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| 10 gage electrical wire for speaker cables? Can't see any reason why it would harm anything. If you want something similar and a little more finished in appearance, I can recommend Belden 10-gauge 5T00UP speaker cables from Blue Jeans Cable -- no-nonsense, good quality, neutral-sounding (to... | |
| Best Tube preamplifier under $600 I second the motion for a Conrad-Johnson PV10 (specifically, the line stage / no-phono version, the PV-10L or PV-10AL).Alternatively, given that you plan to buy a tube amp, you might want to combine your amp and preamp budget and invest in a good ... | |
| Mini Mac, Sonos and NAS HELP Sbleam, you've arrived at where I'm heading. Just purchased a Sonos Bridge and Connect -- easy setup, great UI (even on Android phone app), and excellent sound when run thru external DAC. Now I need to get my iTunes library (Apple Lossless files) ... | |
| Decent preamp to match my modest system? Conrad Johnson PV-10AL. Simple unit, only two tubes, very enjoyable, non-fatiguing. There's a used one on Audiogon now, and they turn up fairly regularly. | |
| Melody Gardot Live Wow! What a tight rhythm section. And that cello solo -- wow again! Would love to have this concert on CD. Melody -- more recordings, please! PS -- For fun, check out the ad melody did for Renault France -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Vtx7SSbzI | |
| Anyone Using the Benchmark Dac1 HDR as a preamp? I used a DAC1 HDR, as well as a DAC1 PRE, as a preamp. In both cases the Benchmark drove Bel Canto amps (S300 and REF150), in balanced mode. The Benchmarks worked great directly into the Bel Canto amps. The Benchmark DAC is honest and clean. It ad... | |
| Best Tube/SS Amps for Harbeth 7ES-3 From personal experience, I can say that I've especially liked my Harbeths when driven by Bel Canto amps, and by a Naim Nait 5i (though the Bel Canto is more refined and musical, at least to my ears.) Even a Rega Brio worked fine as a backup. I ca... | |
| Sub-$600 CDP For Transport and Some Player Duty? Rotel RCD-1072 -- a reliable and very good-sounding player, also fine as a transport. Much more user-friendly than the Apollo. I own one, and recommend it highly. | |
| All about Music Servers for a minute...... Go to computeraudiophile dot com and check out their FAQ section, which begins with "I'm a total beginner I don't even know what I don't know, where do I start?" You'll find perhaps more than you want to know, but there are many practical suggesti... | |
| Does this device exist? Thanks to all for the helpful responses. Looks like I'm wandering into a territory that's still being explored -- many possibilities. Thanks again. | |
| Transport and DAC or Upgrade CDP? You asked, " how do I evaluate my two CDPs as transports?" Either will do the basic job, especially if you get a DAC with excellent jitter rejection (like the Benchmark that I recommended in an earlier post to this thread). I once owned a Cambridg... | |
| Transport and DAC or Upgrade CDP? In my opinion, Jolida 100A is not an upgrade from what you have -- it's just a way to add the coloration of tubes (which you might like, but it's not by definition an improvement). My suggestion -- keep the Music Hall player and use it as a transp... | |
| Is Rega coming out with an new Apollo CD player?? Send an e-mail to Steve Daniels at Rega's US distributor:steve@soundorg.com | |
| Benchmark DAC The Benchmark DAC is easy to set up. It's a bargain used and even new seems a good buy. In fact, I'd love to find good one on Audiogon but, after a recent glut of them, they seem to be in short supply now. I owned one for a good while and, as is t... | |
| Best CD Manu Katche, Neighborhood (on ECM) -- punchy jazz, larger than life recording, but oh so fun |