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| Help chossing a good speaker. $ 3-5 K Usher Be-718 are excellent.Huge bass for a monitor so you wouldn't need the sub. They love power, so you'd get great response from your MC352. | |
| $2500.00 to spend on int.amp and cd player I'm not such a big fan of the NAD CD players. I think you'd get better value from the likes of Cambridge, Arcam or Musical Fidelity from the British ranks. Others worth trying to audition with the Rogue amp might be the new Bryston player or the e... | |
| Parasound Preamp - Two Outputs? Found this on the website's FAQ section:Q: There are two outputs on the back. I'm confused, which one do I use to hook up to my amplifier?A: The two outputs are labeled Normal and Direct. The Normal output should be used for amplifiers that you ar... | |
| Modern "vintage style" monitors out there? A number fo the British makers still do these - check Spendor (SP100, SP1/2, SP2/3)as well as Harbeth (Super HL5, Monitor 40). Usher audio also seem to do a couple of well priced variations of the same theme(V-9845 and V-9803). I know what you mea... | |
| Replacement integrated amp Musicrover, what happened to the MF A5? I thought MF gear was built to last? | |
| Cayin H80A or Ayre AX-7e Have to agree with Sonicbeauty's "liquidity" comment regarding the Cayin. I have this in a system with the Cayin CDT-17A driving Rogers Studio 1A and it is a beuatifully liquid and and smooth sound. My only negative comment on the Cayin is that mi... | |
| Midrange Better Than Harbeth or Spendor? Original Quad ESL 57's have as fine a midrange as I've heard. The closest non-planar I've heard would include the ATCs and Harbeths. Of the Spendor range, the SP100 is stronger in the mids than the S8's but also more pricey. One other speaker that... | |
| bands you truly miss I second The Smiths. Plus Nirvana, Midnight Oil and The Hoodoo Gurus (my Aussie heritage coming through with the last two). | |
| Correct imaging Most quality speakers (and the Helicon's are certainly that) have the issue of time alignment of drivers incorporated into their design, either by using a sloped baffle or having the tweeter slightly recessed relative to mid/bass divers. In this c... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Ctm_cra,I was being tongue-in-cheek regarding the Sony DVD player and FWIW, despite it being unlikely that I would be in the market for a CD player at this sort of level, I found the shootout extremely interesting as it's good to know what's happe... | |
| What song best describes you or your life? Thanks Marakanetz! I hope he'll like rock and I'm going to enjoy introducing him to some of the classic rock groups from my hey day. At the moment it just means I'm having to learn to appreciate my music at lower levels. As soon as my wife and the... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Eljaro, thanks for the link - very interesting reading! And an obvious question that falls out of this is "why was the Sony DVD player not included in the San Diego shootout"?As far as how much to spend on a CD player, that's all about individual ... | |
| First cd purchase Dark Side of the Moon - still frequently being listened to some twenty years later! | |
| What song best describes you or your life? Right now it's "The Baby Screams" by The Cure (thanks to our 6 week old boy. Otherwise it's "Lust for Life" by Iggy Pop. | |
| Best Tube CDP for $2000 Budget I have both the Musical Fidelity A5 tube CD player and the Cayin CDT-17A. I think the MF is the more transparent of the two and also outshines the Cayin with smoother highs and tighter bass. That's not to say the Cayin is not a very good sounding ... |