jimmy2615
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| 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 ... | |
| Why is 2 Channel better than multi-channel? It's better on average (take a bunch of peoples' systems) because most of us don't have the room for a true, well set up multichannel system (with all the aforementioned identical speakers and amplification). If you take a good 5 channel setup (wi... | |
| Bargain Priced SACD Giant Killer? Addressing the original question, I went from a SCD-777ES to the Marantz SA8260 so I could have multichannel, and didn't feel like I lost much in sound quality. For what you're looking for I'd recommend almost any of the cheaper Sonys or Marantz' ... | |
| "best" version for "Toccata and Fugue D minor? Realize this is now an old thread, but I just wanted to mention the Prelude and Fugue in D Major for the very same purpose and bring to light some great organ recordings. A couple of years ago they released the St. Mary's Cathedral recordings of F... |