jamiek
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| Sonus Faber Olympica III vs. Focal Electra 1038BE I have both sets of these speakers. I use the focals in my home theatre and the Olympicas in my audio set up. For music, the Sonus Fabers are a better speaker. I run them with an Airtight ATM 2 tube amp so they make a warm sound but all in it’s ju... | |
| Phono Stage for Koetsu Black Whest Two. Done. | |
| Mcintosh MA6900 or MA7000 I've had both. The MA7000 is a much better unit. However, so is the MA6600. Look at that as well. | |
| mcintosh ma 6600 vs rega osiris vs nad m2 The ma6600 is way better. Audiophile flag-wavers will always slam mcintosh equipment for no good reason. The new range of integrateds they offer are very respectable. I have audiotioned the ma6600 and the m2. The mcintosh is much better. | |
| PayPal Alternative? - What's your opinion? Do not ever trade outside paypal unless you meet person to person. I lost nearly 4k trading with someone who I believed and to whom I wired the money. It's not worth the risk. Trust me. | |
| Do I have a balanced system? I must say, that I am very happy with my current set up. However, I have been happy with past setups only to find a whole new world of musicality was one upgrade away. Nonetheless, I think I'm at a decent stopping point. | |
| Source recommendation You can always look at a unit like the esoteric sa50 that performs well as both a stand alone dac and a cd player. | |
| The Sound or Music Elizabeth, no offense but I think you should speak for yourself. Without good music, I would never have wanted a good system to hear it on. Personally, I would rather hear the music such that it moves me and I really feel it, rather than simply be... | |
| If you wanted to impress someone, which track? NWA, Straight Out of Compton. The whole album was recorded in 24 bit resolution and it sounds amazing. Both the gold version and the SACD sound great. | |
| McIntosh and focal/jmlab It's a great unit. Sounds just amazing. | |
| McIntosh and focal/jmlab I went ahead and bought the ma7000 and I love it. | |
| McIntosh and focal/jmlab Thank you everyone for the input. I will let you know what I do. By the way, the Mac was available at $4900. | |
| Power cables and power conditioners Shunyata hydra units work reasonably well on my system. I found it very helpful to replace my wall socket with a ps audio socket. That made a very big improvement. | |
| Very interesting radio shack vs. audioquest Also, audioquest cables, and I've had several, are generally overpriced and unimpressive. Although, I'm amazed that radio shack cables bested the audioquest, you can easily do way better than either without spending a fortune. | |
| Best integrated for BW802? I have a McIntosh ma6900 and it's not bad, but I highly recommend you check out the luxman integrated amps. The class a (550 and 590) integrated are awesome. Not quite as balls to the walls as the McIntosh amps but much much more musical. |