jimmy2615

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Musical Fidelity and Sonus Grand Piano too bright.
GHunter - there's more to it than what you say. The point not to adjust your room to the equipment (and forget about cables - I never mentioned them) I agree with and am not advocating. Most importantly, my point is that if you have a crappy room,... 
Advice about warm, gentle speakers...
Tyler linbrook Monitors...easy to drive, can go loud without strain, and with a tweeter that never sounds harsh. 
Musical Fidelity and Sonus Grand Piano too bright.
So far no one has mentioned the room possibility as a problem. If you did not have this brightness problem before in the same room but with different equipment then maybe it is the speakers or components. But, I have found any given set up to soun... 
Ayre C-5xe or the CJ McCormack UDP1 Deluxe?
Isn't the Atkinson reference listed above talking about the orginal UDP? HiFi+ issue 44 has a review comparing the original UDP with the new CJ UDP (or "CJE"). They say very favorable things about the new machine. But I do not have much experience... 
Subwoofer reccomendations
Yes, well, if you are moving up to a big room than I can imagine the Stadium would be a player. Good luck...someday I'll have to check out ACI ! By the way, in re-reading your earlier post from today asking about the B3 compared to the Stadium, I ... 
Subwoofer reccomendations
Hi Phoenix, I wrote up a post about the REL 'B' series because there was not much available, look me up here on A-gon and see my post. That said, for your room size go with the Strata or B3; either should do it. The stadium would be overkill. I wi... 
Used universal player
I'll just add in negative response -- there was a Yamaha unit (don't recall the model) that retailed for $400 about 2 years ago and the Sensible Sound magazine gave it very favorable reviews. I owned it. It was OK for video picture quality, but ot... 
Full Range Speakers for a Small Listening Room
Best bet is a two-way monitor that you love with a good subwoofer... the hardest part with a small room is the mid-bass and bass, and with careful positioning from the wall of the loudspeakers and dialing in of the lower bass with the sub you can ... 
Pick your poison...2-channel or multi?
I think a good MCh system evolves once you have a "good" (whatever that is, to each of us) stereo system. If the 2 Ch system is too harsh in the highs or has boomy bass, or uninteresting mids, an expanded MCh system might give a more impressive ve... 
Amp recommendation for Tyler Sig. Monitor
I've used my Linbrooks with at least 4 different amps, and the most magical by far was the Rowland Concentra (or Model 2 Amp). Awesome. 
Multi channel preamps
I went through this about a year ago - in fact you'll see my exact same post somewhere in the archives. I listened to the Audio Refinement, the McCormack, and the Bel Canto. The AR is great if you only have under a grand to spend, but I found it h... 
any woodworkers in northern Kentucky
Tyler Acoustics is near you. He makes custom cabinets I believe. 
Breakin of Marantz SA8260 SACD player
Agree with Audphile1 generally about the class 'A' designation (I had the 8260 for about a year now and have and have had much more expensive CD/SACD players as well). But additionally I think it is important to note that it is a great player, and... 
Moving up to audiophile cdp
You can't go wrong with the meridian. I had the 506-20 and I liked it as good or better than my 777ES. 
CD Player for 2 Channel System
I'd highly recommend a used Meridian 508/588/G07 or Ayre CX-7 in that price range, around 2k. Getting any better sound/technology requires a jump in about 2-3k (retail price at least). I have not heard many of these two manufacturer's competitors ...