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| benchmark and apogee Shdorne, thanks for the reply. I have repeatedly tried to reply, but agon doesn't seem to like me anymore, lol. Short answers: can't build a frame around top mounted tweeter like N803, but see the logic. as for apogee vs benchmark, lets just say t... | |
| Used speakers for $3k? Oh the confusion Stereo, please give us an update on your Tantos. Would love to hear what conclusions you've made from more extended listening. | |
| benchmark and apogee Shadorne,I have to admit, in researching the benchmark, I was VERY excited and very much wanted to hear it live up to it's press, but it just didn't do it in my set-up. In fact, I could barely tell any difference between the 3 different dacs. Howe... | |
| benchmark and apogee left a lengthy response the other day, but don't know what happened, never got posted. lets try again in short form. basically, liked the apogee slightly better than the benchmark, and picked up 2 apogees and 1 belcanto dac2 for my 3 different son... | |
| DAC as an upgrade To the extent that you may still be interested in exploring Dacs, I am using BelCanto2 for one Sonos unit and Apogee Minidacs for two other Sonos units. Had tried a Benchmark, but felt it was not better than the Apogee. I have to say that the Apog... | |
| Arcam DV 137 vs. Denon DVD 3910 Get a used 3930 here at agon and send it to The Upgrade Company to be modded. This way you get the best of all worlds, Denon reliability (built like a tank, compare chassis to arcam!), Denon video quality, and sound quality upgraded to close to st... | |
| RCA to XLR cable ok from DVP to Pre/Pro? Sorry, been away a while. Cerrot, that's interesting about the dv60. Guess, like it's always said, it's about synergy. I will now have a balanced system as I got a Sunfire prepro with balanced outs for the mains to feed balanced inputs on the Sunf... | |
| RCA to XLR cable ok from DVP to Pre/Pro? Cerrot: interestingly enough, Esoteric DV60 is one of the DVPs I was considering, and while it has balanced outs, a 6moons reviewer said it sounded much better via single-ended unbalanced outs. Go figure!?! Obviously, if I go with the Esoteric, my... | |
| RCA to XLR cable ok from DVP to Pre/Pro? Thanks guys. Bob, I don't know if it's a major concern, that's why I'm asking :)....but thanks for the transformer suggestion. For $200, it may be worth trying. I just don't understand why so many of the better AVP's only offer balanced input for ... | |
| RCA to XLR cable ok from DVP to Pre/Pro? Bump. Need some expert advice here. Just need a quick response. Is this connection ok or does it compromise SQ? Thanks... | |
| Sunfire TGA5200? Did I make mistake vs Para A51? BTW, for anyone who cares, I got the Sunfire and it is fantastic. I truly can't believe the difference over the Pio HT rcvrs internal amps. I'm sure the other amps are better in some way, but I just can't believe they would be significantly better... | |
| Best multichannel amp for music? Dvae, don't know if you're still searching, and sorry it took so long for me to get back to you. However, I'm not technical enough to tell you about impedance and damping factors, but I do know that specs don't tell the whole story. There are many... | |
| Lexicon RV8 vs McIntosh MHT200: best for 2 chnl? Thanks guys. I'm still debating between separates and the Mac mht 200. Can't seem to pull the trigger (a little paralysis by analysis). Arthur, that's some progression you've gone through. I see that you also had the MA6500 in your system. What di... | |
| Help: getting around balanced inputs on pre/pro? I've looked more closely at the Cinema 11, and it does allow Input One to be deemed bypass and to use either rca or xlr. However, I also realized that this is the only input I can use to bypass processing, and I have both a cd/dvd (pioneer dv47a) ... | |
| New NAD M-25 or Used McIntosh MC-207? PLEASE do let us know asap. I'm looking to do something similar (mc205). PM me directly if you'd like. I'm anxious to know what you think. Thanks. Jeff |