gshepardbuster
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| compare different grades of Audioquest cable I have no experience with Revel except hearing the Harmon demo trailer with the Levinson/Revel setup. It was very good by the way. They had the top Transparent cabling throughout. As far as your Revels with any AQ cabling goes IME AQ cables are ne... | |
| Mcintosh MC500 or Accuphase P800 Hi Blue, the c100 is a transistor two chassis preamp from the late 1990s. It was the predassessor to the c200, c500, and c1000 preamp. Never tried the cinema preamps but heard good things. Your c46 is more than likely as good as the cinema preamps... | |
| Where to go after Bel Canto Ref1000MKII I may have user bias as I'm on my 3rd set of Mcintosh amps and preamps, Mc300 Mc500 1.2kw. I keep hearing of the lack of speed with Mc, maybe its true, as I've not compared in house with anything but. I will say the 1.2s are way more transparent, ... | |
| Mcintosh MC500 or Accuphase P800 Hey Blueskywalker glad you like your Mc500, I had one for 12 years. Never had any issues, not even a bulb and I listened to it all the time. If you ever get a preamp itch the Mcintosh c100 is a real winner, it was paired with my Mc500, excellent m... | |
| Where to go after Bel Canto Ref1000MKII My 800ds are in love with their 1.2kw Mc monos. If I was to ever split them up I fear the ones left would run away from home to search for the other. All B.S. aside the amps tell the speakers when to jump and how high without appearing to be tryin... | |
| compare different grades of Audioquest cable Oops, didn't think about long runs, could get costly$$$. I only use three footers. In that case for the money try Rocket 88 or Gibraltar. My speaker dealer has 800 diamonds double biwired with long runs w/Rocket 88. Not a bad sounding combo! For t... | |
| compare different grades of Audioquest cable Tried the Gibraltar, very good, bought the Oaks, even better. Sold the Oaks after about a year and now have the Wildwood. Each one was better than the next by a respectable margin. The Wildwood is unreal. As for best value I would say the Oaks as ... | |
| Power Cables - Which component first? For me the PCs feeding the amps, the CDP or DAC a distant second or unnecessary once on a dedicated line. YMMV | |
| Words From the Wise Tbg, I'm with ya, as I changed out my cdp and preamp last summer/fall and my heads still spinning. I even needed to reposition my speakers, further treat the room and outgrew my cabling, as crazy as it sounds! Before the changes my cheapo Monster ... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State For movies plus music I would stay with SS. The big AR 600s would likely be seductive for acoustical tracks but may(??) lack the immediacy of SS on movies and driving rock. As others have stated tubes can be quite a treat but do require maintenanc... | |
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| Good budget amp for Mirage M1 I had the M1si, newer version, for many years and you are right they are power hungry. I started with an Adcom 545 (100watts) and ended up in the end with Mcintosh 500 watt amp. For $500 it will be hard to find anything that will bring the M1s to ... | |
| My system's high frequencies hurt my ears Had the Mirage M1si from 1996/2009, tried all kinds of positioning. With bipolars the rear firing speakers will fight the room much worse than conventional designs. I only found partial contentment in my current large room with them around 3ft+ fr... | |
| Mcintosh and magico speaker Mcintosh slow and tubby? c'mon, maybe a smaller model with a speaker that needs big power. The 601s will power the Magicos no problem with speed and transparentcy. Heard a decent sized set of Focals driven to 600-700 watt peaks with no change in t... | |
| SameSspeaker Cable and Interconnects Gotta say I prefer same brand SC/IC just like I need to match pre/amp with same brand. |