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| Vintage Marantz 3300/3600 preamps I am quite familiar with both. I owned both and my father sold them in his stores in the early & mid 70's. For the time period they were nice units. However the sliders and the volume control would get very scratchy and noisey. If you buy one ... | |
| Cat-proofing your speakers... In ceiling or in wall speakers. Do you want great sound or the joy of cleaning the litter box? Got it yet? | |
| Is there a huge diff, between 2CE Sig II & 3A Sig? The 2CE signature is one of the best speakers when it comes to performance per dollar. It might get you around 80 to 85% of audio nirvana. The 3A sigs are superb but might get you an extra 5 to 10% of the elusive audio nirvana.If it worth the extr... | |
| ERA D-14 0r D-10 I have extensive experience with both. My preference is the D-10. I felt it threw a bigger image and disappeared better.The D-14 had a significant issue with the grill on. Somehow the design of the grill degrades the treble and collapses the image... | |
| Sony XA-5400es VS Oppo 83SE I had the Sony and Oppo side by side in my system. I have several CD's and SACD's where I have two copies. I put them in and sync'd the players and switched back and forth.NO QUESTION, the Sony sounded better in my system on both SACD and CD. The ... | |
| Is One Subwoofer Really Not Appropriate For 2-Chnl I too had this question and found the solution with 2 subs. I use Merlin TSM-mme speakers. The sound is amazing, but pipe organ pedal notes and very low bass were just not going to happen.I purchased one subwoofer and carefully dialed it in. The p... | |
| McIntosh Preamp Alberto, to answer your question, there are things I liked about the older system. But overall I like the C2300 & 402 combo the best. Lower noise, much better bass, convenience (amp tubes v. SS). When I think back on the C2200 & 275 combo ... | |
| Endless debate: monitor + sub vs floorstanding This is an excellent question Marburg. I can tell you about my experience. Over the last five or so years I have used Magnepan 3.6's, Avalon towers, Linn Ninka's, Dynaudio. I now use Merlin TSM-mme's with two (2) sunfire subwoofers. I was able to ... | |
| McIntosh Preamp I like the C2300. It gives you output meters so you can see your power output on the MC275. I had the C2200 and MC275 combo and I wish I still had it. I now use C2300 and MC402. | |
| Integrated McIntosh vs. separates I used the McIntosh MA6500 for several years with Dynaudio Special 25's and Ma ggies. Excellent integrated amp. I sold that and now use a C2300 & MC402. With the Dynaudios the separate amp and preamp give better performance, but not by much. T... | |
| New Oppo BDP-95 better than the McIntosh MVP-881? Yes, there are brands out there that charge big bucks for pride of possession. I have toured the McIntosh factory several times. Many of their products are world class in build and design, the MC-275 tube amp is a fine example. That said, on one o... | |
| Kef 205/2 Hi Primare,If you have your bass problem solved, groovy! If not, try the following.Unplug one Kef205. Put your system in mono. Play test tracks from a test CD or test source (I use mac the scope/signal generator). Take a db meter and note the out ... | |
| Who's Enjoying the Pure Music App Besides Me?? Hi Lang,I rip with the drive in my MacBook (older white model), I use AIFF settings and like Tbg use Hog and Memory. The sound has been excellent. I did an interesting experiment. I have 3 identical copies of Dave Brubeck "Take Five". I burned one... | |
| HRT music streamer & Airport Extreme Thank you for the responses. Now I'm really confused. My question is regarding the Airport "Extreme" because it has the USB out. Even the kids at the Apple Store are 50/50, on the yes and no issue.I think I will just keep taking the MacBook for di... | |
| CD-Receiver Recommendations I had both the Linn Classik Musik and the Arcam Solo. Both are small, easy to use and sound excellent. I have heard the Solo on Verity Reinzi speakers and I was impressed with the sound quality. Be sure to consider the full size Solo and not the "... |