goheelz
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| SDS or phono stage I'm not familiar with the phono stage in your integrated amp, but the SDS made a big positive difference in my VPI rig. | |
| what to TURN to when starting $1000 budget Wisdom from Schubert. It's a long journey, so take your time, enjoy the ride, and look to the future. The goal near term is to hear your records in something approaching excellent fidelity. With your budget, there's not room to make a long-term sy... | |
| Complete Starter Audio System $1000 Here's what I'd do (and what I just did for my daughter's apartment):Outlaw RR-2150 Receiver $670 (new)Focal 706V monitors $450 (new)You don't need floorstanders. Go with this little setup at just slightly over $1000 total and get a subwoofer and ... | |
| What to upgrade/do next? Rootsrockreggae: judging by your moniker, you're going to want a subwoofer at some point, so that is something to consider, probably even before you get a stand-alone phono stage. The Hsu Research subs are excellent and affordable. Longer term, I'... | |
| McIntosh C2300 phono input So far, I have been very pleased with MC phono results using the C2300. It is better than the P75 Dynavector phono stage I had previously. The sound is neutral, with realistic soundstage and excellent retrieval of nuance and detail. I am happy at ... | |
| Poor sounding analog? Excellent suggestions already posted above. Try a few more albums. Which one sounded poorly? Not all LPs are well recorded, as I'm sure you're aware. This is especially true in the rock genre, IMHO. In fact, there are lots of LPs from 25 and more ... | |
| Recommend an integrated amp, $800-$1000 Take a look at the Outlaw Audio RR2150 receiver. It's slightly below your target budget range. We recently picked one up for a second system, and it is excellent. Easy to add a subwoofer if desired, as there's a sub output with adjustable crossove... | |
| Sad but true – budget HT 10 years in making Have a look at Hsu Research subwoofers. Excellent value. | |
| Best way to warm up the sound Easier to give advice if you list the components in your current system ... | |
| How do I smooth out violins? I see the weak points in your system as the Marantz CD player and the NAD preamp/tuner. As a Spendor SP1/2E user, let me attest to their ability to render classical music very well indeed. By the way, I became even happier with the Spendors after ... | |
| Why do some audiophiles beat up McIntosh? Love the way so many harsh McIntosh critics don't list their own systems for discussion. | |
| preamp for MC452 Mcintosh amp I've been very happy using the McIntosh C2300 preamplifier with my MC352 amp. The combination of tube pre with solid state amp works well for me and sounds great. The C2300 is full featured, and you'll be able to control both amp and preamp with t... | |
| Townes vinyl reissues? Can't go wrong with Townes, but I especially like the first one I ever bought: "The Late Great Townes Van Zandt" (Tomato LP). Great performances, and a great sounding LP, even after many years of me playing the heck out of it before I owned a good... | |
| High End In China: Visiting This Summer I spent most of 2012 in mainland China, traveling throughout the country, and I found zero high-end audio products on display. Even in Shanghai and Beijing there's mostly just junk available for audio gear, and those cities are much, much wealthie... | |
| advice needed on 1st real stereo system Give us some more information. What are your goals for the system? What's your budget? Do you intend to play LP records? Are you aiming at a multi-channel system for video/TV or 2-channel for mostly audio? In any case, if you go with the Totems a ... |