garfish
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| Best of the small speakers Hi Bs..., As much as I like both the Vandersteen 2Ce & 3A sigs.-- and I own both, I must respectfully disagree a bit with Eldragon and Lihifi above. I suggest that either is just too big for a 12 X 15 room, IMHO. I used the 2Ces with a McCorma... | |
| Best system for opera lover at $30,000 Hi Snoopdog and DavidK; I do agree with David in that Fusilli has an impossible task. And David.... I quoted no one in my posts. I enjoy reading. Do you read? Carl... humor much appreciated:) Last night I listened to John Lee Hooker (MFSL, gold CD... | |
| Best system for opera lover at $30,000 PS...Skull & Snoopdog, Re: live music. I have played guitars (as an amatuer), both acoustic and electric, for over 40 years, and I don't need to be told that I don't know what "live" music sounds like, or the fact that room acoustics are impor... | |
| Best system for opera lover at $30,000 Hi Skull and Snoopdog; First, I sincerely appreciate your responses. I just didn't like it inferred that my stereo system was "junk" because it's mostly solid state and does not include vinyl. As I've become more confident and trusting of my own j... | |
| Best system for opera lover at $30,000 PS... I do believe that Stereophile has taken a significant turn for the worse since it was sold to big publishers, whose only interest is the bottom line. | |
| Best system for opera lover at $30,000 Skull; Using Stereophile advice and guidelines over the last several years, I have put together a very musical and enjoyable stereo system-- mostly solid state, but a tube pre-amp. Their guidance has been invaluable, but my final decision on purch... | |
| Most important link: Source? Pre-amp?or? Hi Rayd; Even though I'm not a vinyl fan now (I was in the 60's and 70's), that bit of info. about the poor quality of LPs because of the oil shortage is really interesting and amazing. I didn't know the oil shortage had those kinds of consequence... | |
| 24/96 Upsampling ...Thankyou Kevin Halverson of Muse Electronics. I will be looking forward to your cyber article re: clearing up the confusion about over sampling, up-sampling etc. To Audiogon members intersested in digital (music): Kevin H. is one of the top dig... | |
| Could someone explain the Pass Aleph 3?? --- for the $$ you mention, you should be able to find a McCormack DNA-1 (185 wpc, 8 ohms & 370, 4 ohms) or Aragon 4004 0r 8008 with slightly higher wpc. There are others, but these are both Stereophile class B amps, and should power your HT m... | |
| Could someone explain the Pass Aleph 3?? Hi Baz; I've never thought of the Aleph 3 as a HT amp, ie it's a finesse, audiophile amp. From what you say about your needs/wants, go for an amp with some serious horse power; 200+ wpc into 8 ohms, 400 into 4 ohms, 800 into 2 ohms. The Aleph 3 wa... | |
| Most important link: Source? Pre-amp?or? Hi ElDragon; I've asked myself this question about 10K times. I think Onhwy61 had a good response that I agree with-- the speaker/room interface is absolutely critical. Other than that, and I know it's a cliche', but a chain is only as strong as i... | |
| 24/96 Upsampling Hi Kies & Carl; I don't believe the Muse model 296 is an upsampling DAC, although I do think it uses over sampling technology, (but I don't exactly know the difference between over sampling and up-sampling). I've looked into this a bit as I ha... | |
| McCormack\Rotel Hi Winoguy17; The DNA-1 is a great amplifier; I have not heard the Rotel, but I can't imagine it sounding better. If you want to up-grade though, consider one of Steve McCormacks upgrade packages, or if you want both better music quality and more ... | |
| Best Sounding Power Cord ...Just had 70 amp submain with four 20 amp breakers, each running to four Hubbell audiophile grade dual gang outlets installed. Also dedicated ground with 3, six ft. copper rods driven into ground in triangular pattern about 5 to 10 ft. from outl... | |
| "Feng Shui" and "Floobie Dust" Thanks J_K, I'll check it out. |