extract more detail with less distortion.I used to have a very nice, modestly-priced Furman unit. When I upgraded to a PS Audio P10 Power Plan... | |
| Speaker Upgrade Time...Great Experience. cbucki,Congrats on the new system! I spent about a year auditioning all sorts of speakers, when changing from my excellent Totem Fire monitors (just wanted a change). I was absolutely smitten with the Focal's...so much so, I ordered "sight unsee... | |
| Sellers adding for PayPal use is plainly BS I have found that listing items where I include the PayPal and Continental U.S. UPS shipping, takes those two items "off the table", and makes items easier to sell. |