garfish
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| Good upgrade amp for my Thiel 3.6s I would think that you'd want an amp that was not inherently bright sounding as the Thiel 3.6s can be very revealing. I can highly recommend the McCormack DNA2 or DLX or any of the SMc Revisions. The DNA2 puts out 300/600/1200 wpc into 8,4, and 2 ... | |
| better gear, worse recordings Audiotomb; good thread but difficult to grapple with. I found Scott's (Sns) assessment above particularily astute and interesting, or said another way, I agree with much of what he says. I recently made a major speaker up-grade, ie from warm/forgi... | |
| Why doesn't Audiogon have some guidelines? I too agree with the way Jeff handles it. Sale pending notices grate on me too-- it makes potential buyers frustrated and in "lmbo", and for that matter, so does a SOLD notice-- delete the ad and be done with it. Craig | |
| Does Avergae CD Player + DAC = Average Sound? What kind of digital output does the Technics have?-- coaxial would be preferred. IMO, the DAC is much more important to music quality than the transport, so I think plugging the Technics into a good DAC (you don't specify budget) will certainly i... | |
| Best Dac you ever heard The Levinson M360S DAC with M37 transport are fantastic in my system-- no interest in SACD or DVD-A here. For Rayhall;>) ......SF Line 2 tube pre-amp, McCormack DNA2 Rev. A amp, and Vand. 5 speakers. The 360S is neutral, dynamic, great PRT, non... | |
| What is happening with some of these ads? ..........sounds like an unusually "goofy" seller? Cheers. Craig | |
| I know Audiogon is the best for buying and selling At least when selling-- well buying too, I haven't had much success on the "other" audio sites, so I've been pretty much been sticking with A'Gon which I think is by far the best. In fact it's become my "home away from home". But all sorts of stra... | |
| Brightness Differences Between Daytime and Evening Sean said it very well. My experience exactly, and I know my in home voltage is lower during the day than late at night. Prime listening time for me starts about 11 PM, but mid-night to 1 AM is best and music quality is the difference between nigh... | |
| More Questions for the Experts Good post JD-- I agree. I also face this dilemma and discussed it at length with Steve McCormack and his advice was to plug amps (especially) directly into the wall outlet, and unplug them during electrical storms. But my amp (DNA2 Rev. A) is a 30... | |
| Rock albums that sound good on your system? All George Thorogood CDs sound very good on my highly revealing system, and I especially like his Anthology-- a two CD set. GT and the Delaware Destroyers do ROCK. GT may be a "throw back" or dinosaur, but if he's a dinosaur he's a T-REX.ZZ Top al... | |
| Sonic Frontiers Line 2 or 1 compared to new SE Lneilb; That's an excellent suggestion-- thanks. I had a full set of Valvos (six) and didn't care for the sound when all six were used-- wish I had tried it with just two as you are doing. I do think my system could use a touch of warmth. Hi Kev; ... | |
| What would you do about a sleazy buyer?? I agree that local sales are desireable for all the good reasons stated above. But what do you say to the poor bastard who is 1000 miles away, is a nice, honest person, wanted it just as bad, was willing to pay full price-- including shipping, and... | |
| HDCD and XRCD. Which's one sound better? Bomarc; Thanks for the info. that the JVC K2 20 Bit Super Coding and XRCD are the same thing-- that's good to know. The new CCR CDs are all marked as using the K2 process, but say nothing about XRCD. Cheers. Craig. | |
| Are all blank CDR'S created equal ??? Hello Mr. President (always wanted to say that;.). Could someone please post a web site where these Mitsui CD blanks are available? I've never heard of them, but have gotten very good results with Maxell, Sony, and even the pretty inexpensive Memo... | |
| What would you do about a sleazy buyer?? Hi Charles; This may be "nit picky", but emails come attached with TIME as well as date of arrival. The person with the earliest email should have been given dibs-- assuming he met your asking price, IMO. And if that meant shipping it somewhere yo... |