iseekheils
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| Consonance 2.0 Volume too loud Dolfan, A couple of reasons actually, before I bought it, the reviews that I read said it sounded a little better XLR over RCA. Second, I use the same amp for 2 CH & Home Theater, so for connector ease, I use CD with the XLR inputs, and HT wit... | |
| Newbie with $1500 and a wife pushing for Bose I have a friend that started out with entry level B&W speakers, and a small velodyne subwoofer, all plugged into a Marantz receiver. The system was priced in your range. I would probably change the receiver to the Panasonic RV45, which wasn't ... | |
| Consonance 2.0 Volume too loud I have the Consonance CD 2.2 and the way it's designed, the volume control does not operate on the XLR side. It does work on the RCA (tube) side, though. Not sure if your's is the same.That has been my only gripe with the player, as I wanted to pl... | |
| REL or Veloydne Subwoofer The Velodyne HGS 15 and 18 have line level and speaker level inputs and outputs. They also have XLR inputs. There is volume control on the remote, so you have bass management no matter what the source is. They have tremendous power and very low di... | |
| CD Players $1,000 - $1,500 US - any info on Talk? Consonance CD2.2 could be on your list. I was researching for a while and was interested in some of the players that you mentioned. I ended up buying the Consonance, and I'm very happy with it. It has balanced and RCA outputs. The RCA side has a t... | |
| Comparing digital amps One more to add to your list is Acoustic Reality. They have an amp for approximately $1500, that might suit your needs. I bought the PS Audio amp, in the same price range, because it has XLR inputs and the AR doesn't. AR has some bigger more power... | |
| Should I try a MC cartridge and phono pre? Psychicanimal, I guess what I am missing here is that the direct drive makes noise or hum that gets picked up by the more sensitive MC cartridges? Yes? I would still like to improve the sound anyway, up to a certain price point. Let the Law of Dim... | |
| CD Cutting and / or Trimming Here's some reading you can do:http://www.iar-80.com/page53.htmlI've had about a dozen disks cut, by a friend. The improvements range from subtle to very noticeable. Nothing negative that I can tell, so far. Sonny | |
| Should I try a MC cartridge and phono pre? Dougdeacon, you mentioned VA in your post, don't know what that is? Would the Denon 103R be a good choice with the K&K? Price wise, these would be just right, for now. The Phase Linear is actually still working very well, but occasiionally blo... | |
| Should I try a MC cartridge and phono pre? Psychicanimal, Just to let you know, I'm using an SAE MK IX preamp into a Marantz model 250 (until I get the Phase Linear 400 upgraded). Thanks for the info.Rwwear, I feel like I'm being baited here, but the plan IS to try IT, as soon as I know wh... | |
| Should I try a MC cartridge and phono pre? Thank you all, I guess it's decision time. My TT is in a separate all vintage system, of gear that I purchased in the 70s. Everything still sounds great, but partly for sentimental reasons I wasn't planning to change any of it, except for cables, ... | |
| DD/DTS decoders. Okay, then which pre-pros and receivers have done the job correctly? Let's say in the price range of a Classe SSP 30, Casanova, or CAL 2500, used. Sonny | |
| Theta Casanova or CAL ssp-2500 I was also looking at the CAL piece, I am holding off because it doesn't have the six analog inputs needed for SACD and DVD-A. Not that I'm a big fan of High Rez, but I'm waiting a bit longer. If you're interested in these formats for surround sou... | |
| Best Pre/Pro for 2 channel The PS Audio PCA-2 has the theater pass through. I was also looking for a pre-pro, but decided on this piece, because 2 CH is more important to me. For movies, I use a receiver as a pre-pro and run it through the PCA. For music, CD, SACD, and DVD ... | |
| live dvd/v concerts BOND LIVE, is the one that I have watched the most. Others: Keiko Matsui Acoustic Alchemy SadeThe worst audio so far: David Bowie, Serious Moonlight |