jdevine
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| Best amp for ThielCS6. I just went in and fired up my 4 year old CS-6s I am using a McIntosh mc-500 and I can't imagine them sounding any better they are connected with Nordost Valhalla's to my estimation a very very good presentation. When I first auditioned the cs-6 t... | |
| Your ONE all time favorite love song? Many years ago Barbara Walters interviewed Lionel Ritchey and asked him after a date when you get home what do you put on the record player and his answer was I put on Johnny Mathis just like everyone else,My choice is "The Twelfth of Never" a won... | |
| SACD - Just Starting Out We are in exactly the same boat I just picked up mine this weekend and asked someone the exact same question. I bought Let it bleed and Beggars Banquet for the Stones now classical Mozart Sinfonia concertante this is both 2 channel and 5.1 if you ... | |
| What McIntosh Amp With Thiel 3.6 Speakers? I am very familiar with the Thiel / Mcintosh combination when I first bought my cs6 I was using a mc300 they produced a reasonably good synergy or so I thought until I bought a mc500 "what a difference" and then I upgraded my cables originaly I wa... | |
| Enacoms for bright speakers? I used them on my thiel cs6's with my nordost red dawn's but took them off when I bought my Nordost spm's and then sold them a year later when I bought my Valhalla's they do make a difference they seem to calm down the confusion on very complex mu... | |
| Are Nordost really the Rolls Royce of cables? As a Volkswagen dealer and a Nordost Valhalla owner I take exception to the analogy I would prefer to think of them more akin to the new Passat W8, reasonably priced given the technology , built with quality in mind not mass marketed,and all the s... | |
| Robert Cray like sound Mighty Sam McClain Give it up to love audioquest xrcd neat guitar licks, BIG HAMMOND B-3 sound and tight vocals , there is a neat cd out Memohis Horns with different tracks Mr. Cray being one , one of my favorites Warren Haynes does a knock out ve... | |
| Design an entire system for $800? ? Follow - up Thats what I spent for my first audio system see above it was nearly 30 years ago and it seemed like a kings ransom I was so proud. Let us remember its the music not the hardware that makes this hobby what it is, so if you listen on a ... | |
| Design an entire system for $800? ? First you start with a Dynaco pat4 preamp , a dynaco st70 power amp, a pair of large Advents for speakers , a Dual 1219 Turntable some lamp cord for speaker wire , Oh my God what a flashback | |
| EAD Ultra 2000 Cd Player I know they had 2 different blacks the first version was more of a flat black where the other had a primative attempt at the more current style. I own all ead front end products , the ultra disc 2000, the new dvd master pro 8000, and the new pro 8... | |
| BEST CHOICE OF INTERCONNECTS I would call Paul at" the cable company " 1 800 fat wyre he has allways done right by me they have an extensive lending library and also some high end pre owned cables at great savings. My personal favorites are the Nordost's I think you may want ... | |
| What companies have gone above and beyond? I have been very happy with the customer service offered to me by the folks at Thiel audio " they can't do enough for you" followed very closely by EAD aka Alpha digital tech and of course Mcintosh labs .These people without exceptionhave treated ... |