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| Mcintosh C-2200 or Aesthetix Calypso? Bunkeromantik,I, on the other hand, cannot agree with you. Mac SS pre sounding "dull and greyish" seems like a joke to me. I compared the C42, the C2200, and the C200, which I now own. The C200 sounded the best in all regards, as it should, costin... | |
| Mcintosh C45 + MC252 Pingpong. go listen for yourself. Different from what Kremm7 heard, ther review in TAS found the C46 the better preamp. The German Stereo listened to both the C45 and the C46, and gave the sonic nod to the C46, too. | |
| Hydra vs PS Audio vs Equitech One unit you want to take a closer look at, in addition to the ones you listed, is the Exact Power SP15A, alone or togehter with its balanced brother, the SP15 A. I had the same choice at my time (three or two years ago), and think the EP is super... | |
| How can I improve my Sony SCD-777ES for red book It depends on whether you wish to persue the dying SACD-route further or not. For an improvement in red-book only, I would try a Benchmark DAC-1 for 1000 $ or Grace M902 for 1700$. Already the Benchmark should give you a huge improvement in red bo... | |
| Red Trumpet still in business? I liked red trumpet as they were selling Classic Records or XRCDs a few dollars cheaper than other companies, and had good shipping policies. The others I have perused - elusivedisc, Acoustics Sounds etc, all seem to sell at recommended retail onl... | |
| Mac gear "Slow" or others "Fast" Well, Matrix, having compared, among others, Classe, McIntosh, Linn, Naim, Densen-amps, and McIntoshs, all connected to my McIntosh C200-preamp, let me tell you that every amp has its own sonic signature. Secondly, after comparison with Krell, Jef... | |
| Time to upgrade CD transport and/or DAC? I agree with getting a new Dac will get you the most. Aside from the Benchmark, take a look at the Grace M902, or go for a used Chord DAC64 | |
| Benchmark DAC-1 on a Sony DVP S9000ES?? As a Chord DAC-64-owner, I have compared it to the Benchmark. The Chord clearly is better, especially in the bass area. However, at 3100 dollars, it should be better. If you can find a used DAC64, it would certainly get your system to another leve... | |
| Aftermarket power cords for McIntosh amps/preamps The power cords on Macs are standard, and, no matter what Roger Rusell writes, custom cords make a huge difference, as they did with my C200 and MC402. As excellent as their engineering is, limited is McIntoshs experience with cable and wire, it s... | |
| Amp for Shahinian Diapasons As you can read here in the archives and on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shahinianspeakerowners/,the most important thing for Shahinians is to have an amp which can deliver a lot of current. Otherwise, it will sound far under its potential. This ... | |
| Blue Heaven 2s or LAT International SS-1000 Mk IIs I do not think the Blue Heaven would be a serious competition fo the LAT. I compared Nordost´s more expensive Red Dawn to the SS 1000 in its first version, and it did not sound better. The SS 1000 Mk II, which I upgraded too is even better. So my ... | |
| ExactPower EP15A Pardales,in not only my experinece the rgenerator gave by far the more important improvement than the balanced power, as I have described above. However, balanced gave another improvement. There are units that do both, as the PS Audio and Burmeste... | |
| McIntosh C-1000 pre-amp RSVP is 17,000 $. You will find more on the C1000 over on Audiokarma´s McIntosh-forum | |
| What is the best hard drive based player? The Yamaha can be tuned, too, as is done in Germany by Manfred Diestertich, chief of Audio Physic. It comes to 1650 Euros in this version, and sonically very close to the much more expensive McIntosh - at least this was the conclusion of German St... | |
| Why is it so much more civil over here on Agon? As a German living in Russia, speaking Russian, French and enough Spanish to get by, and participating in forums in a few of this languages, let me tell you, after three years of participating in this forum, that it is special indeed, with more kn... |