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| Budget CD player with volume control? I own a Cary 303-200 with volume control and metal remote. Good build quality,it sounds great and you can pick them up used for about $1500. or so. | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Brainimir, Do you know when the 4th generation VRDS NEO will be implemented into the UX-1?Frank | |
| The current SOTA SACD player Hi Jonathan, Brent, Mike, Grant and Alex. All the above I know personally and consider friends with a common interest in high end audio. I don't want to belabor this but would like to comment on it. I think Ecka's comment above is well put and I'd... | |
| APL Esoteric X-01 Mgottlieb, "you're going blind--aurally". Judging from Grandme posts above, he was "going blind--aurally" when when he bought the X-01. I don't see any difference between that and going the APL route. If the NWO2.5 is as good as the owners claim, ... | |
| The current SOTA SACD player I currently own the EMM DCC2 Signature/CDSD combo. Before I upgraded to the Signature version I bought an Esoteric X-01 Limited. The X-01 Limited had more bass and gave the music more body. At first I thought WOW, this is really good. As I gave it... | |
| Conrad Johnson Act 2 series 2 First Impressions Grant. That was really creative. You should be in the intertainment business :-). | |
| Speaker match with Pass Labs XA-160 Gandme. I own the Talon Firebirds with Diamond tweeters. Right now I'm driving them with the Lamm M1.2 Ref. monos. These are rated at 110 watts of class A power. The Lamms easily drive the Firebirds. The XA-160's would have no problem at all with ... | |
| Speaker match with Pass Labs XA-160 The XA-160's are excellent class A amplifiers. They will match up with a wide variety of different types of speakers and will drive most anything. If you get 50 respounces, you'll probably get close to 50 different answeres. I would concentrate mo... | |
| You're favorite CD for breaking in new speakers... I like the Gladiator sound track. Goes to all the extremes. Will really give your speakers a workout. I will alternate that with other discs like femal vocals that I listen to alot. | |
| Esoteric X-01 Limited or new D-03/P-03 It's my understanding that the VRDS in the P-01, UX-1 and X-01 is still the top transport. The VRDS in the P-03 is a lower cost unit. Not their best.The P-01, UX-1 and X-01 VRDS uses a magnesium turntable. Magnesium has only two thirds the specic ... | |
| Have you seen the VR9SE Review? Onhwy61. Maybe you didn't notice that the article is listed under Audio Discourse not Hardware Reviews. | |
| mephisto IIX or ayre cx7-e Kops. I'd like to have one for my coffee table as a conversation piece :-). My wife actually did complain when I sold mine. | |
| mephisto IIX or ayre cx7-e I've owned the Mephisto II and IIX. Loved them both. Never had a problem. Have no experience with the Ayre.Having said that, I think the Audiomeca is a poor investment especially in the U.S. If you have a problem with it, where are you going to ge... | |
| EMM labs upgrades for CDSD and DCC2 Post script. I should clarify something. When I said above that a well recorded redbook is close to SACD, I meant a well recorded SACD. I have some SACD's that in my opinion sound like crap. | |
| EMM labs upgrades for CDSD and DCC2 I have to agree with Fbhifi. After having my DCC-2 upgraded to Sig. it was better top to bottom. SACD was even better than before but what really stood out was the improvement in PCM. They all sound at least a little better but a redbook that is r... |