emily
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| Recommended SS AMP for under 1,000 Read on... Why not listen to the Adcom 5802. My husband owned a GFA- 555 and I also thought it was bright but the 5802 is in a completely different league. I do not own electrostatics but I do use the GFP-750 with a Sonic Frontiers front end with wonderful r... | |
| Speakers Needed: Audiophile Taste - Low Budget You might try to find a used pair of NEAR 20M's. A very good speaker for the money. You should be able to find them for about $500 used | |
| Powerful Integrated Amp for Inefficient Speakers Legacy makes a 200 watt per channel integrated for about $2400 | |
| "tube" cd players? Sonic Frontiers SFCD-1excellent! | |
| Int amp help How about an Anthem Integrated 2. A solid state amplifier section with a tube preamp section. Can be had used for about $500 (at least that is what my husband would like to get for his. (he went to separates in his system and now has one he needs ... | |
| Where R U????? Norwich, Connecticut | |
| Isolation Platform for CD Transport?? I think the type of isolation platform you wish to purchase or build would depend on the type of vibrations you wish to eliminate. If you wish to eliminate room born vibrations then I belive you need some type of air suspension system. If you are ... | |
| Best component ever for the ... I made squares out of a self hardening clay. I made two sizes (that I stack) the larger are 1.5 X 1.5 X .5 inches and the smaller ones are .75 X .75 X .5 inches. between the squares I insert a piece of "foamtastic" for dampening purposes. The tota... | |
| Help with tube amps I am sorry, I forgot about telling about my speakers. We run a pair of NEAR 50me mkII, with low senstivity but not a difficult load to drive. Right now we are in a small room, about 12'x12'. Our current system is an Adcom GFA-5802, an Adcom GFP-75... | |
| Which CDP has more natural, highs I purchased a Sonic Frontiers SFCD-1 used from this site. The price was under $2000. I have been very happy with the units performance. Seems best with female vocals and acoustic material, but still sounds better (to me) than many other players I ... | |
| Time for spring cleaning We have a Marantz tuner (not vintage), a three channel Yamaha amp/pro-logic processor, and a pair of Audio Research AR 9's (The surrounds are gone but, I still have ideas of bringing them back to life.) | |
| NEAR 50 me speakers impedance? My wife and I own a pair of the Near 50se MKII. The impedance of the MKII is 8 ohms, with a sensitivity of 86db/1 watt. This is different from the 1st generation which had a sensitivity of 90db/1 watt. The cause for the change was work on the cros... | |
| Class B int.=Class B Pre/Pro??? I would think that a class B int. could sound better than the separates if a poor cable linked the two. | |
| Best HDCD player under US1600 You may be able to find a Sonic Frontiers SFCD1. These players were $3600-$3800 new but can be found for $1600 used on the web. | |
| Need advice on Bryston B-60 you can find Anthem's integrated 2 for between $600 and $1000 depending on condition (demo or used). This integrated puts out more wattage than the Bryston and is a hybrid (tube preamp ss amp) design. |