hk_fan
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| Amplifiers and Dynaudio C2 signatures Add the Parasound JC1 monos to your list. It goes toe-to-toe with every amp you listed.I'd scratch any Mac and the ML 432. | |
| D'Agostino vs. Ayre The description by Khrys is pretty much dead on to what I think. The Ayre is good, but I prefer the D'Agostino by a large margin. I prefer a little more flesh on the bone than the Ayre has. The pride of ownership with Dan's products is off the ... | |
| What ever happened to Krell ? I respectfully disagree on including Mark Levinson. Their products continue to be very much in the same vein as the originals in terms of performance, aesthetics and desirability.Personally, I can't say the same for the new Cary or Krell products. | |
| What ever happened to Krell ? Dennis was the designer of what used to be called the "classic" line of products. These are the ones that won all the accolades, and put Cary on the map.Once he left, I have yet to hear a Cary product that I would consider especially noteworthy. ... | |
| What ever happened to Krell ? Completely agree with the following:--Dan D'Agostino WAS Krell. Without D'Agostino, Krell will never be what it once was.--I personally will never purchase a Krell product after what the current ownership did to Dan. | |
| How many CaryAudio techs does it take to replace a lightbulb in a CAD-211FE? It's a shame what Cary has turned into since Dennis left. He built high end reference level gear. Now, it's a Chinese manufacturing clearing house chasing every trend under the sun.Really sad to see. | |
| Good preamp with Merlin TSM speakers? Merlin and Joule are a match made in heaven. There's a reason Merlin is always shown with Joule gear. It's THAT good together! | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings Class-D is nothing new. It's been around since the 50's if not longer... about the same time the transistor came about.Why has it taken so long for it to become the "next great thing"??I've owned a couple of high end Class-D amps, NuForce Referen... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings I also agree that Class-D is not the end all be all for subs. They're used in subs because they are cheap and can put out lots of power. I've owned a couple of subs with Class-D subs and one with a traditional A/B external amplifier (RBH). To m... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings "Future generations will look at amps that are not class d or digital as dinosaur fossils . There will be no mass market makers of class A or ab or anyone to service them . I don't think I will be around when this happens but class A , AB inevita... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings "Some of you miss the point. The point is simple. As Class D advances it will eat into the high end class A market. We have seen this already happening to a small degree. Some people on this thread indicate they already switched.Once Class D is c... | |
| Best value in pre-owned preamps right now? Ayre K1XE has always intrigued me.SLP-05 is a fantastic buy. I've owned one and it was one of the best I've ever heard but couldn't handle the lack of remote control options. | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings With all these great new solid state amplifiers, those old crusty tube amps should be going for a dime a dozen any day now.... | |
| Pre-amp upgrade time? Here's another quote from an interview with Mr. Pass regarding active vs passive preamps:AR: What's your position on passive versus active preamps?NP: You'd think that a minimalist switch and variable resistor in a box would be as good or better t... | |
| Pre-amp upgrade time? That's a nice quote considering how Nelson makes a nearly $20k active preamp (really - I'm being serious here!)! ;-) |