henryhk
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| 3-d sounding headphones..... imo..for 3d so to speak, headphone amps have a bigger impact then headphones.... | |
| Next upgrade, DartZeel or Ayre I own the Darts and they are the best I've heard yet. The only drawback is precisely what you originally pointed out...power rating. So really inefficient speakers that need a lot of juice are out. This is not to say they are weaklings,,,any speak... | |
| Mcintosh MX 136 or Halcro SSP-200? I have the MC 136 and no reliability issues. When I bot it I did consider the Halcro...the latter does have a better internal DAC but as an analogue pre amp not as good as MC 136 so depends whether what your aims are in your system. Re HDMI - blu ... | |
| Your favorite recent discovery some more recent discoveriesfemale vocalsSara Tavares: Balance: jazz tinged latin done tastefullyEsperanza Spalding: get this...jazz based, sh palys the acoustic double bass while singingother stuffNik Bartch's Ronin: Holon: European jazz, atmosph... | |
| YG Acoustics add in Stereophile Thanks Khrys. I had auditioned briefly the Anat Ref modules on stands awhile ago, but it was a) the first day the dealer received a pair and b) I asked them to use a power amp of similiar power capability of mine (they used a 150W amp in 8 ohms wh... | |
| YG Acoustics add in Stereophile Is it true that a) YG takes longer to break in and b) though they seem to avoid publishing data, they are quite insensitive and need a lot of power? ..as in 200W in 8 ohms solid state wld be the bare minimum? | |
| Your favorite recent discovery Some recent good pick ups in fusion (for the lack of a better description), all sourced from abstractlogix.com which specializes in this stuff. If you like fusion, instrumental chops etc...a very good source for hard to find discs.Ray Riendeau &am... | |
| Best Cost No Object pre-pro is? Thanks Kenny. I was thinking about that and clearly its an option...just wanted to investigate if there is a pre-pro with a great analogue preamp in it so that I can avoid adding yet another box. The McIntosh I use is pretty good but as well all d... | |
| Best Cost No Object pre-pro is? Thanks Keenyt. re Meridien the one thing that bothers me is that it redigitizes analogue signals...so if I want my 2 channel SACD player feeding into it, DSD to PCM conversion has to occur at some stage. Its not just the digital processing of the ... | |
| Best Cost No Object pre-pro is? The new Mark Lev certainly looks promising, and yes its bloody expensive which is why the thread is about cost no object....Given I already use a good McIntosh, I dont see a major advantage to switch to Rotel, Classe, Integra etc etc...not saying ... | |
| Best Cost No Object pre-pro is? No. For Dsd I can use analogue interconnects. I currently use the McIntosh MX136 which is very good but was wondering if there was something outstanding. | |
| Rank Stereophile, & why no Von Schweikert reviews I think we take any mag reviews far too seriously in general. Personally I subsricbe to both for a variety of reasons and have issues with both. On TAS, a) no measurements: while I am not a measurements guy mostly due to my own ignorance, I see wh... | |
| Name three of yours the most favourite drummers A few worth mentioning who are easy to overlook, unfortunately. Al Jackson Jr (from Booker T & the MGs), James Cobb (Miles Davis-Kind of Blue), Mike Clark (Headhunters), Scott Amendola | |
| Live infectious funk jams....quality recordings kool, Shadorne, let me know if u like it | |
| Live infectious funk jams....quality recordings Ah almost forgot the great Christian McBride's Live at The Tonic..on both acoustic and electric jazz w/ Ron Blake, Charlie Hunter, Jason Moran, DJ Logic, Scratch etc. |