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| Modding CDP's I found some of my older CD's a bit bright and I suffered from listener fatigue fairly quickly with my Sony 999ES. Got the Dan Wright Modded (tubed) Sony 999ES and couldn't be happier after a brief break in period. The mod does not cure poor recor... | |
| EAD Ovation 8 & Citation 7.1 Amps UPGRADE Help I had an EAD TheaterMaster 8 paired with a Citation 7.1 amp. Upgrading the amp to an EAD PowerMaster 1000 brought noticeable benefits in sound and clarity. Upgrading the preamp to a TheaterMaster 8800 brought smaller benefits in sound quality but ... | |
| AUDIENCE 24 IC VS.? I found the Audience AU24 speaker cables as the right match for my system. The AU24 IC was good but I prefer the Stealth PGS IC for over all sound. The StraightWire Virtuoso IC has a more extended bottom end in my system but does not shine on the ... | |
| Opinions on Straght wire? I have tried 2 straightwire speaker cables and interconnects. The Serenade is a nice cable for the money and very forgiving of system deficiencies. Straightwire Virtuoso is not so forgiving of deficiencies and was harsh when used with a Citation a... | |
| Stealth cables I have tried the Stealth PGS between an EAD TheaterMaster-8 and PowerMaster-1000. The sound was very similar to the Audience AU-24 I/C in my system. It was hard to distinguish the difference in I/C cables on the high end, the Stealth PGS possibly ... | |
| Recommendation for multi-ch pre/pro I would consider the EAD TheaterMaster-8. It sounds nice in stereo and does multichannel/hometheater also. Has pass-thru if you decide to do SACD and has bass management. The one thing it does not do is A/V mixing. | |
| video switcher suggestions The JVC JS-X777 has 2 component + audio in and 1 component/audio out. I read that Entech used to make an S-video switcher where the audio in/out might be used for component video. | |
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| Good DVD Concert? Santana-Supernatural Live, Eric Clapton & friends Live, new Led Zeppelin (must have). From a historical point Neil Young Rust Never Sleeps, Rod Stewart & Faces with Keith Richards, The Band the Last Waltz, Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter Eagl... | |
| Audience cable opinion, anyone? Au24, Maestro.... I have tried several mid-priced cables in my EAD/Bohlender Graebener system, Stealth I/C's, StraightWire Serenade and Virtuoso and AudioQuest Clear. The Audience AU24 is clearly the more musical cable but lacks the mid-bass punch I got when biwiri... | |
| best pre/pro under $5,000 I also think the EAD is a good pre/pro and very musical, I like mine. It does lack sophisticated audio/video switching and also lacks a 2nd zone. | |
| HDTV Receivers http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/Look under HDTV hardware | |
| Best 200 watt x 5 amp for the money? To add another option to the wonderful selection of amps above, I enjoy the sound of the Enlightened Audio Design PowerMaster 1000. As compared to my older Nakamichi and Citation 7.1 amps; the EAD had a fuller, richer sound. EAD no longer makes th... | |
| Thanks to all replying to cd sounding like LP. I faced the same dilemma. Nakamichi CA-1 preamp and PA-1 amp with Parasound CDC-1500 CD player and Parasound DAC into (newer) Klipsch KP-400's. Harsh sounds thru the CD player that were just not enjoyable to listen to. Switched over to a new Sony ... | |
| PreAmp-Tuner Combinations I have an Adcom GTP-600 that sounds fairly nice. The tuner works better than expected and provides good sound quality. I also have a Denon AVP 8000 that sounds even better in a system but the tuner can't pull in radio stations like the Adcom.. B &... |